There should be a Mac only thread in here

i don't know about the rest of the mac users, but i find it difficult, if not impossible, to **bleep** through all the windows related posts. just about everything posted in here is meaningful only for windows users. the small percentage of mac related questions and posts are hard to find.
the software available for the mac is quite different than the pc software. they are essentially unrelated. can we push for a top-level split between 'PC Software' and 'Mac Software'?
i'm sure this would benefit a windows users as well, since a few of them likely stumble across iCal/iSync/Multimedia Transfer/etc posts.
just my 2 bits...
N95-1 ---> N97-NAM ---> N900 ---> E7-00 + N900 (I use them both)
(N95 was pretty good, N97 had potential but utterly failed to deliver, N900 is absurdly good. Those of you wondering, "should I try N900/Maemo/MeeGo"? The answer is a resounding YES)

You could try using the advanced search box above, it works very well and will help you find the small amount of mac related posts.
See this link:
/discussions/search?index=public&without=&ratingend=&page_size=20&type=message&advanced=true&ratings...
Scroll down for the results.
.Message Edited by psychomania on 16-Oct-200712:00 AM

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