Most of the constant posts about how bad Windows sucks come from Windows users. Think of all of the bandwidth that's been wasted on posts about viruses, worms, spyware and other Windows-related problems. Obviously, those folks need a solution to their problems, and we're just trying to help.
We'll quit posting about Macs when Windows users quit posting complaints about their problems.
Hear, hear! I just did a wipe/reinstall of xp on my mother-in-law's gateway. She wanted to know what happened to "Word," because she could clearly see the word documents on her backup file. SHE HAS BEEN USING COMPUTERS LONGER THAN I HAVE!
Needless to say, she won't even consider a Mac. She "doesn't like them."
Go figure.
>> We'll quit posting about Macs when Windows users quit posting complaints about their problems.<<
Out of everything Mac users have said to me over the years, and I've heard some real doosies, this is by far the biggest bunch of hor$e$h!t I think I've ever heard. If you truly believe this, you haven't been reading much of anything written on everything from Mac newsgroups to Mac magazines since 1984.
All Windows users can easily solve this problem very cheaply, it just takes a little education. There are problems that I have with Windows and things I don't like about it, but the Mac platform isn't as problem free as Mac folks like to think. Anyone encouraged to get a Mac should go first over to the Apple site and read the error problems on the forum for the various hardware configurations and software.
Both platforms have issues. The key is to find which one you like and which one will make you the most productive. If that means you buy the "most beautiful" one, then be my guest, but I'm getting the one that will speed my productivity. Right now, that's Intel and Windows on the desktop. Tomorrow? Who knows.
I'm not an Apple basher. I own an iPod. I'm just sick and tired of Mac trolls thinking 1) its all or nothing; 2) highlighting the latest thing Apple is doing and talking that up like its something unprecedented (e.g. "It runs on Unix;" most Mac trolls couldn't spell Unix prior to 2001, and if Apple created an OS based on PC-DOS and sold it, these same trolls would be singing its praises); 3) the Mac is by far the superior platform -- its not, at least not for all applications.