either way you turn you have pros and cons...i was at best buy the other day (to go buy a new laptop) ibook was a choice...but so was, the PC! after starring at the mac for 2 min, and seeing no salesmen would come near me when i was near the macs...i took a stroll over to the HP laptops...4 salesmen crowding around me!!! the whole point of this story is that...Microsoft is just more popular, doesn't mean its better, doesn't mean its worse! its just means its there. its an option, that more people seek! BTW if you were wondering, i bought a gateway media center laptop, it'll be here Friday