[RKC]

Used Windows since 3.0. Switched my office and home to Mac in 2004 - 7 computers at work, 3 computers at home, airports & extensions, and some networked printers. No formal computer training. I run all of these, do print and web design work, and am much happier on Mac.

I could not justify the Mac cost for my business in the 1990's - it may have been better, but Apple was dying and business is business and $$ is $$. Today, I could not justify Windows (98 was unstable but it was 2004's virus attacks that converted me.)

There is a reason that Vista has so many features which came out first in OSX - Apple is clearly now in the lead for regular users.

The Microsoft lovers all seem to be hard-core computer programmers, which is great. I get why Apple's error codes in English and its simple, beautiful interface are looked down upon by them. It has been the same story with all craftsmen when laymen were finally able to enter their realm due to technological advances. But for the rest of us.....

I suppose it's good that I remember how to guess about the proper balance of resolution to size that I used in Aldus Photostyler so I could make a picture look good on the web.

But I really prefer in CS2 to throw my 20MB Photoshop images directly into GoLive automatically - and take my lunch hour now.

Black magic craftsmanship it isn't, but I have more time for life now. And life is too short......