The only thing you mention that I'd give a nickel for that I don't already have is the ability to start in 3 seconds. Usually takes me about 8. I've never had a virus, have software that I paid $15 for that keeps me spyware & malware free, have no problems at all with pop-ups (one website I visit regularly does manage to pop up a window, but I know it's coming and just kill it as soon as it puts a frame up). I USUALLY keep at least 10-15 applications open at once (at the moment... ah, exactly 15), OFTEN have over 30 open at once. Never any problems. Oh, did I mention that my laptop cost a little over $600 after rebates?Leland wrote:Let's see... no spyware, no viruses, no malware, no popups, no need to defrag & reformat & reinstall, haven't needed to reboot in ages, great memory management, painless OS upgrade installation, free image, video & DVD editors, once ran 25 applications simultaneously "just to see if it could do it", regularly have between 15-20 windows open,...Joe Baker wrote:I thought the Mac "always works".
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Joe Baker, who has no love for Bill Gates, but who uses a PC to get things done.
Change keyboard layouts on the fly, Automator, Spotlight, jump onto Wi-Fi easier than anyone else, Simple Finder (great for restricting other users), easy music streaming (takes longer to explain than it did to set up, and it only involved one step), wake from sleep in under three seconds, drag n' drop everywhere,...
Sounds like it "just works" to me.Not Apple's fault that Google is dragging their butt on their Earth browser.
That doesn't mean I think the Mac is crap; but the old days when PCs were crap are over. The PC is rapidly becoming not only less expensive and easier (to my brain, anyway) to understand, but really a good, solid runtime environment. The blue-screens of years gone by are a vague and distant memory now. I still don't like Bill Gates personally very much, but they do now make a pretty good OS, and when bundled with hardware it comes at a darned competitive price.
But why is it Google's responsibility to make their product work on any particular hardware/software platform? They're free to cater to any market sector they choose. They -- like so many other software companies -- have looked at the Mac marketshare and responded with a shrug. That's all I was saying about a computer that "just works" or doesn't: if the software isn't available for your computer, you're "just SOL".
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Joe Baker, who is experiencing tremendous satisfaction with his new Compaq (low-end!) notebook computer running Windows XP.