Why I Might Switch Back…

While I may agree or disagree with much of what Russell is saying here, there are some interesting points that need to be examined I think. See why neither Linux or the Mac ‘do it for him’.

I’ve been using Macs almost exclusively now for about 7 months - since just after I joined Yahoo! and got my PowerBook to go with my mini at home. Now that I’ve been using Macs for a while, I’m wondering if they’re all that special. The hardware is nice, but OS X can be as slow, buggy, non-standard, frustrating and annoying as any other operating system. Also, I don’t really use most of the included apps, so most of what makes OSX so special doesn’t really apply to me.

Let me be more specific about what I see as non-plusses, I’ll just list them out in no special order, but conveniently numbered so the zealots can refer to each number directly while defending their beloved macs: [Read the rest]