Yeah I can't say I understand the "obvious choice if you're not a big techie" comment... I can't see many big techies that are really that in love with Windows. I'd say more so we deal with it when we have to.
Certainly for gamers Windows is the platform of choice. But I like my Macs best for the technical work I do. They have a lot of features built into the OS that are commercial add-ons for Windows (Encrypted disk images) and the UNIX-core underneath is great for a UNIX admin.... natively being able to rsync, scp, use X, etc. Especially in a 1" thick laptop that weighs less than 6lbs and has built in wifi, bluetooth, widescreen....
I've used Linux on and off for years, but I've found in several cases that the power management and portability features just aren't as good as with OSX. And even for a UNIX admin, installing applications on Linux while simpler than other UNIX's is nowhere near as simple as on the Mac. Just drag to your Applications folder. To delete, just drag to the Trash. What dependencies?:) I'd rather take the "work smarter, not harder" approach to managing things like that so I can dedicate my time on the computer to doing the stuff I really enjoy doing or need to do instead of going on some dependency/compatibility wild goose chase.
I'm not talking about using Macs or OSX in a production environment, by the way. I'm just saying that in my opinion for personal usage nothing beats the portability and performance of the mobile UNIX system you get out of a Powerbook and OSX.
AOL has open mail now, you can use IMAP/SMTP with any mail client. I know people that have successfully gotten Evolution, Thunderbird, etc. working with it.
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Certainly for gamers Windows is the platform of choice. But I like my Macs best for the technical work I do. They have a lot of features built into the OS that are commercial add-ons for Windows (Encrypted disk images) and the UNIX-core underneath is great for a UNIX admin.... natively being able to rsync, scp, use X, etc. Especially in a 1" thick laptop that weighs less than 6lbs and has built in wifi, bluetooth, widescreen....
I've used Linux on and off for years, but I've found in several cases that the power management and portability features just aren't as good as with OSX. And even for a UNIX admin, installing applications on Linux while simpler than other UNIX's is nowhere near as simple as on the Mac. Just drag to your Applications folder. To delete, just drag to the Trash. What dependencies? :) I'd rather take the "work smarter, not harder" approach to managing things like that so I can dedicate my time on the computer to doing the stuff I really enjoy doing or need to do instead of going on some dependency/compatibility wild goose chase.
I'm not talking about using Macs or OSX in a production environment, by the way. I'm just saying that in my opinion for personal usage nothing beats the portability and performance of the mobile UNIX system you get out of a Powerbook and OSX.
AOL has open mail now, you can use IMAP/SMTP with any mail client. I know people that have successfully gotten Evolution, Thunderbird, etc. working with it.