"Slick" as defined by any of us Windows converts--that I know anyways--involves reformatting the harddrive, at a minimum. It often means doing a few sacred rain-dances and repartitioning as well, just to ensure all the 1's and 0's are lined up just the right way for Windows to operate smoothly. In fact, if our rain-dance is approved, we may be able to get up to 12 weeks of smooth operation prior to doing the entire thing again...
You would think that a CompSci grad had more faith in computers, but I would have to say that I have been tainted...
I *can* get my hands dirty if required. Done several years of programming on Solaris and Linux, and have managed several Linux boxes at one time or another. But I promised my wife that this new computer wouldn't be subject to the same problems that Windows users are cursed with simply because Mac OS X is "it."
Well, I bought the new CD's, and I want to spruce things up even more, lured by the notion of Rendezvous talking with my P4 and Athlon boxes upstairs, and lured by Quartz Extreme, etc, but I don't want to show any significant downtime. It would kill my entire reasoning to buy a Mac, which I have since come to love...
Apple has done nothing but seriously impress me with Mac OS X, and I don't want to spoil the honeymoon yet...
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