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"Nothing like a filesystem like XFS or BFS, not a good software manager like QNX's, or the advanced (and easy to use) networking features that WindowsXP brings." Um... does anything? I mean, an ideal standard is fine, insofar as it is a target to shoot for, but complaining about how something doesn't live up to it is an idealist's position. Which is fine. Except that the rest of us have to live in the real world. And as far as I can see, having run off of the new MacOS and played with Windows XP, the strengths of the former outweigh the strengths of the latter. I mean, as far as I could see, what Windows XP does is 1) deeply integrate even more programs (and copycat ones) into the operating system, 2) come with a horrifically ugly and unbearable interface (I can't stand staring at it for 8 hours+ a day), and 3) make Windows more stable. Nothing new at all. As far as the MacOS is concerned, it is still a little clunky (I miss spring loaded folders, and I miss the transparency of the file system - it was all so simple under 7 - 9), and, yes, the hardware needs to be improved (we've known that for over a year now, so complaining about it is beginning to sound whiny), and, yes, the developers need to get working, but, really: For the first time in years, when I sit at home and work on Mac OSX after a day of Windows at work, I feel like I'm working with an operating system that has a future ahead of it that represents innovation (rather than imitation and regurgitation).