I feel sorry for Mac owners. They seem to be
afraid to lift the lid and get their hands dirty.
Well, I want to know /what/ the OS is doing,
and /why/.

That's sort of like feeling sorry for all the folks who
want the kind of car that you don't have to be a
mechanic to keep running...

I don't think that's the appropriate analogy...

I've been running the same installation of W2K, on the same machine, for 11
years, * and I've had only one significant problem. (A friend with a Mac had
the same problem.)

* I expect to be buying a new machine in two months.