Originally posted by Mr. Ovation:
most people completely miss the mark that it's OS vs OS, and in that battle... true stability and bang for buck.. they BOTH fall WAY short. Linux outperforms anything Microsoft or Apple could hope for on most any level....

I agree with that completely - I've never understood the whole Mac computer vs. PC computer thing; as I said earlier, if I could load Mac OS into a cheaper box I would be just as happy. If I knew enough about computers to use Linux, I would probably be even happier.

As for my suggestion for OMA to return the new computer and get a Mac, I understand that statement could be seen as rude as could all the postings prior to mine that suggested he take it back and get another computer with a different version of Windows. I couldn't understand the stick with Windows no matter what hoops you need to jump through feeling I was getting from the posts and was reacting to that.

OMA, I too hope you somehow got the info you desired out of all this and apologize for the rudeness my initial posting.