Dan:

I just got my first Mac about four months ago. Prior to that I had been very involved with the Windows platform since the very beginnings of that platform. (Windows 1.0)

However, I would have to say that the UNIX-based OS X operating system is much, much better than Windows. I have not had the Mac crash once since I set it up on March 26, 2003. If I had been running Windows during that time, I would not have been able to say that --- it would have crashed a few times per week, just like it did in all the years I ran it.

I ran pre-Windows 3.1 versions of the software --- in fact, I was truly one of the very first people to run Windows of any sort.

Also, with OS X things are found where you think they might, and not where they got shoved into Windows. There are nothing such as DLL files, and there is never any need for DEFRAGGING and even ANTI-VIRUS software.

The OS X software is less structurally involved, which means that program and file size are considerably smaller. OS X (10.2) comes with DVD and CD-R BURNING native to the OS.

There are no major security flaws like there are in Windows --- all these viruses and worms are all Windows based.

Dan, once upon a time I was a Windows snob also. But, once I actually tried a Mac, there will be no turning back.

P.S. - I am NOT a sheep --- I am a WOLF!

P n' P = KDB

NOTE: See the film TRAINING DAY for an explaination as to why I make that distinction.