Most people don't moan and groan when they have a new version of an app, and have to invest time and effort to learn what's new and care even less to chase habits when getting into what's been changed. But when it comes to boring fundamentals like an OS, they complain. Why? An OS has to be created for a specific target group.mac has, traditionally, more the grapghic industry behind it, while Windows controls administration and about ninety percent of home users. Therefore win os can indeed be shockingly naive for experienced users outside the admin and the average home user. But when you learn to know it and you can tweak it a bit -to get P5 running ok you need serial packs, get rid of the content tab and enter code again to be able to see all your thumbnails- you do get a quite ok OS. I have used 2K, but prefer XP for many things. Not the indeed- silly interface and icons (I have a similar dislike against OSX) but its stability and the implementation of restore points. etcetcetc. my idea