BTW, re: that Apple Tax statement…
Flip side of that argument is what you have to pay to license the Windows operating system. It’s being reported that for a Dell customer to downgrade to Windows XP—an OS that was released in 2001 for cryin’ out loud—it will cost an additional $21 more than buying Apple’s Leopard Mac OS X 10.5.
And instead of “service packs” released on whim like Microsoft does, Apple provides regular “dot-release” updates and they’re free (currently 10.5.5). That’s on top of all the ad-hoc security updates released as needed.
Not to mention the fact that the Mac OS X only comes in “Ultimate” flavor and is only $129… vs. $319.95 for Microsoft’s Vista Ultimate mal-ware. Don’t forget, Vista makes your PC run slower than XP… so whichever route you go, you’re screwed.
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Re: that updated drivers for Mac OS X are “only available for major releases”...
That’s completely incorrect. Apple maintains a support site with regular driver updates. Or maybe you want some firmware updates?