[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Abandoning Windows is an excellent suggestion for almost all computer users.

Until you get to the price. Something that almost all computer users have to deal with.

[College Repub]

Or the fact that if you are a guy using a mac, some people will assume you're a homo...

[Doug Loss]

Just to make sure you all hear from the other rabid zealot wing (after all, Windows and Macs aren't all there is, or the best there is by a long shot), what you really want to do is scrub whatever hardware you have and install Linux, God's own operating system!!!

[eno_]

That depends on how much value the Palladium crap subtracts. Is it worth $100 extra on an $800 machine to buy a machine without spyware inside? $200? Is keeping your work private really important? $500? Palladium has the potential to change the Mac/PC value equation.

[dheretic]

Until you get to the price. Something that almost all computer users have to deal with.

Used pintos are cheaper than used honda accords. Which one would you rather your kid drive when getting his/her first car, an el cheapo model or one that costs a lot more but actually works? In the end, there is one rule of economics that is practically a law of nature, you get what you pay for. The only good use for a <$1000 PC as a general rule is as a cheap *BSD/Linux server/gateway.