Though I recently bought a MacBook Air I still cannot say I am as enthusiastic about the OSX as OP is. Having said that I could immediately identify with the st

Though I recently bought a MacBook Air I still cannot say I am as enthusiastic about the OSX as OP is. Having said that I could immediately identify with the story, just from the title actually. After years of struggle with Windows I finally thought Linux is the answer and Ubuntu leads the pack. But after years of frustration and struggle - I gave up on the idea of Linux as my personal compute OS. Initially I thought it's just me trying to resit the changes Ubuntu is brining to my computing experience and others are coping just fine with it. But then I realised it's just probably Shuttle who is designing Ubuntu for his personal needs, I decided to leave it to him :-). As of now it seems okay to use OSX. Certainly better than Win and a lot better than those Linux distros in GUI/UX context but incompatibility(or every other day moving mountains to make it work with other ecosystems) with non-iHardware might just be the one single reason(there are lots) that should have stopped me from buying that Mac but I bought it anywa. Quality apps were a reason and of course I wanted a taste of it. Purchasing the Mac has actually been of benefit to me. Now, I know that it's not going to be another Mac when I upgrade(considering Apple is not opening up it's orchard, though I am not sure on it) and no I'll never buy an iPhone or an iPad(I am sure about it, if 'innovation' and prices of these iDevices are on the current tracks) because I don't need them or even if I need such a device then there are better and more powerful devices out there in less than half the price.