"... Why would you pay premium for a closed source operating system and handicapped hardware (one button mouse)?..."
Well, one reason is it has a similar code base as *nix platforms which is important to me. I have many OSS tools normally found on *nix running on my PowerBook G4 and even have a KDE GUI running if I want it even though I have a duel boot with Linux on it.
Plus you get to vote with your money; that is, give it to Apple instead of Microsoft. And Apple doesn't appear to be out to eliminate OSS which I like. Those are reasons enough for me.
Note the GUI API's are closed in Apple not the underlying kernel.
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Well, one reason is it has a similar code base as *nix platforms which is important to me. I have many OSS tools normally found on *nix running on my PowerBook G4 and even have a KDE GUI running if I want it even though I have a duel boot with Linux on it. Plus you get to vote with your money; that is, give it to Apple instead of Microsoft. And Apple doesn't appear to be out to eliminate OSS which I like. Those are reasons enough for me.
Note the GUI API's are closed in Apple not the underlying kernel.