Timmah! said:
Yeah, unless you want to do any gaming and run certain mainstream or business programs. I also have to disagree with the premise of your statement because it's based entirely on individual preference. I personally am not a huge fan of the OSX layout, so I could say the exact opposite based on my own opinion. In addition, Mac and Linux have never done better in one critical area- Business Networking. Not only are many business applications Microsoft-Only, MS Active Directory is the industry standard and in my opinion can't be beat by either when it comes to features and useability.
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It is true that the enterprise IT is pretty much only Windows, or MS. They have invested a lot in solving the problems enterprise IT departments have, and it shows. Linux and OS X really are years behind in that game, but the future is uncertain. There are certain business critical applications that are only available for Windows, and even though web applications are growing in number and coverage, some things can't be done that way. Also, as you noted the AD is the industry standard and though there are serious alternatives for it, it will remain so. So, any vendor wanting to enter the enterprise market pretty much has to work with AD, and while at least OS X has made some strides along that way, it still isn't all what it should be.
As for gaming, the situation is even more pronounced. At least with nearly all enterprise apps you can run Windows in a virtual box and it will work reasonably well, current games will suffer and many will be nearly unplayable.
