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>>>I Think We Pissed Off The Microsoft Fan Boys!...
>>>I don’t want to get to intellectual, but that’s the most retarded thing I’ve ever heard!
>>>Please explain what software a Mac “can’t” run?
Uh, tons. Try Adobe Audition, for one (see my previous post). If you're a gamer, fugeddaboudit. Roxio EZ-CD/DVD creator? Nope, need to buy the Mac-only Toast.
BootCamp? Great if you have an Intel-based Mac running OS X. A coaster if you have anything else.
Look, I'm neither a "Microsoft Fan Boy" or an Apple geek. I'm a guy who has one of each at home and invests no emotional capital in them or in any consumer product or gadget - car, TV, stereo, iPod, etc. They are machines desgined to do a job, no more, no less, and getting all hot-and-bothered about one or the other smacks of some kind of emotionally-stunted consumermist fetish.
I had to visit the "Knowledge Bar" when my PowerBook froze up after eight months (so much for the vaunted stability - turns out an automatic upgrade to the latest version of Apple's QuickTime had crashed the OS). The folks there were very helpful, but the whole thing felt like some kind of crazy cult that they were thrilled to let me in on. No secret handshake, but close. It was weird and goofy.
As far as software choices for a Mac, well, visit your local Apple Store and take a look at the display of programs for sale. Or go to most any on-line software vendor (including Mac-specific ones) and feast your eyes on your limitless choices.
