I've been using an iphone and an mac book pro for about a month now, and I agree that it is very simplistic compared to Win7, but they really have made it easy for the user to use. As much as I hate to use the phrase, "everything just works". In that sense, it reminds me more of win 7.

I could absolutely see the mac being a viable option for a person who is not familiar with computers to the degree that a lot of pc gamers are. I'm talking about you OLD people (anyone above the age of [less than you, reading this]).

Honestly, if I wasn't such an intrepid gamer, and if I didn't "need" access to all the cool software pieces I can find on the internet for windows pcs, my next buy would probably be a mac.

Apple is making very good consumer electronic devices while the PC market is still making computers.  Apple is marketing to those folks who don't want a computer.  They want to check facebook and email.  With an apple product they get to do that with no fuss and look beautiful doing it.

When did you get here in your time machine from the future?

Zu, the upcoming iOS 4.2 is reputed to allow simultaneity....two or more open apps. While not a full fledged computer, the iOS may well develop into a much more serious device for more than email/facebook.

I keep seeing these arguments on the ipad and other mobile devices as being for consumption, not production.  Are you saying the systems like ios and android made for media consumption are better, more advanced than the primitive made for production ones?

sorry, what's a "Sparc Stations"?

I don't agree with all points, I've been on Mac for a while and as a designer (it's will always be based in our

daily tasks/needs) I find Mac OSX quite superior to Windows 7 in the usability/user experience, the UI is

minimal, staying out of the way but yet powerful with some features Windows 7 lack by default.

The Way the OS work with the apps is far superior too (again based in my experiences), in the same Macbook

when running OSX, I can have Photoshop CS5, Mail app, Safari, iTunes (playing), Adium, iChat and

many times, iPhoto, with the same equivalent amount of app running under Windows 7, the Macbook goes

slow to death.

In my opinion, Microsoft is slowly going after OSX UX along the years, hiding many Explorer

"advanced" features that are not very important/relevant to the general users and look the

Windows 7 "superbar", remove the background and you'll a kind of dock.

With the OSX App store to come out soon, I wouldn't be surprised to see Stardock start to develop

"apps", in fact I think it's a great move if this Store follow the success of the iOS app store.