Chris, there was not much background on this, so at the risk of stirring things up again, I though I might try explain some of the emotional reaction.
> So far, in this thread, I've seen: > 1. Blind allegiance to the PowerPC microprocessor. > 2. Trashing the competition. Back in 1999 when Apple switch from the 680x0 line to PowerPC, we were all convinced that this was the right choice, even though switching to Intel was discussed and considered back then. The reason that gear heads like me like the PowerPC were mostly one of elegant design, the beautiful RISC architecture versus the crufty, apparently dead-end, CISC of the 80x86. In truth, PowerPC never lived up to its potential and Intel made the Pentium line more and more CISC like as it evolved. The Intel switch caught me by surprise, but I hadn't been paying attention to chip design for a few years. Here is a good explanation, although the article wisely avoids most of the esoteric philosophy that only an engineer could appreciate: http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/06/1654252 Being a Mac user is an unpopular choice. Most of us have given the decision due rational consideration. The minor insults and discrimination become burdensome, but most of us are quiet about that too. It is a little much to be expected to politely endure ignorant abuse on Macintosh oriented list, however. My favorite list of minor hardships is at: http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/macmarginalization/ I have heard some blind users comment, with regard to VoiceOver, that they are already part of a neglected minority who encounter obstacles on the web every day. Why make the problems worse? Of course, what you get is more than what you give up, but there is something of a leap of faith required. Keeping with the religious analogy, Mac users are often accused of being evangelists. The phenomenon is understandable because we have found something valuable that costs us nothing, so why not share the secret? The enthusiasm for a computer is foreign to Windows users, so naturally they are distrustful of the motivation. http://home.adelphia.net/~bmss/vo/reasons.html -- Panerese Sycophantic Enforcers, Ltd.
