It isn't? I always thought the expose features, widgets, various transition effects, perfectly working transparency, sleep visual style, etc. were outstanding features, even if they're not as important separately. Together, they make a really sleek and organized operating system that is easy to use and easy to get things done with.
I've tried to mac-ify my windows machines with litestep and flyakiteOSX and various explorer replacements, widgets, visual styles, and so on, but none of them work as smoothly and reliably as anything I've seen on macs. Besides that, it seems like there's all sorts of great user-created widgets and applications that make things even better on macs.
Two main factors have prevented me from going with a mac. First is the insane prices, nearly double what I pay for my PC to get an equivalent mac. Second is the lack of support from certain developers (games, 3dsmax, etc). That, however, would easily be remedied had you been able to get a cheap $500 dell and slap OS X on it.
I do recognize that there are a lot of awesome applications (final cut being one prime example) for macs though (aka part of why I want one).
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Perhaps the blue M&M of death?!
I never was known for subtlety.
I bought my Wii at K-Mart. Then again, the sole reason why they had any left was probably because nobody would've ever thought to check there.
It'll look like this:
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http://memages.jrpereira.com/images_own/dual_bsod
OS X itself really isn't all that special.
It isn't? I always thought the expose features, widgets, various transition effects, perfectly working transparency, sleep visual style, etc. were outstanding features, even if they're not as important separately. Together, they make a really sleek and organized operating system that is easy to use and easy to get things done with.
I've tried to mac-ify my windows machines with litestep and flyakiteOSX and various explorer replacements, widgets, visual styles, and so on, but none of them work as smoothly and reliably as anything I've seen on macs. Besides that, it seems like there's all sorts of great user-created widgets and applications that make things even better on macs.
Two main factors have prevented me from going with a mac. First is the insane prices, nearly double what I pay for my PC to get an equivalent mac. Second is the lack of support from certain developers (games, 3dsmax, etc). That, however, would easily be remedied had you been able to get a cheap $500 dell and slap OS X on it.
I do recognize that there are a lot of awesome applications (final cut being one prime example) for macs though (aka part of why I want one).