I can answer your question quite simply, and it's not about aesthetics or the magsafe power connector. The aesthetics are just icing on the cake. Very, very b

I can answer your question quite simply, and it's not about aesthetics or the magsafe power connector. The aesthetics are just icing on the cake. Very, very beautiful icing, but icing nonetheless. I have better things to do with my life than dick around with xorg.conf for one more minute. I don't care whether the open source 'nv' or the closed source 'nvidia' module works better for my particular video setup, or what other voodoo incantations I need to do to get dual-monitor support working with or without compositing. When I disconnect my laptop from my external display, I want to know that my window manager isn't going to strand my windows off on an unaccessible part of the desktop. I want to know that when I put my laptop to sleep, that I'll be able to wake it up again. Quickly. Reliably. I don't need to think about ACPI or CPU power states, or why the kernel module for my wireless card won't work after waking up. Linux works great for all my servers. I'm very happy with it, and I don't mind doing all the configuration work, because it makes a great platform for that purpose. On the desktop, Linux is a non-starter. To quote Pulp Fiction -- "It ain't the same fuckin' ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fuckin' sport."