Hi David, On Mo, Nov 12, 2007 at 07:53:04 -0500, David Poehlman wrote: > Are you adventurous? Do you like to try new things? Are you not > afraid to learn new ways of doing the same old thing?
Of course I am almost alwys adventurous :-) I left the windows world 6 years ago and learned using Linux. I would say it was adventurous ;-) I like trying new things under some circumstances. First of all I cannot afford to buy something that's just not really usable and _note_ I don't say leopard is not usable. I don't know if it is as usable as I need or want it to be. That's why I am asking. Wanting to be familiar with different systems is one of the reasons for my curriousity concerning mac os. One big pro for mac os at the current stage is, that the screenreader is build right into the system and I don't have to pay a lot of money for this specific kind of software. The operating system itself isn't too expensive either. > What are your needs? Well, I want to browse the web, develop some software under mac os using apple script, python, you name it. I want to be able sending s/mime e-mails and I am interested in a secure computing environment. Security is a process and no single operating system is secure at all, but I don't like companies pretending their systems to be secure and acting at best late after the announcement of a security whole/issue. That's by the way one of the reasons I am not using windows any more, but this is not a windows mailinglist and I asked for info about the mac os ;-) In essence I want quick patches closing security issues. The biggest need to be satisfied is my curiousity, but I have to work hard for my money as everybody has to I guess and I want to spend it efficiently. Thank you for your answer so far. Regards, Christian
