amen brother!

Just quickly, don't engadget realise that 720 is a bigger resolution than 480, therefore more information can be displayed on the screen, thus causing elements to appear smaller? The menu is not squished, its running in 480i. Less vertical lines of resolution. Who made this post? It is ridiculous! It was started by someone's own opinion that is inherently flawed by ignorance. Someone please delete this post.

While I do agree to the fact that you are kinda locked in to the (now thanks to virtualization) more flexible Mac Hardware/Software setup and thusly Mac OS, when you buy a new PC, how many vendors offer you an alternative to Windows, nor even a computer with no os? Pretty much just Dell and that has been on select systems and only for a short time. At least the Mac OS is included in the price, and its the full version, so you dont have to add another $600 to the total of your PC. Funny, sounds like a bit of a ripoff considering you get a FULL OS included in the price of your Mac, as well as world leading software.

Now, that covers new computers

But for the used computer, you will have to purchase an upgrade (or a full version should you be unlucky) of Vista or OSX. It is in this department that the security issues are more apparent. With Mac, I could just borrow my friends' CD, or download the ISO. While it may cause a slight loss in revenue for the company, it also works in their favor, bringing bigger numbers to the current OS leaving less in the old versions which lose compatibility as time goes on. If you want to be left behind in a system where you have to pay for upgrades or physically crack the operating system into working in such a way it's not designed to, stay with Windows. Personally, the security and looks of OSX trump anything M$ could 'copy'.

M$ fanbois - take aim and prepare to return fire!

People don't realise that the cost of a computer is not on the sticker, but at the end of its life

What? Are you joking or was Deep Impact just a little bit realistic for you? This page is about monitors that display colours accurately! You are crazy and you make little sense also

Yeah I first noticed the change in those portable traffic lights they use for road works! Then our own town got them it was like wow. Our town is bumpkin as we live like 5 hours south from you, Merimbula.

Lol yeah Australasia is made up of Australia, New Zeland, New Guniea and a few neighbouring islands. Co-incidently, it is a part of Oceania however, which adds to the list Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia. These small island groups are technically a mix of French, British, USA, New Zeland and Australian 'owned' (for lack of a better word) territories. Anyway, most NZ people hate it when they are accidently called Aussies, because they are sheep rooters hehe

Sorry Karl, but Australia is a continent. I live there. I would know. But alas, it also is a country. We are a lucky island continent/country, but we usually call ourselves a continent because it sounds better. I mean what other country can claim it is a continent also? Theres a few but i'm too tired to think right now. Post a reply of some if you like. Personally I think its the right idea, but I think the LED/OLED bulb may have been a smarter alternative. Either way, the bill is designed to open up alternatives, not just to flogg off CFLs, so hopefully the energy saving market will boom after this, and our non-kyoto signing arse will be spared from the firey depths of hell :)

And now to cut energy from industry and gov't departments......