Not supported != doesn't work

I think you need to investigate the definition of the word may.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/may?show=1&t=1303413953

You realize I was replying to someone who suggested you can get by just the same with a $600 Windows notebook?

For more money, you probably get a nice machine.

So your managers two year old computer might be under more strain then your new computer - or have a bad fan?

Oh, and look at that, when I option the Lenovo to have specs somewhat similar to the MacBook Pro 13, it's $30 more.

I'm sure it's a fine machine, I have no problem with PCs, I was raised on them from day one. I used high end business HP's up till late 2009. I only started using Mac's because that's what the company I work for uses, and like I said, the MBP has been a surprisingly pleasant experience.

I've had one since launch, been repaired twice under warranty. Xbox Live has been the best online experience for a long time and it's where most of my friends play.

It's also largely for Medica Center. Engadget recently said it's probably the best DVR experience available.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/tivo-premiere-vs-windows-7-media-center/

So yeah, quality.

OS X

Not sure when it happened, but it was in the XP era.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02may13.mspx

I believe it also depends on the error, some more critical ones still seem to halt on the blue screen (perhaps because the machine is in a state that it can't even reboot in software). My Windows 7 desktop has done both on me (in fact I could blue screen it on demand with LogMeIn at one point, think an update fixed that).

Like I said, I've worked IT, I've made purchasing decisions for notebooks from $600 to $4000 (generally HP). I still compare to the new Windows high end HP machines my company purchases and I'm comfortable saying that the MBP is competitively priced and I wouldn't trade it for any Windows machine to develop every day.

Not sure what you are talking about. I'm currently a software developer, I'm typing this on a MBP that has been running for months with multiple virtualized development servers running Apache, Varnish, Memcached, natively I'm running MySQL with a multi GB database and Eclipse all at the same time. Even my relatively beefy Windows desktop machine would be unhappy in this situation.

I won't argue with anecdotal evidence, trust me I used to think like you (and I'm not a Windows hater at all, the only way to watch TV in my house is in an Xbox 360 streaming from a Windows 7 machine).

BUT like I said, having worked on a MBP for a year, I couldn't be happier. It's just a workhorse, and considering how much I depend on it, worth every penny.

I thought the same before using a MacBook Pro every day for work for a year.

You just don't get the stability, performance, battery life and build quality in a cheap Windows notebook (I've bought tons of them after much research when I worked in IT). Runs for months on end, 80 hour weeks, never shutdown, rarely restarted, basically never gets in my way.

That whole paragraph looks like it was run through Google Translate, it's kind of silly to pick it apart line by line.

I'd assume the sentence you quote meant there won't be problems including drivers as new models are released or in various distributions that have different policies about non-GPL binaries.

Oh, so many tax dollars...

"Winners will be announced on July 20, featured on our homepage, the homepage of LetsMove.gov, the White House blog, and also printed in the next issue of GOOD. We’ll send GOOD and Let’s Move! T-shirts and a free subscription (or gift subscription) to the winners."

That's some astonishingly lazy finger pointing. Where do you normally get the news spoon fed to you?

Are you blaming Apple for corrupting Microsoft? Wow...

I don't see the distinction between phone software and other consumer electronics. There are all sorts of software stores from every type of consumer electronics manufacturer out there that are screened in similar, if not more restrictive ways. If you like unfiltered software on your phone, there is still Android and J2ME devices.

Windows Mobile really isn't a good example to hold up in my mind since you must be a masochist to put up with its flakiness and third party software that is generally terrible compared to other platforms. When I was in charge of IT for a medium size company, every experience we had with Windows Mobile was an unmitigated disaster, especially compared to the iPhone (after it supported Exchange).

You mean Microsoft doesn't take a cut of Xbox and Zune content? You mean I can install flash and porn on those devices? Nope.

Apple doesn't make money from OS X software, just content for it's 'appliance like' devices. Just like Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, etc.

Yeah, I forgot about all the flash applications I download through Xbox and Zune Marketplace.

Oh wait.