[Tim Hancock]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I am pretty sure Solidworks and Autocad will not work on a Mac. I am a mechanical engineer and the company I work provides us with both of the above cad programs.

Thus far in this debate, the only thing advantage to Macs that I would care about, is that someone mentioned that they do not get viruses. Is this really true? Do Mac users never have to run antivirus or Spybot type software?

I tried to help my wife when she brought her new work laptop Mac home one evening and neither myself or my teens could figure out how to do anything on it. Why do some claim it is so easy or intuitive to use? None of my family has ever had any problems figuring out how to do something on a new version of Windows. Trying to operate the Mac, it seemed as if everything was based on little icons that had no meaning where with windows, text is typically used to describe various buttons and functions.

Having to memorize tons of stupid little symbols instead of just being able to read text does not equal better in my book. It just insures that I will never take the time to learn to use one.