... I guess it wouldn't be so bad if the total price is not much more than comparable regular flash drive, but it just seems like such low-tech.

Isn't this what networks are for? Media streamer anyone?

there is no right click. i stand behind this statement. when i go up to all the imacs at school , the mouse has no right click. its not a "right click" if you hold a button down and then click, thats just alternate clicking. you cant right click god damnit! its annoying as can be, windows has a 95+% worldwide market share and that means that most people are familiar with the windows user interface, and its easy to them, therefore it would take additional effort to learn a new os and this is no less than useless.

the effort that has been put into learning windows is considered sunk cost, because it is time that is already gone and you cant ever get it back, so that is an advantage to windows whether you like it or not.

and windows lack of capabilities? wazaah? wahht???? i do a lot with my computer and while i will concede that the mac os is more capable with editing/creating media hardcore, i dont think that is an honest flaw of windows because 99.99% (literally) of computer users don't ever do that kind of stuff.

and as you said, most people just use the computer to send email and search the web, and as i said, windows is a better interface for this because most people are already familiar with the interface, so theres no point to switch. windows doesnt have holes in the security. its not about the os, its about not downloading the wrong crap. if you are running mac and you download a lot of crap software, youre gonna have crap popping up all the time.

OS X IS NOT INTUITIVE. i just completely disagree with anyone who says otherwise. its freaking complicated. even moreso for someone who is already familiar with windows. im an 18 year old college kid who (not to sound too proud or anything) knows his way around a computer and consumer electronics moreover.


You want Intuitive? Check out the Cross Media Bar (XMB) on sonys new gizmos. im no fanboi, but i will concede a better windows interface when it presents itself, and XMB is just beautiful and soooooo easy to pick up. ive asked older people what theyve thought of it, and they all love it and pick it up really quickly. the problem with XMB is that it (obviously) isnt going to have the full fledged functionality of windows or osx.

and to conclude once more.... OS X blows. most users should just stay away. i stand behind these statements because people are already familiar with windows and os x is not better imo. i dont think it is AT ALL more intuitive and i dont think its smart to ask people to re-learn how to use a computer.

functionality, practicality, control vs. cute animations, time waste, money waste
... i can do this forever baby.

check the read link for high severity problems....

in light of the longer posts ive been seeing in engadget comments...

this seems like the perfect time to mention that i am an extremely heavy downloader that downloads gigabytes per day using torrents and newsgroups.

i used to used windows xp, and i now use windows vista. i use no firewall or anti-virus software and have had no virus problems in the last 5 years. you get viruses by downloading the wrong stuff, not just by using a computer.

further, windows vista seems really secure in that every time a setup program is run, you are prompted to see whether you really want to run it.
AND this one might be the kicker to a bunch of you fanbois, but OS X BLOWS. i go to a college where an honest 40% uses the os, so im ultimately faced with using the laptops on occasion or even more commonly using the the imacs in the library because all of the dells are taken. OS X is advertised as this really easy to use OS that never crashes, but in all of my experiences with it, its not easy to use. for most people, the windows interface is familiar and the new vista interface is beautiful. if you use windows a lot, you are going to want to commit suicide when you try to right click and its just not there. and computers crash. all computers crash. my computer crashes extremely rarely, but in all honesty, it does happen, and in my experiences with os x, it crashes too. if you do too much with your computer, its gonna crash or at least slow down to the point where it might as well have crashed. the beauty is that with newer software, all of your data is autosaved pretty frequently, so you wont have a problem.

ultimately, what im saying is for the GREAT MAJORITY of users, OS X is completely inferior to windows. the small minority that i think mac is great for are people who are editing/creating music, video, and photos.

thank you, and good night.

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w00t!