man, I SOOOOO understand that one :)

As a developer and someone who uses a lot of Adobe software OS X is great. Linux doesn't have the apps (Photoshop, Aperture, Flash) and doesn't have Textmate. Windows doesn't have any unix environment so developing on it is a bit like cross-platform development all the time.

But Apple sucks ass as a company. I hate how they do business. I haven't bothered to learn any of their programming environments. I just wish Linux could have better software on it and there would be no need for Windows or OS X.

Interesting.
I am not a mac sheep person, yet I have two of the new dual quad power macs and a powermac notebook. I build all my own rendering machines which use vista ultimate. I edit on both machines. What I have found is this:
Mac is slower
it has maybe a few less flaws than a microsoft OS, but it crashes, too.
it isnt as compatible with other products
mac has much cooler shit and is more creative.

What I have come to learn from years of editing and building machines:
Save your money, build a pc.

Mac is definatley a cult.

Duke

Macs are cute, but I prefer pc

Enter ICE to call you clueless lol :winkwink:

Search for cygwin. It's made life much easier for me when I'm on windows and I miss command line apps.

I love Apple :)

I've never understood the interest in MAC. What can a make do that a PC can't? I'm wonder Windows Vista, all of the tools of the average webmaster (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Firefox, FTP) and even encode videos. I have no problems. Everything flies on my PC.

My brother in law is a be MAC freak. However, he runs M$ operating systems on his MACs.

I'd rather a Porsche than a Ferrari

$0.02

I love my iMac. I can't stand the PC I worked on during the school semester. It took forever to turn on and is not user friendly. To each his/her own.

I couldn't really give two shits about Apple hardware but I do think OSX is pretty slick.

I think we meandered quite a way from the point of the thread ;)

it will happen with an Apple vs Microsoft topic :1orglaugh