XP is the superior platform in nearly every respect. The fact that we are interacting in this web space right now has mostly to do with Windows machines' impact on the world of technology (and their outsourcing). Tiger is a respectable and intuitive platform, as will be Leopard, I'm sure. However, does not anyone see the irony in all of this? The "dream" Mac Machines now incorporate a processor and an OS that Windows users have been using for over a decade and as a result we call the Mac Masterminds geniuses? I am all for the dual booting idea, and have been using Linux and XP on my machine, but let's not forget that Windows brought us to where we are today in the technology world. Mac's inclusion of the Intel chip and Windows XP is a concession to that fact. One can not argue with Windows' longevity, versatility, relative stability (my machine has rarely if ever crashed), cost-effectiveness, and overall impact on the way we compute. Welcome to the robust world of Windows my friends.
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XP is the superior platform in nearly every respect. The fact that we are interacting in this web space right now has mostly to do with Windows machines' impact on the world of technology (and their outsourcing). Tiger is a respectable and intuitive platform, as will be Leopard, I'm sure. However, does not anyone see the irony in all of this? The "dream" Mac Machines now incorporate a processor and an OS that Windows users have been using for over a decade and as a result we call the Mac Masterminds geniuses? I am all for the dual booting idea, and have been using Linux and XP on my machine, but let's not forget that Windows brought us to where we are today in the technology world. Mac's inclusion of the Intel chip and Windows XP is a concession to that fact. One can not argue with Windows' longevity, versatility, relative stability (my machine has rarely if ever crashed), cost-effectiveness, and overall impact on the way we compute. Welcome to the robust world of Windows my friends.