[wiseone]

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.Unless they come out with a generic cheap G4 for $4-500 like Pcs,or Linux they wont be getting my vote,nor will i upgrade my 10yr old mac.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

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?

[kylaka]

Ditto that... Apple is a money grabbing bunch of apparchnicks.

[RWG]

Unless they come out with a generic cheap G4 for $4-500 like Pcs,or Linux they wont be getting my vote...check out lindows.com then.

[bwteim]

"nor will i upgrade my 10yr old mac."

It's probably difficult to upgrade a 10 year old Anything except a hammer handle... replacing would be the better verb.