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I like Macs,but I don't like their sneaky management tricks ,like dumping extra fees,and costs for every flavor of OS every 6 mths,now online fees to access it's best features.Mostly I turned against them after Jobs stabbed the clone makers in the back.

That's been my experience also. I used to like OS X, but got tired of the change in policy from "free updates" to "gimme gimme gimme". The mac.com "free e-mail for life" lasted only 2 years before the rate hikes and the "gimme gimme gimme" drumbeat came back.

I got tired of Apple screwing the little guy - classic example was Karelia Software. Apple totally ripped off their Watson product without paying them anything. (Not the first time Apple has done crap like this - remember the Tony keyboard?) Since Apple prides itself on being different, its just another shark with an expensive product with fewer features. Why stay?

I used to like OS X, but got tired of the change in policy from "free updates" to "gimme gimme gimme".

I'm calling you on it. How many upgrades have you had to pay for with OS X? Stop whining.

I have 3 Macs, including 2 Powerbooks and a G4 1.25 dualie. I also have a Dell Latitude, a Linux server, and a hand built W2K screamer I use as a test server for work. In addition, I have an AS/400 I use for testing. MSDN costs me $900/year so I can maintain my test environment.

If you can't afford the few bucks it takes to stay current, then get your Abacus back out, shut off your 2400 baud dial up line and go back to paying the post office to send your mail.