OSX does not crash?!


I have made the switch for a few months now and while I do find that OSX is easier to maintain and manage over Windows, there are a few things which just get on my nut.
Tiger's home page goes on about how OSX does not crash - it *has* crashed for me a few times but perhaps that was because I was running a Windows emulator ;-)
But here is the sad truth - OSX may not crash but applications running on it often do - apps which I use often.
Dreamweaver: Dreamweaver has always crashed on a Windows machine and it looks like Macromedia thought they would carry on the tradition by making this product crash on OSX too - good job Macromedia - no bloody wonder they were bought out by Adobe.
Fireworks: Another Macromedia product which crashes from time to time - especially when rotating objects.
Thunderbird: Was my main mail client until I switched to OSX - crash crash crash - need I say more?
Firefox: Firefox hardly crashed on my Windows machine but crashes every day for me on OSX - I guess this is the reason why so many Mac users say that they use Safari and Firefox at the same time - they switch to Safari while waiting for Firefox to restart!
I do need to keep on using Firefox though as the Developer tools are a must. Safari is fast but limited - why on earth did the Safari team make it so that you can only choose *one* folder to download images etc to? I should be able to browse on save. The bookmarks functionality in Safari is appalling to. A round of applause to the Safari team - and at the same time a round of steaming-bat-crap-shoved-in-the-mouth. Why oh why do developers continue to develop apps for themselves rather than for people who actually use those apps.
There is no doubt that macs are cool - isn't expose just the coolest thing? But I am not going to continue to lie to Windows users and preach mac anymore. To tell yo the truth - I am unsatisfied with all computers and OS's - I just cant wait until the day that computers are embedded in our brains - no need for monitors either as images will be beamed to the back of our eyeballs.
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