[SupplySider]

I use two Windows boxes heavily, and only recently had my first crash in three years. I think the idea that Macs are easier and more reliable goes back to the dark ages of Windows 98.

Maybe I am prejudiced against Apple, though, because I have friends who are as emotionally attached to the Mac cult as they are to their irrational Bush-bashing. They are impervious to reason on either topic.

[Bush2000]

I use two Windows boxes heavily, and only recently had my first crash in three years. I think the idea that Macs are easier and more reliable goes back to the dark ages of Windows 98.

Agree. The differences between the software and hardware have largely diminished, whether the Mac cultists want to admit it or not. There's nothing fundamentally special about the hardware in either PCs or Macs. Much of it's interchangeable. Apple has only recently abandoned their premium-pricing-for-mediocre-hardware strategy. But, given the scant differences between the platforms, the overwhelming market share and app availability for Wintel, it's going to be a tough sell for Apple ... for all but the most ardent I-can't-describe-why-it's-better-but-I-just-feel-better-stroking-its-plastic-coated-surface Mac cultists.

Maybe I am prejudiced against Apple, though, because I have friends who are as emotionally attached to the Mac cult as they are to their irrational Bush-bashing. They are impervious to reason on either topic.

It's an emotional issue. They want you to switch to their platform to validate their existence. Personally, I could care less whether they switch to Windows. But I do get tired of all their imaginary claims of superiority...