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The same is true of digital cameras. In the never-ending quest to "out-feature" each other, the manufactures forget to put the user first, not the marketing department. "We need like 4 more bullet points to beat Canon!"

This makes my dream of having one machine to do all my computer engineering stuff possible, but it also means I'm even less likely to see Mac native versions of stuff like OrCAD or Pspice. I tried using MacCAD (for electronic circuit design and schematics) and it is a totally-hacked-OS 7-port piece of crap. Now, can I use my Pell Grant to get a MacBook Pro?

Can someone please port the following: OrCAD PSpice an ABEL and/or and VDHL compiler any software for programming PDLs, FPGAs, and EEPROMs. I'm sick of having to use PCs for my engineering work.

I'd had numerous computers, including Apple ][ clones, an Amiga, an Atari, a TRS-80, a PC XT clone.... But one day I was in my electronics class in high school, circa 1991. The instructor and a couple kids were all hunched over this tiny machine in the corner. I saw him drag the disk icon to the trash. Oscar the Grouch popped out, made some irreverent comment, and then the computer made a vomiting sound as it ejected the disk for you! From then on I used Macs exclusively, including on campus and when I worked at Kinko's (where I taught myself Photoshop). And in 1998 I bought my first computer that I personally owned: an iMac rev B. Make mine Mac!

The worst part of it is I was reading the "first look" on PCworld.com or PCmag.com or something... they actually referred to these things (smart folders, etc) as Microsoft innovations! I about shit my pants! Hell, some of the "innovations" were already in PANTHER!

Um, there was a huge backlash against the brushed Al look. There are programs specifically for stripping the brushed metal look from programs such as Safari, for example. Personally, I don't see why Apple still refuses to offer an OS-level way of using different skins. The fact that Windows has it, and the fact that Kaleidascope was so popular for the Classic Mac OS and now that APE thing (Shape Shifter?) is really hot, speaks volumes. Hell, even Workbench 1.0 on the Amiga had tweakable colors and an editable cursor built in to the OS. That's not to say it wouldn't be easy to come up with some really crappy skins (I have seen a number of these on Windows machines for sure), and I'm sure this is a concern for Apple (i.e. they don't want people to think someone's lame-ass theme is what OS X is all about). But I'll bet 85% or more of windows desktops use the XP or Classic theme. Most cars on the road are stock, but some people like to put on wings and stickers and mufflers, etc. Some of them look like crap, some of them look pretty damn cool. Either way, folks that do that sort of thing like having the option. I prefer the GUI look in Tiger over previous OS X releases. It's clean and simple, a lot like Platinum on OS 8/9. It stays out of the way of what I am working on. It wouldn't bother me a bit if the brushed metal went away from iPhoto/iDVD/Finder/Safari/et al. But what if someone liked it so much they wanted all apps to have it? I say let them!

seriously. lol.

God, please help Octiv add Volume Logic support to the iPod and Airport Express. I paid for the plug in, but rarely use it as I primarily listen to my iPod or through my stereo. But when I switch over to ye olde Logitech 2.1s it makes even the tinniest old recording sound awesome!