>As Jason mentioned, it's only 5% different from a WinTel box but I have
>been bitten more than once by much less than 5%.
actually i said that all wintel boxes are 5% different from each
other. and my point was that the apple PC will be no better or worse
than the variation of PCs already extant. in grand scapegoating
tradition, i can expect any compatibility issues to be trumpeted,
while the fact that the same issues show up on 30% of other mfrs' PCs
will go unreported, this being "normal" in the windows world.