Tripitaka wrote:
The Mac gives you the tools but if I could be bothered to play with a Mac in this way I may as well use Linux.
Fair enough. But IMO, what is great about Mac OS X is that everything works out of the box, and is easy and fun to use, but lets you get under the bonnet if you want. Compared to a lot of Linux distros, which can be quite obtuse in daily use, forcing you to tweak under the bonnet even if you don't want to. Having said that, I do acknowledge that several more modern distros are much more friendly to the casual user (Ubuntu comes to mind). Though I challenge anyone to use Linux as their main OS and never have to go under the bonnet.
I would beg to differ on the need to "get under the bonnet" when devoting your desktop to Linux. Ubuntu has yet to require me to do such a thing. I am a Mac user as well - however I am beginning to be one who is really shifting away. Primarily due to personal politics - be careful about what you ask for with Apple. Not to sound like a wacko but what is the difference between Apple and M$ business model?? - One just had the leg up in world domination I guess. The other could get there, however the machines will look cooler I guess.
