Truthfully, on some levels, i agree, the hockey puck mouse and kiddie sized keyboard that came with my G4 are rather annoying, and were replaced within less than 24 hours of owning them. However, I think one should also note that if apple did choose to ship their computers with nifty and practical mice and keyboards from the start, than who would want to replace them, and therefore, what company would want to enter the market for USB peripherals for the mac? I think that apple made a smart choice. Sure, its a pain to upgrade, but at the same time, they brought a wealth of peripherals to the platform. just my 2 cents... btw, i'm running LinuxPPC 2000 on my G4, and have had significantly fewer problems than i expected, and now i'm hooked, tho still using macos for photoshop and other design stuff.
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Truthfully, on some levels, i agree, the hockey puck mouse and kiddie sized keyboard that came with my G4 are rather annoying, and were replaced within less than 24 hours of owning them. However, I think one should also note that if apple did choose to ship their computers with nifty and practical mice and keyboards from the start, than who would want to replace them, and therefore, what company would want to enter the market for USB peripherals for the mac? I think that apple made a smart choice. Sure, its a pain to upgrade, but at the same time, they brought a wealth of peripherals to the platform. just my 2 cents... btw, i'm running LinuxPPC 2000 on my G4, and have had significantly fewer problems than i expected, and now i'm hooked, tho still using macos for photoshop and other design stuff.