They may still have copies on their site with serials good until august.

The difference being, Windows users don’t get their panties in a bunch if someone critiques Windows accurately OR inaccurately.

see my point?

I prefer Windows because … well I don’t I’m just used to it. Oh yes, I guess there’s a price advantage. I can build a brand new quad core Windows machine for under $300. Can’t do that with a Mac.

It seems that you really know the Mac system, and could perhaps clarify a few assumptions” I have always had about Mac vs. PC. To clarify my requirements of a system, processing is probably the highest of my requirements, with a second very high part, throughput of data between the different parts of the system (loading files of the hard drive into memory). I don”t really care about games; a computer for me is to earn money.

I believe the older generation Mac’s was driven by a RISC based processor versus all of the windows machine’s at the time that was and still is CISC based. Because of the RISC even though the Mac’s had way less processor cycle’s for a given second, what they could do with those cycle’s was significantly higher, and way more efficient than their CISC counter parts. Users that had insane amounts of data to manipulate and do complex calculation found the Mac a natural choice, because of this.

But recently with the Mac being CISC based I think the difference between Mac and Pc has become a lot more superficial and cosmetic. That statement is not in disrespect for either system, but and observation that I recognize that people have different taste, and styles and prefer different things.

I think that because Mac still has control over their hardware they still do have a little bit of an edge because if you know exactly what hardware you dealing with, you can certainly tweak any OS to take advantage of that fact. But general if you build a machine, from the same quality of components that is found within a Mac you will get some really serious performance on windows or Linux or whole bunch of other OS that I can”t even pronounce, at a substantially lower price.

Please feel free to set me straight on any point or assumption I have made about Mac, my loyalty does not lie with Microsoft or the PC, and I will switch in a heart beat, if I am convinced that the tool, is the right tool for the job at hand.

As always, just my humble opinion
Regards, Rihan Meij