I left the Mac behind after OS 8.1 on a Quadra. 8.5 was too slow (but very nice) but 9 just seemed to be a step backwards. I also didn't like the transition fro

I left the Mac behind after OS 8.1 on a Quadra. 8.5 was too slow (but very nice) but 9 just seemed to be a step backwards. I also didn't like the transition from 68k to PPC on Mac. I never did it on Amiga either. When I first saw OSX I thought it was ugly and slow compared to Windows 2000, although it looked better than RedHat, which was my main OS at the time. I didn't like OSX for a really long, long time. In fact I still don't trust it. Yes it's a nice desktop OS for end users and I'm typing this from a Mac Mini hooked up to my TV, but it still has it's quirks and sometimes just doesn't feel 'right'. Having said that, a lot of what used to distinguish OSes (UI paradigms, available software, hardware architecture) has either fizzled out or become less relevant, so each to their own I guess. Mind you, I live in a house with everything from AROS to Windows in terms of popular OSes.