The people love Windows XP 10145

DFS All 15 of them? This is wholly unscientific evidence. Your supporting an argument that people like a product based on reviews from people who bought a product on a site that typically appeals to tech-heads. The same people who wouldn't buy XP if they don't like it.

Where did I claim this? I said that merit didn't enter into their buying decisions. Yet another wintroll trying to stuff their verion of reality down other people's throats.

But was technically superior.

Thanks for proving my point.

Glad you got a laugh out of it--but the joke's going to be on you in the end.

Well, I buttembled the one I'm currently using (I picked the parts I did mostly because they offered the most performance for the price, while still being in my price range). If your talking about the iBook... I wanted a durable laptop in my price range. IBM's offerings were too expensive.

They fit.

Same.

People is plural, and in this context referring to the majority. I am not a people, I am a *person* (if you want to be pedantic, I can be too)--and in the minority.

I have no idea who made the shoes I wear--I bought them out of the bargain bin because they fit, and I saw no point in dropping $80 on a pair of shoes that didn't fit as well.

I don't shop at Wal-Mart. Ever.

I've got a Dell box, only because someone else was getting rid of it. It's now running Debian, and sitting in the other room acting as a file server.