kromekat: I was speaking historically. Your own post kind of makes my point; by winnowing software requirements down to those "of importance" and "graphics related," you've reduced the issue of availability by two factors. But for the longest time, one simply could not get decent --or any-- software for accounting, industry-specific applications (agriculture, construction, etc.), and a lot of games (I was never much of a gamer, so this didn't affect me personally, but the size of the game market and the frustration level for gamers can't be ignored). In many of those specific industries, it's still the case: people who just want an easy tool to work with are left with Bill Gates' version of easy because the software companies don't want to deal with porting. As for myself, I'm currently happy. I either have or could get all the software I want for my needs. I was simply saying that Mac users, over the years, have "been there."