Quote Originally Posted by slaxxx View Post
I know you know that, I'm saying the compatibility issues really are not much of an issue anymore. And it doesn't cost $3700 either, and boot camp partioning (only really neccessary for gamers that want 3d acceleration) is pretty simple like everything on OS X.

But you do have a point, for people who want a PC they should just get a PC and not a Mac acting like a PC, regardless of how well today's Macs are able to do that. You wanted Outlook, and it does suck on OS X.

I have always hated Outlook personally, and I was a Windows user for 6 years before I got a Mac Pro earlier this year. I got tired of the extensive Windows security issues always in the back of my mind, I was tired of the OS itself, and I'm not a gamer- so there really was no program (apart from statsremote) that can only run on Windows.
The compatabilities are an issue, it's expensive to make pc apps work on the thing and probably a headache to figure it all out if you are a new mac user which is what Lee would be.

Pricing:

Ok the macbook pro 17" is $2800 + $350 for a windows OS + $79 for parallels + 7% tax = $3,455

Brand new Sony Vaio $1,350 ready to roll!

OS updates? OMG OS/x updates none stop! Just this morning freaking itunes and quicktime wanted another update after I only installed it a few weeks ago, that thing is always wanting updated! I do like how mac osx updates though, it updates pretty much everything simply.

I love outlook and it binds me to everything else I need. I mainly use my laptop for linux work, messaging, email, contacts, calendar, surfing and invoicing. All of those things work great under a pc. I use it as a business machine.