Yeah. Funny that MS's best developers program for the OTHER platform.
BTW...I had a similar problem with Windows Media Player installation as you, Jimmy. It didn't sit for ten minutes on "scanning," but it did take much longer than it needed to.
Some other observations:
1. The screen is very bright, with a good viewing angle. I rarely need to run at 100% brightness. Much improved over my friend's iBook G4.
2. It's fast, despite how "obsolete" the G4 is.
3. Dashboard widgets leak memory. A lot. :o EDIT: Just checked after waking from sleep from last night: they seemed to release a few megs. Either that or I restarted them all and forgot. Which I doubt.
4. System-wide spell checking \o/
5. Two finger scrolling kicks ass.