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jPt then you have Mac problems...and some would argue those are just as bad...I reformat my hard drive every 6 months.

Gee, I have been running Mac since the 80s and I have NEVER had to reformat my hard drive. Not even once. The worst problem you might have with a Mac is that an Application won't launch which just means you to delete a preference file or need to reinstall from the original CD -- five minutes tops. Mac problems are minor in comparison. Just ask anyone who manages large Windows and Mac Networks (like me). Network Admins are constantly chasing down Windows problems from instability, virii/worms, BSoD, etc. The most common Mac problem I get are users wanting to change their desktop picture and how to get SPAM out of their e-mail box.

But the best part about the Mac is once you give one to your parents, they never call you for tech support!

You are right, Toupsie... We have an original Mac Plus still running in our office with a 20 meg MacBottom hard drive... We can't kill it, it just keeps on running and running... Of course, it is only used for correspondence on original software...

We have had many Macs since, and now love our (Lombard )PowerBook G3, and have just bought the hot new iBook and run OS X on it... no trouble at alll, and toook only minutes to set up... can transfer over all our software from the PB, with no tweaking or difficulty.

We never get viruses, and have never had one bit of trouble with any of the Macs we have owned... I feel so sorry for all the PC users who simply do not know what they are missing!

Mac OS X is what Microsoft is trying to keep up with, and it seems they have blown it again, as the PC in our office is still messed up. Thank the Lord I am not repsonsible for that one, as it is always getting heartburn over something. The guy who runs it loses so much productivity, having to patch this and fix that... I do not know why he hasn't seen the light yet!

Gee, I have been running Mac since the 80s and I have NEVER had to reformat my hard drive.

I never had to reformat my Windows drives either. I do it because I usually end up trying out various software packages, and after a while it's good practice for both stability and speed to wipe the drive. Same thing's true with a Mac. It's an excessive form of optimization.

Every Mac user I've known couldn't tell you how to install an OS, because they're still using the install that came on the machine. I don't think that's necessarily a good thing. Those same people have some of the most error-prone and bogged down systems I know of.