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"You can effortlessly do things on a Mac that PC users only dream about, without giving up any of the compatibility with the PC world that you need." So says the Apple Switch website. I have some questions though. I've been using a Mac 8 hours a day, 7 days a week for the past six weeks. I'm trying to figure out what is better about it than a PC. Perhaps I am still "getting over" it, learning how to us it, but I have to say at this point it may be different, but it is not better. This...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Consumers who had battery problems with older versions of the popular iPod digital music player will get $50 vouchers and extended service warranties under a tentative settlement in a class-action lawsuit. Lawyers representing consumers in the state court case against Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) said Thursday that the settlement could affect as many as 2 million people nationwide who purchased first-, second- and third-generation iPods through May 2004. Cupertino-based Apple confirmed the settlement but deferred immediate comment. In the fall of 2003, eight consumers filed a suit, alleging that the iPod failed to live up to...

OKay, I was sold on a Mac on the information that it was a stable operating system not prone to the "PC blue screen" syndrome and locking up. I just lost an hour's worth of work. It crashed. It locked up. What's up?