Comments on: distro switch http://www.michiganaccent.com/2007/12/02/distro-switch/ Explaining my accent, one post at a time. Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:26:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bcp http://www.michiganaccent.com/2007/12/02/distro-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-1905 bcp Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:06:36 +0000 http://www.michiganaccent.com/2007/12/02/distro-switch/#comment-1905 <blockquote>It doesn’t seem to work any better than Ubuntu, and costs a LOT more.</blockquote> I can agree with that to a point. In the things that Ubuntu does, it does them very well. But there are things it doesn't do natively that are built-in to OS X. For me, much of the desire to finally move to a Mac can be summarized as: I'm tired of tinkering with hardware, the OS X apps and tools are extremely polished and generally just work, and they provide better apps in certain areas-- all while still letting me get at the command line when needed. That's not to say everything is perfect or bug-free in the OS X world, but to me, it's worth the investment for something we use so heavily. But have no fear-- I won't be getting rid of the Linux box anytime soon. :-)

It doesn’t seem to work any better than Ubuntu, and costs a LOT more.

I can agree with that to a point. In the things that Ubuntu does, it does them very well. But there are things it doesn’t do natively that are built-in to OS X. For me, much of the desire to finally move to a Mac can be summarized as: I’m tired of tinkering with hardware, the OS X apps and tools are extremely polished and generally just work, and they provide better apps in certain areas– all while still letting me get at the command line when needed. That’s not to say everything is perfect or bug-free in the OS X world, but to me, it’s worth the investment for something we use so heavily. But have no fear– I won’t be getting rid of the Linux box anytime soon. :-)

]]> By: Topher http://www.michiganaccent.com/2007/12/02/distro-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-1882 Topher Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:15:05 +0000 http://www.michiganaccent.com/2007/12/02/distro-switch/#comment-1882 My history with Linux was very similar to yours, as was my switch. And I switched for very similar reasons. I've used OS X a bit, and have no compelling reason to move that way. It doesn't seem to work any better than Ubuntu, and costs a LOT more. My history with Linux was very similar to yours, as was my switch. And I switched for very similar reasons.

I’ve used OS X a bit, and have no compelling reason to move that way. It doesn’t seem to work any better than Ubuntu, and costs a LOT more.

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