Having not really followed this conversation from the beginning, I'd like to add a small comment to the thread mentioning how painless Windows machines are to upgrade the OS on.
I too occasionally deal with the darkside. Night before last, I put a Celeron 1ghz system together with my son. Soyo m/b, 512 mb RAM, new 60 gig hd. Fresh shrinkwrap copy of XP. From start to finish? Six hours. Five and a half hours to install the effing OS. The trouble? As always with a Windows install, incompatible/missing drivers. Routine? Install all hardware, check BIOS, fdisk drive, format drive, begin install. Install hangs. Remove all cards and start again with fdisk... (60 gig drive, remember?) Get system installed after the third try. Install cards removed and "add new hardware". Go to the Mac and go searching the web for the NIC drivers, download and copy to floppy. "add new hardware" yet again. End result? 5.5 hours to build a system. Were it a Mac, I'd have had it from pieces in the box to functioning system in an hour tops. I just 'love' PCs. Really I do. I KNOW why there are so many PC techs and so few Apple techs. PCs need techs, Apples don't. Jim -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
