First off, I think if you're not getting it, then that's OK and you shouldn't worry too much. I made a similar few attempts to love Linux, but while I could ge

First off, I think if you're not getting it, then that's OK and you shouldn't worry too much. I made a similar few attempts to love Linux, but while I could get along OK, I never came to feel at home there. A lot of it is, I think, personal preference. Part of what I like about OSX is just the general logic by which everything hangs together-- but I wouldn't try to convince somebody who likes the way Windows is set up that they're "wrong." That said, here are a number of specific things I like about OSX. As a developer, I really like the integration between the command line and the GUI. Examples: (1) Command "open <thing>" equivalent to double-clicking <thing>. (2) Commands pbcopy and pbpaste move information to and from system-wide pasteboard. (3) Drag-and-drop an icon onto the Terminal window fills in its path. (4) Standard copy and paste keyboard commands work in Terminal. As a person who just has to use a lot of software, I like a number of other things. The wide standardization of key bindings across apps means very short learning curve to get competent, and no mental remapping when jumping between apps. Furthermore, I'm required to run MS Office for work, and I like the fact that it's no more painful than on a PC. I guess overall, I would say that OSX gives me the feeling of control that Linux promises, without the feeling of needing to become an expert in everything that Linux often imposed on me.