Yeah.... I've tested Win 7 on my lab test machine. And I have run every incarnation of Windows since the days of 3.1. The lab test machine currently has Vista on it. It gets started up now roughly once every 2 months just to blow the cobwebs out of the fan. There's a reason I switched to Macs a few years ago, and never looked back. It has nothing to do with me "not understanding". My last Windows machine that was a production machine was a brand new top-of-the-line Dell, maxed out specs running Vista. Both the hardware and Vista failed me a dozen times before I sold it for $100 bucks and made the switch.

I have since had exactly zero problems. Beachballs are not a problem. They rarely occur and can be force-quit easily. And Leopard has fully crashed out on me twice in two years. Vista would typically crash a half dozen times per day easily. I find Windows to be ridiculously complicated on purpose. When I say complicated, do not misunderstand that to mean I was confused by it. I understand every last detail of my machines and software. But I find it to be unnecessarily complicated. MS could do with some streamlining. OS X on the other hand is functional, simple, versatile, customizable, and stability is rock-solid. I no longer have to spend my time trying to fix Windows and run scanners, registry fixers, virus probes, malware removers, and 27 Windows Updates every day just to keep the thing running. With OS X I can do my work. And I can do it for weeks on end without a single reboot.

So, "sigh" back at ya. You can keep that broken shade tree software MS keeps putting out and overcharging you for the "privilege" of building your own box from a bag of parts you got at the discount PC store.

Good luck with that PC thing.

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I use Linux, Windows and OSX formats. They are all good for some things, and not so well for others.

That said, aside from hobby related materials, I just don't see the Mac OSX as anything more than Linux with a fresh coat of paint. Sure, it is nice, and I enjoy using the iPrograms, but aside from those and Maya, what about it should I take seriously?

Understandably, there are long talks about the advent of an iTablet, but even as I use laptops, my phone and a Motion Computing tablet PC (which is far and above the best tablet PC on the market out there), I have yet to find a rugged solution to handle some of my everyday needs. Add that I have used tablets from XP to Win7 in environments that are in some of The World's most unforgiving environments, and you'll see why I keep the MacBook Pro in a protected antishock bag, while I take my PC based kits to do the dirty work.

So, you can look down at PCs all you want. I use all of them. Linux. OSX. And Windows. And coming from a person who had attempted to use Apple products in sandstorms, monsoons and other natural disasters, I will tell you now that the ones I attempted to use are only good for spare parts and shiny paperweights.

My Motion Computing tablet and Toughbook laptop, however, are still working like it were day one.

Each of which were literally in the same price range, as well.

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Wait another 5 minutes then browse through the comments.

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If you want something more exciting, you're going to have to push away from that desk! Stand up outta that chair! And go find it!

It's a big ol' goofy world, just waiting for you to explore it!

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People do rest between laps, you know. gotta do... somethin. there's only so much nature appreciating you can do in a single day.

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Albeit for totally different reasons now.

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Anybody want a peanut?

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It would only be a mistake if it said that it wasn't.

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how bad can your week be when you have a girlfriend/wife?

If you've ever had a girlfriend/wife, you would know...

[Just kidding! I love you, honey!!!]

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