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Take a Mac User to Lunch

Posted by pudge on from the any-place-that-has-good-steak-is-good-for-me dept.

A Slashdot reader writes "LinuxWorld is running a story explaining how Mac OS X may help break down the walls for non-Windows operating systems, including Linux."

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  1. Re:Switch? by sirinek · · Score: 5, Informative

    I disagree. Switching to Mac would be painless for almost all users. This has nothing to do with anyone who runs Linux.

    For the *average user*:

    You can still read and write your Microsoft Office documents.

    You can still play your MP3 files.

    You can still go to all the same websites with your Internet Explorer.

    Those three things alone make it easy for the average user to switch from Windows to Mac.

    siri

  2. Re:they are mostly right by zapfie · · Score: 5, Informative

    Have you sat down and spent some time with OS X? There is a lot of quality Mac-only software out there. Plus the fact that it now has UNIX underpinnings means there's a whole lot of native UNIX software for it too (you can run OS X and X at the same time). Mac OS X provides a true UNIX environment with an excellent development platform and graphical shell. It is also arguably the best user interface for a desktop. That plus the vast amount of quality Mac-only software gives plenty of reason to switch. For the record, I use a Mac at work, and a PC running Debian and XP at home. I am very tempted to buy a Mac as my next computer.

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  3. Re:open source ? by frankie · · Score: 5, Informative

    what part of osx is open source ?

    This part is open source.

    if it's open source then why isn't it free ?

    It is free.