For me, Linux on the desktop is not yet close to OS X in terms of usability and application support (especially MS Office). I'm currently thinking about a hacki

For me, Linux on the desktop is not yet close to OS X in terms of usability and application support (especially MS Office). I'm currently thinking about a hackintosh, simply because Apple does not build good hardware for desktop. The two Apple desktop machines that I currently have (Mac Mini and iMac 27") both cooked themselves to death (DVD drive on the mini and graphics card + display on the iMac). Apple simply puts too many components into too small case without enough proper thermal engineering. As a result, in heavy use the devices just end up frying themselves.