I started using OS X in 2007 as a semi-successful attempt to run an HP laptop as a Hackintosh (can't remember most of the details). Jumped to Apple hardware bec

I started using OS X in 2007 as a semi-successful attempt to run an HP laptop as a Hackintosh (can't remember most of the details). Jumped to Apple hardware because the experience was so much better back then. I can't really identify with the writer of the article either. Sure, there are some annoyances here and there. But if simple things like 802.11n (we are on ac at home), sleep when you close the lid, etc. don't work, it's a no-go for me (I use my laptop for everything: programming, research, teaching, travel to conferences). OS X has the virtue of having a good GUI, reasonable desktop security (app sandboxing, GUI isolation, etc.), good support for 3rd party applications, while I am still able to open a terminal.