Why people just assume "this is the only way" and put up with so much Microsoft gash is just beyond me.
Buy an Apple, or get your feet wet with Linux. Sure, you'll stumble for a little while, just like learning to speak a new language, but you'll never go back....
Unless you've got some software which point-blank only runs on Windows, there really is no reason people have to put up with this rubbish. You can run a large amount of Win software on Mac/Linux using Wine and Crossover, and there are free, open-source alternatives around for many common applications.
But don't ALL of you go jumping ship now... fixing your crap-ass Windows Servers pays for my flying
