I have a Mac with 16GB memory, running a Linux VM. (With that much memory I can run two easily.) I still find Linux preferable for Java development. The Mac isn

I have a Mac with 16GB memory, running a Linux VM. (With that much memory I can run two easily.) I still find Linux preferable for Java development. The Mac isn't bad, but little things don't work quite right for me -- Mac keyboard bindings, Gnu Emacs (especially the font). When I want various open source goodies, I usually find that they are more readily available on Linux. For me the biggest issue in this area is profiling. Solaris Studio is the best Java profiler I've tried, and I believe it is not available on Macs. This is the thing that really pushed me off the Mac for Java development. Why not Linux on bare metal? VMs are convenient, and I find that multimedia, VPNs, wireless networking, work better on the Mac.