[Elliott Jackalope]

My last PC came with Windows ME. After that fiasco I decided it was time for a change. I've been using Apple computers since the spring of 2000, and once OS X 10.1 came out I started using OS X for everything. I used to get very frustrated with my PC's and their never-ending problems. No longer. My one word answer to everyone's computer problems is "Apple". Just switch, and tell Microshaft where to put their software.

To give you an idea of the difference between the Windows user experience and the Apple user experience, I'm still using the Apple G4 I bought back in 2000. Use it every day. Just loaded the latest version of OS X (10.3 aka "Panther") on it, and it actually runs faster now than it did with the previous OS (10.2 aka "Jaguar"). Can you imagine being able to run the "latest and greatest" software from Microshaft on a three and a half year old PC? Let alone getting a performance boost from it? Ain't gonna happen!

The best summation of my Windows experience can be expressed in this simple haiku:

It worked yesterday,
yet it does not work today.
Windows is like that.

Well, my Apple computers worked yesterday, they work today, and they'll work tomorrow. My troubleshooting skills have almost totally atrophied. You don't need them when your machines simply work. Now my time is spent doing cool things like video editing, graphics, Photoshop, and music composition. Needless to say, I'm glad I switched.

[Quix]

Good for you.

I got somewhat locked into windows boxes in Taipei where I had a good friend who seemed to love building me state-of-the art hardware boxes for little more than parts. Now I have an extensive software library that I use a lot.