Windows.. it's like coming home! 3410

I've got a Mac; a PowerBook G4. It does not run Windows, oddly enough.

If I want to have a Windows box, there's no reason for me to buy it from Apple.

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Yeah. How is that not what I would do?

You are agreeing with things I never said, there.

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It works, but how well it works depends on the CRT. You can get good results with a nice sharp Trinitron. Your old 1970's NTSC TV.. not so much.

There is, however, stil the ordinary anti-aliasing available in Windows.

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Hmm. They were selling new ones only a few months ago.

You can put Windows on a Mac these days. That is certainly faster; and I should not be surprised to find that Linux is too.

I can't understand why anyone would claim OS X is 'faster'. Prettier, sure, but the performance problems it has with interactive UI are well documented, and I have experienced them myself.

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To Intel. That is where Apple is going. They are being very (and commendably) clear about this: PowerPC is going away, as soon as may be.

I expect that in about two years, we'll start seeing software that is Intel only. These will be the new releases, of course.

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Indeed; but many come bundled with Microsoft Office. (I had to spring for this myself, however)

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If owning Macs for several years didn't do it, nothing ever will! :D

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Oh, please. Tiny inscrutable icons, miniscule hit boxes, and no labels. That's supposed to be a plus?

Besides, the Dock shows apps, and I want windows. If it showed 10,000 apps it would still lose to the taskbar in my eyes.

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They don't start shrinking until I have about 6 or 7 windows open, actually.

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