just wanted to answer plastic without having this thread turn into a flame war. This is how much I hate macs:
I have never owned *any* windows computers. Right now, there are 4 macs at home with 3 in active service at the moment (one running Yellow Dog Linux for my master's project).
I convinced the managers at work to buy macs (although we needed them, they refused until I brow beat them into it). I've been personally responsible for getting almost 40 macs installed at work over the last few years.
If at all possible, I buy things that are Mac-only. This includes:
SoundSticks
Keyspan DRM (before they release windows software)
Countour Design accessories for my mac (feet and flat top)
iMic
I will buy the ADC version of the Formac studio display (over teh DVI version) early next year because it is mac-only (and has obvious benefits).
I've aslo paid for a raft of shareware that I may not need to pay for, but I like to support the mac shareware developers.
That said, the computers at work do not come with CD burners so people often turn to the macs in the lab. To many of these people, that's their only exposure to Macs. So far, unless I'm using my personal mac (with Toast), their experiences with the mac have been somewhere between sort of bad to very bad.
If this has not been a huge issue to other people, I'll have to go back and take a look at the NT workstations at work...
PS>I may have been a little cranky yesterday after spending beautifull day slaving away on my master's project....
