While fiber is definitely the superior technology its just not practical to bring it to the desktop yet hence the continued development of copper. For backbone and data center fiber is king but for desktop copper rules the roost. As far as desktops Microsoft does everything I need and its been pretty solid since Windows 7. Apple is like being allowed into the petting zoo where you can only touch certain things and your always being supervised while everything else allows you full access to the zoo. Yeah every once in a while someone lets the tigers out but for the most part things work fine. Iphones are cute though. atthemovies