the big thing, aside from the money, that keeps me from getting a mac (like the cool new imac) is a remembrance of how mouse-bound the macintosh interface was. (and i assume that os x hasn't changed that dramatically.)
(i'll admit to being an atypical computer user, though. i spend 99% of my time using mozilla, mutt, tin, and a terminal window with bash and vim.)
much ado is made about voice recognition being the next big thing that will impact user interfaces, but i really can't imagine that it will ever make a big dent on the personal computer (outside of being used for dictation). what i think would be huge is eye-tracking. imagine being able to look at a link (with some subtle visual feedback that lets you know where the computer thinks you are looking), and just hit a key on the keyboard to follow it.
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mac is way overpriced - especially when you can emulate the Mac OS GUI with kde.
bah. the price difference isn't that huge, and the current apple stuff is pretty high quality, compared to the crap most pc manufacturers shovel out.
but the 1024×768 resolution is a little disappointing. i'd rather see 1280×1024.
and kde doesn't have anything to hold a candle to appleworks, iphoto, itunes, and imovie.
come on jw, kde is doing good for the kind of support they have. i mean, for how much apple charges, they better have a fantastic "multimedia system."
i'm still of the impression that with a damn good video card and enough RAM, you can do anything on a PC that you can do on a Mac.
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