OSX is probably the most powerful and easy to use OS I have ever seen in my life. And the G4's they put in your HS are probably locked up with AtEase or Foolproof running OS 9 and are not taken very good care of. That is my experience anyway.

Right now Im running a dual 800 under OSX and it kicks every computer's ass I have ever used.

Don't even start arguing ease of use however, the fact is, the Mac's interface is probably one of the best thought out and well designed in the world. Are you even aware of the amount of research that whent in to designing it? Hell back in the days of OS 7.5 apple had a developer guide calld the User Interface Guidelines, that explained the logic and psychology behind every little thing in the system. M$ wishe's they had an origional bone in their body, cuz thanks to Apples little book they didn't need to design a thing. Infact the only reason you think XP is so easy to use is because they basically stole all the elements from the Mac.

Jeez... please explain to me WHAT on earth can be done easier thrugh XP or any god forsaken windoez OS that you can't do on OSX?

And, BTW there is more to an OS than just a crappy ass skin for god sakes!!!!!

Oh I forgot, your using XP, isn't that just a crappy ass skin for 2000

I honestly don't think you have used OSX, or a Mac for that matter, for any period of time, because I think you would be quite surprised.

As far as PC's go, they are great machines. Windoze is what sux ass in every way shape or form.

As far as Apple opening up their platform, I don't think that's going to happen any time soon. OSX may be ported to x86 systems in the future but Mac's won't be made by another manufacturer other than Apple. But I don't see this as a hindrance to their development at all. Because both the software and hardware are developed in house, the integreation and efficiency achived by the two are fantastic.

You mention PC's being faster, and as has been argued back and fourth countless times, you can't argue Mhz across diffrent chip architectures. The G4's outperform most Intel and AMD chips when doing what they were ment to do, i.e. running high-end publishing and graphics applications.

Furthermore, while Pentiums and AMD chips may have higher clock speeds, it's the amount of data that is processed per cycle that matters, not just the speed. G4's are tons more efficient than all these chips when it comes to this.

And as far as expense.. well, why drive a Honda when you can have a Rolls Royce? : )

Anyway, If you like PC's thats great. Im not gonna flame or accuse you of talkin out your ass. But I urge you, do dump that load of crap calld XP and try some diffrent operating systems. Just read some of the stuff M$ is doing!!! Do you really wan't an OS that is being produced by a monopolistic organization hell ben't on controlling your, and everyone elses computing experience?