On the super-easy software piracy note (or at least marginally easier than FTP, since there's a central listing of servers), try Carracho. In my first days as an OS X user with a T-1, Carracho worked and Hotline didn't. There's still no napster-kazaa-whatever centralized easy-search P2P program for the macintosh that I know of (VirtualPC DOES NOT COUNT), but there's always the trust vs. convenience factor playing in there.

Convenience: I can get 'Tek N9ne - Slacker', by name, in about thirty seconds with a typical P2P program.

Trust: I'd much rather download executable code off of something more closely resembling an online storefront (or at least online crack house), namely, a server that I've had to donate some software to in order to gain access. (FTP/Hotline/Carracho).

On rands' note:

"Instantaneous sign that you are an Apple zealot: Usage of any of the following preposterous terms when describing Apple products "it just works" or "it never breaks". I tend to stop reading articles when they include such claims because they don't always work and they do break. Yes, even iPods... a lot"

Yes, of course stuff breaks. My personal comments claiming that they don't was more of an "OH GOD, THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN MY WINDOWS MONSTROSITY" reaction than an honest belief that they don't break. My version of OS X (10.0.1.4, if I remember right) has some pretty bad memory leaks that accumulate over time and necessitate the occasional (bi-weekly or so) restart, and Internet Explorer likes to explode and die for no reason. But the problems I've found with OS X are much easier to understand, it's like trying to understand the dyanamics of monopoly instead of the stock market.

Side note: My Macintosh 7200/120 still plays marathon. The Mac SE/30 (no grayscale necessary) still works and prints for word processing. Both of the windows machines (one desktop and one laptop) I've purchased since have had many crippling issues continuing to this day. On the other hand, my friend's brand new iPod (the windows 'remix') just had the touchweel stop registering for some reason, necessitating a trip to the mall, where we discovered the apple stores don't handle warranty servicing, necessitating return shipping to amazon.com... Thinking different, but organizing their thoughts using the same braindead corporate bloat. As always, your mileage may vary.