I'm thinking about getting an Apple as my next computer...

[specificocean]

I hate Windows 8.

And at work, every time Microsoft sends out an update for Internet Explorer, our parts catalog software needs to be tweaked.

Apples are pricey, but seem to have fewer issues like that.

Hmmm...

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[frostbyte]

win8 is pretty useless for a business platform. Win8.1 shows a little promise in that it brings back the Start button, but I don't expect that to last either. Windows 7SP1 is functional for most stuff, and required for a fair amount more. XP is really a dead horse anymore, no matter how stable it is/was. As soon as Micro$oft quit supporting it with regular updates and tweaks, it became a lost cause. I'd say we have as many troubles with fun crud like Adobe and Sun Java updates as we do with M$, though.

No matter how badly a new update to software fouls up your internal applications and proprietary software, you know you have to fix that to adapt. And you have to adapt, or you get left behind. Especially when you work for a technology company, keeping up with the other kids isn't just a necessary evil, it's a matter of survival in the marketplace.

And no matter what they say, Mac OS is really not much more than a GUI front end for a unix platform. Even their hardware is Intel-based anymore - may as well call it an APC and be done with it.

[specificocean]

Good points, all.