I agree - they are all good for different needs. I just don't personally have any needs that Mac OS X fills. I can accomplish a lot more on a Windows box.
The few small things that are done better on Mac than on Linux, I just don't have a need for. Maybe some day, I'll have different hobbies and different style of work, or whatever, and the Mac will be "Teh Cats Meow" for what I'm trying to do, but at this point it's kind of a toy or novelty at best. For my style of work, the Mac system is too dumbed-down, and makes it incredibly hard to do things efficiently. There are so many things that cannot be done via the command line. Basically the entire Finder and U/I stuff is some proprietary system. I just can't accept that for something that I rely on. (Yes, Windows has the same issue, but it is easier to get around it and exploit it IMHO) Again, just my opinion, others may make their livelihood only by using Mac OSX, and they just have different tasks or enjoy doing them different ways than I do. Roger E. Rustad, Jr. wrote: > Dante Lanznaster wrote: > >> well I'd pay 3 times for a windows machine instead of getting anywhere >> near an apple. Heck, I'd still use windows ME instead of an apple. >> >> there is no comparison. >> > > Lemme guess, Dante, You'd also rather push a Chevy than drive a Ford (or > was it vise versa?). > > Am I the only one here who still uses all four -- NT, OS X, UNIX, Linux > -- for different purposes/environments? > > I find them all good in various niches and, frankly, that's why I have > at least one of each for work and/or testing. > > But hey, if your only tool is a hammer, every problem is a nail....right? > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
