Whilst wandering the blogs over this morning’s bagel, I stumbled upon an article by ZDNet Australia’s Munir Kotadia that was sane and coherent - features not often found in mainstream geek sites such as ZDNet.

Here are some excerpts from an article he wrote a while back about Apple’s BootCamp program that allows Borgs to ‘downgrade’ their Macs into mere PCs.

Boot Camp: an expensive downgrade for your Mac?

So Apple has launched Boot Camp, which is a piece of software that allows its customers to choose between Windows XP and OS X when booting up. But if you have OS X, why would you downgrade?

I am an Apple customer and although I couldn’t use Boot Camp — because I have a prehistoric PowerBook G4 instead of a trendy new Intel-based system — I wouldn’t want to…

…I understand that some people have applications that need Windows. I understand that. I really do. I feel truly sorry for these people. You have my deepest sympathies.

But the future is all about browser-based applications and the sooner your corporate applications are browser-enabled the better.

IMHO, when compared to OS X, Windows XP is simply third class. In terms of usability, looks and security there is no comparison.

The whole thing is HERE

I’ve bookmarked his feed and will be reading Munir’s stuff regularly, despite the fact that his last name sounds like a minor skin disease.