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TheRealMafoo on 23 April 2010
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mirgro said:

See now you are talking their brand new PCs. All I have to say about those is that they have no place. They are not as open as Linux, and don't run as much programs as Windows. Basically they have none of the benefits and all of the downfalls that come from being in the middle of the two standards, so as far as OSX comes, it has no real benefits.

It has no benefits to you. That does not mean it's bad, or has no benefit. I am in OSX 95% of the time I am not coding, or playing games. The reason is:

  • It works VERY well. It never crashes, and I never need to reboot. The uptime on my OS at the moment is 37 days. The only reason it's that short, is a software update required a reboot. In the 4 years I have owned this laptop, it has never crashed.
  • I like the UI much better. I use Expose all the time, and not having it in Windows sucks.
  • Two finger scroll on the touchpad. Everyone has it now, but I have been using it for 4 years in OSX.
  • I like when you close a program in OSX, it doesn't really close. It just removed the window. OSX can get away with this, because it has outstanding memory management. I have a bad habit of closing windows when I am done with an app, and in OSX it doesn't matter. Tweetdeck and mail are still running (good thing).
  • Spotlight kicks ass. Windows 7 ripped it off, so I do have that in that os as well, but the Mac version still works better for me.
  • Not sure what you mean by "brand new PC's". I am talking about anything with an intel cpu and OSX. That means anything around 4 years old.
  • Other then it being Free, there is no advantage to Linux over OSX. Anything you run on Linux, you can run in OSX.
  • I run Windows in a VM on my old ass laptop, and it runs great.
  • I got this laptop 4 years ago. It came with Tiger. I installed Leopard on it when it came out using the upgrade option, and I installed snow leopard with it came out using the upgrade option. I have yet to reinstall the OS. I don't think I could have gone from XP -> Vista -> Windows 7 without a full install, and I think I have installed an OS on my PC 6 or 7 times in that same time span
  • I don't have virus protection on my laptop. I never think about it actually.
  • If the laptop is closed and in sleep mode, by the time I open the lid and let go of it, I am restored and connected to the internet.
  • And dozens of other things if I wanted to keep typing...

You might not like OSX, but there are many reasons I love it.