Windows 7 - Switch to a PC?

This is one piece of software that is probably going to prevent me from switching to a mac. Currently the mac is a little too expensive. Yes, the price has come down, but so has the price of PCs. It's the price of a mac and the addition of Applecare that seems to make it just out of reach. Besides, tech at discounted prices gets me well excited.

Although netbooks are so cheap that it can be used for a bit of fun, they still load Windows XP. There is nothing wrong with XP, but it's just that I've always wanted something different.

Windows 7 will provide that difference. I can go and buy a netbook now, but I will have to buy a copy of Windows 7 later. And then there is the probability that it will not install properly without downloading the updated drivers or hunting for the relevant fixes on forums etc. I h*te that.

I'm really looking forward to it's touch based feature. It's not new, but previous Windows were generally based around a pen. With Microsoft borrowing ideas from the iPhone, it's starting to become fun. It's not working flawlessly as demonstrated by the Windows 7 team themselves, but it is different and just the kind of refreshment I need.

Once Windows 7 rolls out on the netbooks, and they start copying the aluminum and thinness of the apple macbook which they invariably do, there probably won't be any reason to switch to a Mac. Besides, there will always be a time to switch to a Mac later, when they innovate on their previous designs. Although with Snow Leopard looking so similar to Leopard, it's not going to be anytime soon.

For business use the Snow Leopard is sometimes a must with it's Microsoft Exchange compatibility. But for the new users to pay for the super extra stability, which they should have got with the original Leopard, is just hard to swallow. What are those regular updates doing? Adware for iTunes store?

Leopard has been out for quite some time and it's flawless for running the fundamental things. Although it still looks better than Vista and to some extent it looks better than windows 7, I can't help thinking that Leopard has now become too common and the look has become somewhat bland.