Get a Mac for your next computer

It's not a joke. I have just purchased a Windows Vista computer; after 5 minutes with it, the only thing I can say is: Yuck!!!!!! (Along with some censored expressions in both Chinese and English languages.) This operating is really crappy in terms of usability. Maybe we are so accustomed to the XP currently available. But things have changed in the Vista that really not improving anything but cause more problems: 1) You need 2G of RAM to run. Don't be shy when buying a computer, 1G is not enough; remember the good old days when you buy a Windows XP with 512M of RAM? And then you complained things are running slow. Same thing; except now, you need 2G as a barebone minimum. 2) There is no Start, then Run.... It is so intuitively mislabeled as "Search" but you get a nice search box provided. 3) Network connection. You have to read more and carefully in order to understand what the F^&()^&% you are doing. ONLY after you have a IT/computer science degree to understand the verbage. 4) There is no Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel; it is now call Program Feature. 5) When I tried scrolling with a Microsoft wheel mouse, it worked sometimes but not the others on the same F*^$^%)_% screen. 6) Every time you try to do something "administratively", you get an annoying pop-up window asking to "are you sure" or something. 7) Visual cue of double clicking is gone, at least on some screens I was in. OK, OK, I better stop; this is only after 5 minutes of working with it for me without going to the net to seek out answers for simple tasks I could do normally with my eyes closed. Maybe I am old fashion and should be retired from IT. Or this product is just sucked.

Before swiping my credit card for this new Vista laptop, I was seeking high and low looking for a XP Pro machine in Regina - London Drugs and Best Buy; guess what, there are none in plain sight. And when I inquired about one, we were in such a soft voice I thought I was dealing with a less than legit purchase from a "dealer". The policy is "put those XP machines away, pretend they never exists". Hmmm... I wonder how many of those machines are out there.... Microsoft power...... Pretty awesome huh?

So to consider a new machine, take a look at the Mac. It's easier, less problematic, and nicer. If you have problem, I'll fix them for you. The interoperability between some "standardized" files (aka Microsoft standard) are interchangeable now. The only thing is certain games; but hey, not all are ready for Vista anyway....