Windows.. it's like coming home! 3408

No doubt, if I had owned a MacBook *before* the PowerBook G4, I'd see it very differently! :D

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I don't need a Mac to run Windows.

So why should I use a beta product when there is, manifestly, no need to do so?

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Perhaps it is all in my head.

It does, if you turn it on.

However, you may prefer ordinary anti-aliasing on non-LCD screens. No color fringes.

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Slowness. A PowerBook G4 is an embarrasingly slow computer, at least when running OS X.

How much of this is due to the G4 sucking, and how much is due to OS X being slow, I never can tell.

I'd ask if the MacBook is zippy, but Mac users somehow always insist that Macs are plenty zippy, even ones which I know from personal experience are not.

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Depends on how fast the transition goes.

But Apple is moving very fast. I'll guess two years.

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You're just in denial on this one. The situation on Mac OS X is really bad; and many other commentators have mentioned it.

Most are willing to give the OS 9 refugees a pbutt, but Apple's own inconsistency in recent apps is another matter.

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Well, I should be glad you aren't condemning them for Evil Bundling, at least. :D

That's not a free download; that's a bundled app suite. Many PCs come with those (though this Toshiba did not).

However, iLife is not something I desire greatly.

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Grouping is a way to cope with lots of windows, but of course its better if the windows have their own tiles; then they are always immediately available, and no hunting through groups is needed.

I don't see this. Mac OS X is sprouting modes like nobody's business these days. Expose; Dashboard; and now Time Machine- all desktop-wide modes.

Expose wasn't so bad, but the other two are harder to excuse.

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You make the dock *smaller* to put more icons in it. Which makes the icons themselves smaller also of course.

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No, taskbar buttons are wide but short, rather than being square.

This allows them to show the window caption, with no need to click or to scrub. Another plus for the taskbar!

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We've had this argument.

It's not important to my decision to switch; I rarely use this feature. But, for the record, All Programs kicks the "Application" folders butt. Thank you. :D

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Sure looks like one to me. Maybe it is being changed in Leopard, and that's what you mean?

I mean, if a program appears in the recent-apps area and you don't want it, you can right click and chose "Remove From This List", and away it goes, making room for a replacement.