@fadecomic: totally agree. When will MathWorks go native Aqua with Matlab? X11 just doesn't cut it. For such an expensive piece of software, they should support all platforms natively.

Wow, it is very impressive. I was not familiar at all with the original version, so this is very novel to me. The best thing about it is how light the interface feels; it is very snappy. Right now, mouse and keyboard compatibility have some issues. Also, if you are like me and use iTunes and iPhoto to organize…

@holymogwai: How many times are you going to use that "...I bet they own an xbox" line? It's not relevant to the current discussion! Are you an MS shill or something? Balmer, is that you? Oh, and btw, I did own an xbox, I loved it... except for the fact that it had a Thompson drive which got the dreaded dirty disk…

@Hieronymus: I think Lifehacker readers are simply not a good sample of the general computer using population. That said, there is nothing here "not to believe" in the poll. People are probably not lying about building their own computers.

One question for everyone: where do you all shop for parts? I primarily use newegg.com.

Also, my recommendation is to think carefully about the case and fans. A good case will make builds FAR easier; a bad case will get you stitches. Inexpensive fans will work fine, but will be noisy.

On my first build, my bro gave me a last gen p3 processor. Few mobos were compatible with it, but the advantage was that the mobos were inexpensive—p4 dominated the market by then. I bought a good asus board, but since it wasn't popular, there was little support for it. That became an issue when I had to…

Echoing other people's comments, I think we should be cautious in interpreting these results. It is hard to pin down the significance in time shifts found in the study. Considering the small sample size, and the fact that they are testing for multiple hypotheses—looking for any differences between the two groups—I…

@David Myers: Not true for me either. I use windows 0% of my time since switching to a Mac a year and a half ago, and I would label myself an 'enthusiast.' I like iPhoto (06), but I do miss the configuration capabilities of Picasa. iPhoto is great at being simple, but sometimes it is a little too good at it. The…

Having used both, I give the nod to Picasa, but I think both programs are good. The biggest reason to switch: it's free. I don't want to spend $80 for iLife 08 when iPhoto is the only program I use from it.

@cv: I second this opinion. Ultra thin MBP is what I want the most. However, I will wait for an iteration or two.

@soul_grind: Yeah, Joost's junk to good programming ratio is really high, but isn't that true with regular tv too? The UI definitely needs work. The menu system is just awful, and too many channels are cross-categorized—probably so you would think they have a lot of shows. The ads didn't come up so often for me,…

@msisaac: I recently upgraded to Leopard, and I knew about the menubar and dock complaints before I did. I have to say, I don't know what the big gripe is about. I've barely noticed the change in visibility. It may depend a lot on your wall paper—I tend to use dark ones. That aside, I think Leopard is a great…

I wouldn't take it for free, and I certainly will not let them spy on me for it. Although, it would be sorta funny on them if they received a lot of mac users. But as always with MS, the joke is on the users.

@badsandwich: Cool. Thanks for pointing out that page. QS has been quite stable for me—esp. when considering its functionality; it's quite amazing that it has been so stable given the complaints on the code. Hopefully, we will see those changes in a new release quite soon.

@agb: Grammar is a slave to meaning, not the other way around. The statement was not ambiguous...why the hostility?

@Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor: I disagree here. I use QS and spotlight in complementary ways. I like to keep QS light, meaning that when I type in a few letters I get very few false positives (at the expense of losing comprehensive searches). With Spotlight, I want it to dredge up as much as possible, because I…

Apple should make their own version and bundle it with OSX; it's just too amazing for people not to use. Nice interview BTW, short and to the point.

@Masaya: I think the laptop is silver, so it probably is an MBP. The table underneath looks a reflecting black.

True, the actual number matters little, but, on the other hand, if you are the kind of person that really cares about achieving success in everything you are assigned, then that can translate to success outside of school. Also, if you are in academia, fellowships offered by government agencies, like the National…