re: the somewhat snide comments about Mac OS X and Linux.
Yes, both operating systems may, on occasion, crash or even hang. (I'm a systems engineer by profession) But they certainly do so far, far less than
Windoze. And let's not even discuss the security implications. (Windoze being akin to the proverbial swiss cheese as far as security goes.) Nor should we discuss the inherent bugginess of any Windows release.