Thread: Why I am tempted to test a Mac

I've become a little more experiencedwith GNU/Linux and Unix in general now, and I understand theadvantages of such a Unix based system.

OS X looks appealing,and although purchasing a Mac surely won't take my PC running Debianfrom my primary computing station post, it'd certainly be somethingI'm willing to attempt. The great look, Unix roots and now even anx86 architecture.

Now, if only I could afford one...

The one-button mouse was an issue in 1984, but not now days. You can use multi-button mice just fine in Mac OS. As far as Mac OS from the position of a UNIX guy, the inherent BSD user land is outdated and less than optimal. Therefore, Linux is a more powerful platform, but I'd say Apple is a good compromise between a "real" UNIX (like Linux/BSD/etc) and Windows. It's stable and secure, but extremely easy to learn. The downside is it's really expensive, not as powerful as Linux/BSD and not free in any sense of the word.

I thought about purchasing a Power book, but I look it'd be too much money only for a laptop I'd eventually end up throwing Linux on anyway!

Strange thing is, there is even this "PC versus Mac" debate. Well, why do people; compare PCs to Macs? Aren't they in actual fact comparing the OS of a PC to Apple Mac OS X? Therefore, when a Mac running OS X will be much better than a PC running Windows, that can't be said for a PC running Linux.

The debate is even more irrelevant now, as Apple have switched to the x86 architecture with Intel CPU s, therefore its practically a PC running an x86 version of OS X.

My biggest concern with Apple is they are more closed-source then closed source. Only look at the iPod. They are refusing to open up the iPod to other music services and restricting what people can do. They've even got to the point where they are suing people for using the word 'Podcast'.

Now imagine if the Mac was the dominant computer. Companies such as Dell and HP would go out of business because they wouldn' t be allowed to ship OS X on their computers. Apple would take everything for themselves and swallow the market. Sure Microsoft is worse, but I think Apple would be also bad in that position

Hey, I know there expensive, I saved up for a months getting my Mac Book, you know what? Best buy ever, I only bought it for designing in Photo shop, and doing my Web Design, But Now i play all my games on it, take it virtually anywhere, and i love it.

And it feels great as well, It's too silent, you wouldn't even know it was on, Very portable, And the Linux OS on it is Lush. There worth the money.

Well , After working on both PC and mac for years, I would have to say the biggest problem here is parts.....I would not own a mac,they are a good to a point..But when it comes to fixing them they are about 4 to 5 times higher on parts than a PC is.. I have found that when comparing mac to a PC, you can buy 4 to 5 PC's to 1 mac running at the same speed. Add when it comes to software PC you can get all day,mac offers very little...

Well, if you asked me I'd say that OS X is a lot more secure and resilient to failure than any version of Windows I've ever seen. I'd say that expensive or no, the average user will probably still spend less overall on a Mac than they would on a Windows-based PC. As for me, I still prefer my Linux systems, and if I was to buy another notebook it would be an x86 laptop with Linux on it (my company provided the Mac Book for me). But my experience on OS X has been a lot more consistent and enjoyable than in Windows so far.