Really, x86 isn't that bad when you consider that all of its failings are the reason for its triumph: you can get a working computer that does everything that a single-user needs for $600, and it will have decent reliability and capabilities. The disappointment comes in playing mind games to the effect of "well, think what we could have if they just spent a bit more..." That and a disappointment that many "Computer Science/IT" people think that Windows is so great that they won't bother to consider or even learn anything else. I'll try to moderate myself. I don't want to be a grumpy old fart at 28, and it does increase list civility.