Re: OT: Crash Humor

In article <k66zopqz.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Bob Fry <bobfry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm due for a home computer upgrade and have pretty much decided to
get a Mac this time. With the intel hardware and the ability to run
windows apps natively in another window, it seems like an obvious
choice

Not just Windows... you can run all three operating systems natively...
Mac OSX, Windows XP and Linux.
.

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