From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2005-04-01T15:24:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Respect and Disappointment

"Gavri Fernandez" <gavri.fernandez@gmail.com> wondered:
>   What about all the Windows users who look forward to using Macs?!?
> Am I the only one? :-)

I must say I've been impressed with all I've seen of Mac OS X. The most 
impressive thing to me is how amazingly pretty it is! (The menu... see a 
poor reproduction at http://www.dave.burt.id.au/googlex/)

I've always held the view that the Mac assumes a level of stupidity on the 
part of the user, and makes a bunch of technical and complicated stuff 
harder to do that it would be on Win or Nix. But I've never given it a shot, 
and from all reports, the interface is just thoroughly really well designed. 
I'd be only too happy to be proven wrong.

I seriously looked at getting one about a month ago, and it was the prices 
that turned me off. That and the fact that a Mac is essentially a black box; 
no upgrading the video card or adding (internal for convenience) HD-DVD in a 
year or two. So I'm still running Windows.

Cheers,
Dave