That doesn't make any sense...

Anyway, whether you open up a Mac or a PC, it has a bunch of components all supplied by different manufacturers. When I installed some RAM in my neighbor's Gateway, it had an Intel mobo, a Seagate drive, an Antec power supply, and an Nvidia videocard. That hardly qualifies as generic. But here's where I find my value. When I want to upgrade, I don't throw it out and buy a new one, I go to New Egg or Comp USA or a host of other sources and pick out a new mobo or a new proc or a new power supply or whatever component I want.

And Vista is far from garbage. It's not perfect but neither is OS X. If it were, they wouldn't sell you a new version every few years. I've used Vista since day one and the only app I've ever had trouble running on it is iTunes. Granted, Apple was in no hurry to support Vista but it took them forever to get a quick running, stable version released. Apple makes nice products for the most part and it's always nice to see an American company do well. They just don't offer enough choice for someone like me.

Except now, hardware wise, Macs are basically PC's. They ran into a wall with the Motorola chips and were basically forced into it. It's pretty simple, if you like the design and the OS and you want to spend more, buy the Mac. If not, buy the PC. Denigrating someone's choice of computer is pretty asinine.

It's an effective ad for the people it's aimed at and it's all true which is more than you can say for the "I'm A Mac" ads from Apple. I use MS and Apple products on a daily basis. I build my own rigs and like to game so Macs are pretty much eliminated from the start. My wife's laptop is a 3 year old HP. Had to replace the battery recently but it still works as well for her now as the day she bought it.

As far as Apple, I love my iPod but my iPhone's wi-fi stopped working about a month after the warranty was up and Apple's solution was for me to buy a new one with a new 2 year contract. Not quite the gold key customer service that Apple is famous for. What Apple is now finding out is that it's a lot harder to sell to and please the mass market than it was to the niche market that they're just now emerging from.

The same thing is happening here in Orlando with Bright House and our CBS affiliate. Their general manager even had the audacity to come on TV begging for us to support them and bombard Bright House with emails supporting the CBS cause. And even better, they took out a full page ad in the Orlando Sentinel urging people to switch to Dish Network. I think we all know what's going on there. Hopefully Bright House tells them to pound sand. OTA networks have always been and should always be free and if Bright House caves and pays, then all the other network affiliates will be at the door with their hands out and our cable bills go up.

Personally I'd like to see HD DVD hold on as long as possible since it's competition that has helped bring prices down so quickly. I have a PS3 (which I think is still the best BluRay player on the market) and I recently picked up an HD-A30 for $150 plus the free flicks. I think the biggest detriment to both these formats has been the price of the movies. Who besides Cuba Gooding's mother would pay $30-$35 to watch Daddy Day Camp in HD?