Well as long as we're exploring the unfathomable, I don't understand why people grumble about the monopoly that Bill Gates seems to have and yet in the next breath will praise Apple. There sure aren't a whole lot of 3rd party options in either the operating system, software or hardware as far as Apple goes. MACs big selling point used to be that it was so much easier to use and set-up than a PC. Hardware and software compatibility problems rarely arise with the MAC because your choices are so limited.