" The fundamental flaw in comparing an OS vs an application is quite obvious." Why? Software is software. Just because it occurs in Userland doesn't mean it suddenly gains relevancy or importance. I'd rather think the opposite happens. "Also, the lack of other available options in the PC OS arena" So who said you had to stick with a PC all this time? The average family is prolly on their second or third computer by now, so it's not as if they're forced to remain with any particular architecture. The reason MS got dragged into court had nothing to do with thier techincal competence, but with their monopolistic business practices. Standard Oil got the same charges levelled against them, and no one knew what software was back then.That alone makes me wonder why you brought that up. And back to my original point, Windows users not only put up with bugs in large numbers, but even with all the bugs present in the OS that most of the complaining folk here use, they have yet to declare "Microsoft has just lost my business!" I'll go peek at the Thread That Never Ends now :) /P