Quote Originally Posted by Grandpaw
You are correct about needing to get a copy of windows if I want to use it. Everyone that I have ever talked with that has a Mac just goes on and on about how much they like it and how few problems they have with it. A buddy of mine told me that he has a Mac that he bought in 1968 that has never had any trouble and still works fine. It won't run any of the new programs that are out but it will still get on the web and check e-mail. Another friend of mine has this same machine with Parrallels software with Windows 7 and says that windows actually runs faster on the Mac than it does on his PC. After I get it I will post some pictures and let you know what I think about it, Jeff
I like my Mac, but I wonder if they are growing too big for their britches lately. Don't get me wrong, I will still continue to use Mac, but little software glitches and driver issues are creeping in here and there. It's like they are starting to set unrealistic deadlines just like Windows did and that is starting to produce slightly sloppy products.

A recent example is my Apple Cinema Display. The drivers for the speakers in the monitor weren't ready for prime time. My sound (and the sound of thousands of other users) would just stop and you'd have to unplug and plug in the monitor. This $1000 (at that price it had better be RIGHT) monitor went on sale in the late summer, the permanent fix just arrived recently. That was the same kind of stuff that constantly plagued Windoze and finally led to my leaving for Mac. I just hope they take a deep breath and slow down and get it right like they always have in the past. A 1K monitor with sound problems out of the box is unacceptable in my book.

I can't think of the other examples right now, but there have been other small software and driver glitches, just makes me a little nervous. That's exactly the way Windows lost parts of the market share to Mac in the first place.