I’m thinking of buying a Netbook and putting Hack-n-Tosh on it to try out Mac OS X. I don’t have any aversion against it. It just seems that a lot of the users are fanboys who would fight to the death to defend it. In which case, the misinformation or distortion of Microsoft Windows.
I really, really hate defending something that I don’t feel anything about. I use Microsoft Windows, because it is easy to use, and when I was a gamer was a requirement for playing those games. The problem is that as I moved away from being a gamer, my choice of operating systems was no longer locked in. Alas, given the advancement of virtual machines, it is completely possible to run Windows on Mac OS X and have it not suck.
Well, my choice would be running different OS on a hypervisor and have them run all the time and just switch back and forth depending on what I need to do. If I want to play a game or use an application that only runs on Windows or better on Windows, then I want to use Windows. If I want to use rsync, program, or whatever, then I want to be able to use Mac OS X or Ubuntu. The problem I have with Linux is that it has issues with Audio and a few other problems.
Therefore, well, Mac OS X would be great, if you have the correct hardware to run it. That is right. You have to have the correct hardware to run it. The reason why Mac OS X doesn’t have hardware compatibility problems is that you don’t have hardware compatibility problems when you make and choose the hardware supported in your OS. Microsoft Windows has to support and does support far more hardware than Mac OS X has to. It seems that people ignore certain facts when it is inconvenient and yet point it out on another platform as a valid complaint.
What I really care about is productivity and I like the small form factor of netbooks and the cheap price. I do want to try out Mac OS X, but I don’t want to pay the higher costs. I will probably buy an actual Powerbook at some point. I like the 24″ iMac form. Really clean, computer components are built-in, and has some neat features. Unbelievable, I liked that it stayed on during an power outage, while all of the PCs powered down. That is really quite impressive.
Actually, it will be a while before I can buy a netbook and well, my plans to build another PC or server will have to wait another year or two. I do plan on upgrading my current PCs RAM to 8GB and buying Windows 7 Professional. To be honest, I’m liking Windows 7, so far, but I made a promise to not hate on Mac OS X until I’ve tried it for a few months or years.
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