Mac or Windows, do you have an opinion?

I just read an interesting blog on CNET, "Is Apple More Form than Function?" by Brooke Crothers. The article discusses a very interesting position, based on pure technical.
specifications. So they lined the spec's lined out side by side to ask you, which would you go with a new Vista Laptop loaded to the max, or a new Apple Macbook with moderate spec's?

Also, the article tends to suggest the idea that Apple's popularity by PC purchasers is more for astetics than functionality. Yes, those that carry a Mac look cooler, because they are.... and most likely more educated on the true form and function of a "PC".

Technically it is the OS in the Mac that beats Windows boxes hands down, but it is the total package from, ease of use, to the cost of software, reliability........... and of course the perceived coolness.

When Microsoft released Vista, it shot itself in the foot. The newly re-designed interface is nothing more than a nightmare for previous XP and Windows users. So if you have to learn how to operate your computer from start..... AGAIN, why not look to alternative systems that might provide better service and reliability.

In addition to the tremendous faux pas, with Vista, Microsoft is about to get it's clock cleaned by new Linux OS's for NetBooks, which cannot run Vista due to it's massive hardware requirements and its design for full sized laptop monitors.

See if this does not set Microsoft back on its heels. You have to wonder about an OS that costs almost as much as the machine it runs on.

One last comment on the Apple Revolution, for $99/year you can take one, 1-hour class per week on any Apple product, hardware or software. I have done this to learn the Apple Aperture application, and I am very impressed at the quality of the session.

Watch, I think the next 18 months will be interesting.