A friend at work, for example, uses a common MP3 player - one of those RealPlayer POS programs, I think. It also plays CDs. Whenever he inserts a CD, the program converts everything to MP3s and sprays the files on his desktop. He deletes them; the MP3 player still thinks they exist, and keeps a reference in his playlist. He’s tried to turn this off, but can’t figure out how, and so like most computer users he has learned to trash the files and live with the error messages, because he is too busy using the computer to figure out how to fix it. It’s a criminal abuse of the user, and reflects the general lack of panache that characterizes many Windows products. Say what you will about Jobs - and I think he’s a smug flaming egomaniacal jerk in oh so many ways - you get the sense that he insists that these programs be cool, goddammit, and they are. And by “cool” I mean they look right and run right. I’ve yet to meet any of these new Apple apps that didn’t behave exactly like I think it should.