I switched from being a long-time Linux user to a Mac sometime in 2005, and have been overall satisfied with the results. Pros: - Can play well with both Windo

I switched from being a long-time Linux user to a Mac sometime in 2005, and have been overall satisfied with the results. Pros: - Can play well with both Windows and Linux/Unix. - Things like printing do 'just work'. - Ability to test my apps on all platforms via VMWare. - Cut and paste works. - Drag and drop works in a very intelligent fashion. - Multilingual interface is a snap. And it works. - MacPorts works well enough to not make me pine for apt-get. - Having a consistent interface is surprisingly neat. - Spotlight makes life much easier. - I have a real Bash shell, just like under Linux. - Lots of neat little shell bits are integrated into the OS; like ssh-agent knowing how to interact with the Keychain. - I can no longer live without Expose. Cons: - The Finder needs improvement. - Much slower than Linux. - Not quite as stable as Linux. - Hardware is more expensive, with fewer choices. - FileVault and Time Machine don't really play well together.