[BlueSkyJaunte]

I dropped MSFT like a stripper's bra when Win2K went into endless windowsupdate/reboot cycles on me. On a fresh install, no less.

Now I use Gentoo (Linux) and Mac.

My Dell (running Gentoo) is noisy as hell and slower than a P3 that's half the MHz.

My Mac keeps failing to wake up after being put into sleep mode (aka, closing the lid). This despite 4 repair attempts by Apple over the course of 6 weeks.

Final story: ALL computers suck. All computer COMPANIES suck. It just depends on how much and what kind of suckage you're willing to put up with.

Choose accordingly.