I'll second that. When I first heard about OS X, the idea of a widely-available Unix on PowerPC was very exciting. The reality of the first release was, from

I'll second that. When I first heard about OS X, the idea of a widely-available Unix on PowerPC was very exciting. The reality of the first release was, from a performance and feature perspective, pretty underwhelming. I'd guess the whole iTunes/iPod business put more wind in their sails in the early days.