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I am continually amazed at the bile that people spew at those who use a dissimilar OS. It's almost as if they are afraid. If you are not part of the Borg, you must be assimilated.

And I'm always amazed at how Mac and Unix users classify all Windows users as brain-dead idiots blindly worshipping at the altar of Bill Gates and who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near any computer. I've been using computers since I bought my first box in '91 or '92, a Packard Bell 20MHz 386SX loaded out with a fully state of the art installation of DOS 5.0. I learned everything I know today on that machine and on a steady procession of PCs running all versions of Windows. If the PC hadn't been available, I would certainly be far behind where I am today in regard to computer knowledge. I simply couldn't afford the 2X to 3X price premium to go Mac.

I am certainly no master code jock or IS guru, but as an engineer I can definitely put a box through a workout if the job demands it. I know Windows has its problems, and if I had a nickel for every time I cursed Bill Gates I could buy him. But the fact is, I know Windows well enough to make it do what I want it to, and if I have a problem with a piece of hardware or software I can almost always figure out what's wrong and how to fix it. And frankly that's all I ask from my PC anymore. If Windows were a total POS I would have switched long ago, but the few gripes I have with it are not enough to make me want to run out and spend thousands on a brand new system, or want to take on learning a whole new OS. I'm content to live with a few warts.

Speaking of bigotry:

"I'm always amazed at how Mac and Unix users classify all Windows users as brain-dead idiots blindly worshipping at the altar of Bill Gates and who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near any computer."

I'd estimate that the number of Windows users who are brain-dead idiots blindly worshiping at the altar of Bill Gates is well under one per cent. :') Hmm. Wonder why that number is so low? [rimshot!]