Posted 10/01/2008 at 03:27:07pm

it would be nice if macs could have their parts replaced but that opens a bunch of garbage apple doesnt want to deal with...

the reason why osx is as stable as it is and as easy for people who know nothing is because there is no need to deal with drivers... they can write an OS that basically is designed for only a few different configurations... unlike windows where microsoft has to not only make things as flexible as possible for all the different configs out there, but they have to make things as backwards compatible as possible to avoid alienating users of older systems...

also with the smaller user base, keeping in mind that vista still lacks drivers for many components, what do you think the odds are that companies are going to write osx drivers for their parts on the off-chance that someone might actually need them? good luck

as a university student, basically everybody i know owns a laptop, and for the most part they can be broken into 2 groups...

1)the people who needed a computer and either went to staples/futureshop/bestbuy because there was a sale on

2)the people that wanted a mac because their friends had macs and didnt care that they were spending 15% more for a laptop that they probably wouldnt know how to use

 the second group generally annoys me to no end because they all sing the praises of macbooks... but when it comes down to it, all they use the things for is word processing, internet browsing and msn... you could buy an acer laptop that would do the same things for $600... kills me

 oh and just wait, if that apple market share gets up there a little higher, all those mac users out there who know absolutely nothing about computers, will be bombarded with new viruses written just for them... and i bet the vast majority of them wont be able to do anything about it...