Got me to thinking. Whats so good about them that theyre worth 3x the price ?

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Yes Windows is more expensive, but works with considerably more computer hardware, OSX only has to deal with a very small number of motherboards etc in comparison to windows, which works on practically anything including a Mac!

Also OSX is only every really bought as an upgrade, as when is a Mac ever bought without an OS? Could also the reduced cost of the OS be because the hardware is so damn expensive?

Yes Im a windows 7 user and Im very happy with it, especially compared to older versions... However if OSX was available on non extortionately priced hardware, I would probably buy it. I have used macs before and liked them, but would have to see how it performed day to day for my use.

Ubuntu... I tried it, I didnt like it, I cant remember exactly what it was, but something like trying to install the ability to play MP3 player or something equally as simple took me an hour or so of dicking around!

Ubuntu is improving the 10.04 LTS is nice, but moost of the time u just need to go to synaptics (the packet handler) and type in this case, "MP3 player" and you will find what u need.

Nope but it is piss easy to install

 Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) is a repository of packages that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons (copyright, license, patent, etc).

Medibuntu is a packaging project dedicated to distributing software that cannot be included in Ubuntu for various reasons, related to geographical variations in legislation regarding intellectual property, security and other issues:

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    restrictions on the use of certain types of technical solution, such as cryptography
    legal restrictions on imports of software technology, requiring for example specific permissions
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A lot of excellent free software and non-free software is affected by such restriction somewhere in the world, thus preventing its inclusion into Ubuntu that, for economy and simplicity, are generally identical for all countries.

We refuse to resign ourselves to abandoning software that may be legally useful somewhere, and we have chosen to provide it with professional quality packaging, easily usable within the context of Ubuntu.
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Does W7 play FLAC out of the box ?

Oh look how the Ubuntu users get all high and mighty all of a sudden!
How long did it take to get USB working out the box? Hum?

LoL,  USB and bluetooth worked right out of the box yes All I have thrown at it has worked except Telias 3G modem
because it also has a memory in it and Ubuntu finds the memory and looks no further so it took me 5 min. to search the Ubuntu forum to find a solution and copy and paste the code provided into a terminal and it worked fine.