Re:Just hardware, no apple OS. (Score 1)

"Linux is a fine desktop environment needing little tweaking (or at least no more than XP) and has next to zero learning curve as many environments are specifically designed to mimic Windows as faithfully as possible (unfortunately, as some would argue)." Are you kidding me? I've been using the KDE for about a year now and while its nice, it certainly is not a zero learning curve desktop. XP, whist MS crap, doesn't realy require one bit of tweaking. XP works fine for most people straight out of the box. Linux desktops have a ways to go and while I have a very usable desktop which I've tweaked for my specific uses, there is still some know how involved to get it there. Try explaining module installations or drive mounting orcode compiling to a regular user and you will get blank stares.