Vista According to the Bastard Operator From Hell

One of the best reviews of Vista I’ve seen yet:

“You should go to Vista.”

“So you like Vista?”

“Not really, no. I run a Vista simulator.”

“Virtual Server?” the Boss asks.

“Nah, I just turned on all the flashy crap in XP, changed the background image, took some memory out of my box and clocked down the CPU. Then broke Media player. Works like a charm.”

“So you don’t like it?”

“No. But it has does have one advantage.”

“What’s that?”

“It causes a clean reinstall of XP which is generally good from a defrag point of view.”

Blatantly copied, unedited, direct from the Bastard Operator From Hell

The Finch Wants A Mac!

Yes, I admit it. I want to turn to the dark side. Yesterday I got to play with my cousin’s (careful! No gay incest here thanks!) Mac Book. Quite simply, it just worked. It was sleek, slick and something else beginning with S (not slimy!) that I can’t think of right now.

I was talking to two guys at work on Friday night and both of them are Mac converts. They gave me the links to a couple of videos on the Apple website, one of them was Steve J’s August 2007 keynote about iLife and iWork ‘08.

So, in a fit, a frenzy and something else beginning with F (not ….) that I can’t think of, the decision was made to purchase a Mac of some description. The question is, which one?

I love the look of the Mac Mini, I already have USB keyboard and mouse and my Gucci (if a little old at 2 years) Acer 19″ widescreen. Getting the Mac Mini will allow me to use the existing gear with a KVM and run the PC and the Mac.

The iMac looks even better but the Mac Mini just makes more sense. I have three monitors on the desk as it is. Do I want another?

But then I think of the Mac Book’s portability. That’s a huge bonus as I have no decent laptop at all.

But then I think of the Mac Book Pro and it’s extra features like the DVD burner and the extra hard disc space.

Aaarrrgh! See my problem? So, I have two tasks for both my loyal readers to undertake should you desire:

1. Help me choose. Mac Mini or Mac Book? I would like to hear your reasoning for choosing one over the other.

2. I would like to see some sites or objective real time reviews of Macs. I know next to nothing about them at the moment and I get the impression that watching a keynote from Steve Jobs is no different to watching Billy G go on about how great Vista is. And we ALL know the truth about that!

If you really want, then please try putting me off my impending purchase (and doom!), god knows how I’m going to afford it…