Started out talking about surfin the web with either winblows or MAC. The discussion is now around Mac vs windblow$. I am not, nor never been concerned that Apple does not have a major part of the PC market. Sure, I would like to see there market share increase, and its has recently, and I believe it will when Intel Macs are commonplace.
Overall, I enjoy the Mac for it simplicity, and reliability. I agree with Viro, I would not want an unstable computer because of endless downloading of drivers, updates, security patches, etc. M$ faces so many challenges, whether some of them are created by their own business practices or large responsibility of dominating the PC market.
One thing that bothers me with the PC world is computers advertise "built of windows". What happen to the days when software boxes posted requirements based on hardware (IBM compatible 386, etc)?
I am not sure that a software company should be dictating to hardware companies how to built computers. Conversely, many PC users download so many programs, etc, that their systems become unstable. At work, our network admin has strict control over our usage (School), so our computers are some what stable. Although on daily basis, I struggle with the printer, poorly written Psychology programs that freeze with large amounts of data to crunch. Thankfully, my Powerbook gets me through the day and my productivity remains efficient.
