You get OS X (which I call "Linux that works") and can run Windows as well if you like. I spent over a decade wasting time with Linux and never did any actual work with it till I bought a Mac.
I'm a java developer and I use OSX because I think of it as "Linux that works". I had spent a decade battling various distros but never actually doing anything useful and when Ubuntu trashed my C: drive I threw all my 30 or so linux books into the garbage and bought a mac book pro. Now I have a real unix and a faster vista than the 2 year old Dell that Ubuntu trashed.
I'm in Oz writing on my first ever Mac (a 20in G5) and have said farewell to x86 and Linux. Anecdotal evidence from here would indicate the halo effect is very strong for Apple.
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You get OS X (which I call "Linux that works") and can run Windows as well if you like. I spent over a decade wasting time with Linux and never did any actual work with it till I bought a Mac.
I'm a java developer and I use OSX because I think of it as "Linux that works". I had spent a decade battling various distros but never actually doing anything useful and when Ubuntu trashed my C: drive I threw all my 30 or so linux books into the garbage and bought a mac book pro. Now I have a real unix and a faster vista than the 2 year old Dell that Ubuntu trashed.
I'm in Oz writing on my first ever Mac (a 20in G5) and have said farewell to x86 and Linux. Anecdotal evidence from here would indicate the halo effect is very strong for Apple.