…but not on my Mac. I have this PowerBook that is astonishingly slow. Well, it isn’t slower than Windows XP which takes a whole lot of time to start no matter how expensive your hardware is. So, on my 2.0 GHz P4 comp with only a mere 256MB of RAM clocked at 400 MHz I am greeted by OS X Shell(Finder) just 13 seconds after I push the oval power button on my CPU. Since I have multiple operating systems on this single 400 GB hard disk of mine, configuring Grub for each OS has been quite a pain. 13 seconds is simply awesome since Windows XP takes 43 seconds(makes me feel like screaming). The PowerBook G4 takes a little above 35 seconds before I notice iChat bouncing on the dock.

Though it is most probably not going to happen, I feel Apple should release Mac OS X Leopard so that it may run natively on PCs. It would be good for Apple’s software division but may be like murdering their iMacs, Mac Minis and MacBooks. If that ever happens, I do not see much of a future for Windows.

But even if it doesn’t happen, I don’t see Windows Vista going anywhere just like they do.

I’ve never assembled an AMD PC before an I’m going to do just that in a few weeks for my aunt who has said she needs a comp that can fulfill my cousins’ gaming needs.
The configuration is going to be pretty basic:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Graphic Card: nvidia 7300 GT
HDD: Western Digital/Seagate 250 GB 7200 RPM
RAM/Memory: Corsair 512X2 DDR 400 Dual Channel
Optical Drive: Sony/LG DVD +-RW
Monitor: Syncmaster 740N
Speakers: Logitech X-230
PSU: PowerSafe 400
Case: Gigabyte Triton

Cost: N/A

Operating System: Since they have a laptop that needs Rs.32000 worth of repairing done, I’m going to use the OEM Serial Number for Windows XP Home Edition from the Presario 2100 so that we may have a PC with the “Windows Genuine Advantage”. And this is legal as we will be discarding the laptop and using Windows only on one hard disk.

I was thinking of getting a 7600GT earlier but it’s way too expensive with any motherboard combination. The total cost would be somewhere near the cost of the Mac Mini but what we get here is a computer that will work with most of the games released in the next 2 years(hopefully!). Once the assembly is over, I get to have a first look at the XNA Game Studio.
Note: I don’t think I’ve used many technical terms here but in case I have, Google will be more than happy to help you.