i hate bill gates because hes a kajillionaire and im a phone support technician.
the thing thats frustrating about windows is that theres a better way to do it. the problem is the massive learning curve.
example: i love linux. i love that its free, i love that i have absolute control over the computer, i love that most software for it is free and in many cases, very high quality. but i have spent 2 months and 2 iterations of red hats version trying to get my goddamned sound card to work. i *know* that the problem is that the module is not enabled and i know that if i could get the kernel recompiled properly, it would work like a champ. the problem? me recompiling a kernel is the kiss of death for the operating system i do it on. i read the howtos (which is a whole other rant) and follow the directions to the tee. kernel panic on first boot.
point is, if linux really wanted to compete with windows, people who know a lot more than me would make it so that i dont have to recompile the kernel just to get sound out of my generic POS sound card.
i dont know what apples problem is. the only reason im not using one is because theyre so damned expensive (oops, theres the problem).
~james