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Now that I've flushed out to Microsoft fanboys by complaining about Vista's interface and anti-open-source tricks, I'll irritate the Mac fanboys just to make things even.

I have a dual-core Intel MacBook Pro, a slick silver $2,000-plus laptop with 2 gigabytes of RAM. So, tell me:

Why am I seeing the beachball when trying to open mail, view a photo, whatever?

Why does it take so long to launch a program? Comparable applications launch in half the time on a three-year-old $600 desktop PC.

For about a dozen years now I've dragged around a Windows laptop, starting with a '486 Thinkpad running Windows 3.1. I'm switching to a MacBook Pro as soon as the new hardware arrives.

Don't get all heated up, Mac users; I am not joining the Church of Jobs. But I need to replace my laptop, and I see no point in continuing with the same set of irritations. It's time for a new set.