apple discussions is very helpful i find http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa maybe simon can sort something out with those 'experts' , i realise they're only stupid mac users , but I'm sure they'll do their best to help a newbie , particularly a highly experienced and knowledgeable one like he is

i'm not being rude , i'm just befuddled that you call yourself an It specialist , with years of knowledge yet you don't seem capable of the very simplest of basic computer useage

threatened ? :) by a guy who can't even work a silly little apple mac HAHAH TOO FUNNY

do you post at macrumors too ? good site that , macnn and appleinsider are exc as well ars technica is supposed to be the ultimate but they spend all day chatting about the vagaries of cpu optimization , not exactly my cup of tea

" You see Alex, my gripe is with the mentaility of some MAC users who only acknowledge and help you if you agree how wonderful MACs are! Its so childish and actually they are not great at all. They have just as many issues as PCs. It is laughable at this 'must belong to a group' mentality. PC users don't bother knocking MAC users, why

and you're an IT specialist ? what in - commodore 64's ??

'simon' comes over as a 3rd rate troll imo , if he was open to the experience of a mac he wouldn't make such silly flame bait comments in the first place , making ridiculous statements about things he doesn't even have the faintest grasp of , despite supposedly being a big shot IT specialist then collapsing like a pack of wet playing

are you insinuating that microsoft have made a propietary product that only works on their os ? next you'll be saying they're anti competition and are being sued by the US gov for acting like the mafia.. i thought only that beastly evil apple were capable of such a loathsome trick !! funny how people review the ipod / iphone ( that usleless

you posted two links to supposed viruses and the mac the first was from an ms sponsored site who are obv 100% anti-apple and the second was 3 years old 20 million macs later and there's still no exploit that's damaged a mac in any way - your point is ? as for your It credentials - big deal - in the mac world , we're all equal , you'll

this quick reply box is hopeless , so much for all my formatted text , it just appears as some vast coagulated mess reminds me of windoze :)