[daviddennis]

You're out of date.

It's aluminum (in the high-end models like my G5) and white plastic (in the low-end models). Only the iPod Mini is available in colours.

And you are right that Windows computers use the same components as the Mac, except for the processor and some custom-made parts. That helps keep Mac prices down, which you should surely applaud.

But there's one thing I don't understand: Why does being a Mac user decrease my sense of adventure? Surely using something 95% of the population uses is not exactly an adventure. I would say the adventure comes by using something unique and special, like the Mac.

Owning a PC isn't an adventure. It's just a job.

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[sittnick]

Surely using something 95% of the population uses is not exactly an adventure.

Actually, "95% of the population" might well be using Windows, but that group is very fragmented. Not counting the Server and Enterprise and boutique versions (Tablet, CE, Multimedia, etc.) we still have lots of people using 98se, Me and 2000 Pro. XP users are divided between Home and Pro. In my company (and some other ones, some of them large like Walgreens) Windows XP is not used. We stick with 2000 Pro. We still have a couple of 98se boxes and DOS machines running specialty peripherals/apps. I would maintain that anyone trying to run Windows Me must have a little sense of Adventure. Windows 98 users have the adventure of seeing whether their laptop or networked unit will actually shut down like it is supposed to!

As Jean-Louis Gasseé once said, "I love the Windows Operating System, I love it so much I install it over and over again." (Note: he was referring to Windows 95. Things have improved since then.)

[cowboyway]

Owning a PC isn't an adventure. It's just a job

Owning a PC may not be a job, but using one sure is.