Wow, sagcat, I have one of those snowy imacs. And I have ALWAYS had OSX on it and I bought it waaaay back in 2001. It still runs perfectly and I can open any number of programs on it with no problem very fast. I also have a snowy ibook that I bought in 2000, one of the first to come out with OSX on it. I use for travel and take it to the office. It still runs fast with no problems. I even use photoshop CS2 with large photo processing changes that I do on it...with no slowdown and NO problems. I just wonder how I could do intense photoshop work with either of those machines if they have limitations as you suggest. In addition, I just upgraded an old 1999 blue mac model G3 to OSX 3.9 and it runs like a charm. So, I don't understand how someone as techy as you are, could have such ignorance about or such difficulty with those things.

As a matter fact, I JUST bought a new imac with intel to replace the snowy imac. I ONLY did so because I need Windows for some client work and my Windows laptop scares the shit out me in that it loves it's viruses and coming up in safe mode screen and I just do not have time to fool with fixing that nonsense if I don't have to. I have work to get done.

What I have learned from reading the comments about this article is the sheer ignorance and willful stupidity that some Windows users have about macs. Some of you know absolutely nothing about macs except for the lies you've been told and/or the lies you tell. I don't really care if you want to keep your Windows machine and love to tinker with it, etc. or whatever reason it is you want it for. That's fine. But don't try and tell those of us with macs, that we have something less than you do. Now that's piece of crap.