But wouldn't you say Windows is more like the Mac OS? <eg> :-) By the way. Happy 20th Macintosh! :-) On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 08:47:52 -0600 While gathering his/her composure, "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx> said this: RB> Bad thing is that if you want an alternative that does work, will connect to RB> Windows networks easily,e tc just geta Mac with OS X Panther - heck Macs are RB> darn near the same as Intel based machines anymore - running PCI cards and RB> all. Ok so the OS is different from Windows but then all these others are RB> too but at least OS X will install with GUI and is supported with updates RB> and drivers, at one site. I think that is my alternative OS to Windows for a RB> while --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Talk Shop http://www.computertalkshop.com Un-subscribe/Vacation, http://www.computertalkshop.com/list_options.htm List HowTo: http://www.computertalkshop.com/faq.htm To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto: http://computertalkshop.com/other_cts_lists.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------