It's bad tools too.
MS VB is very bad at multitasking.
Most VB programmers arn't bright enough to handle the concept. But, the few that can are hampered by the language itself.
Win2000 can't handle lots of VB threads either.
It simply lets some fall asleep and never awake.
Yes,
There's also the cost of time.
And Quality Assurance,
You're going to go thru a LOT of Public Domain software before you find the quality stuff that works for you.
Apple has already done the QA for us.
Secondly,
If you don't know Linux,
then having a productive Linux desktop environment is going to take months of study.
With the Mac, you can run under an preinstalled Unix with a working GUI, use the email program and run all the iSomething apps with NO LEARNING CURVE.
Then when you have the time you can break into the Huge Unix utility set and have a go at it.
What are you going to College for Computer Science? Yes? build it yourself,
No? Buy the Mac.
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It's bad tools too. MS VB is very bad at multitasking. Most VB programmers arn't bright enough to handle the concept. But, the few that can are hampered by the language itself. Win2000 can't handle lots of VB threads either. It simply lets some fall asleep and never awake.
Yes, There's also the cost of time. And Quality Assurance, You're going to go thru a LOT of Public Domain software before you find the quality stuff that works for you. Apple has already done the QA for us. Secondly, If you don't know Linux, then having a productive Linux desktop environment is going to take months of study. With the Mac, you can run under an preinstalled Unix with a working GUI, use the email program and run all the iSomething apps with NO LEARNING CURVE. Then when you have the time you can break into the Huge Unix utility set and have a go at it. What are you going to College for Computer Science? Yes? build it yourself, No? Buy the Mac.