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Four Linux Pipeline editors, including one Windows user, exchange their experience and views on the advantages and disadvantages of MacOS X

Scot: The more I use the Mac, the more I wish I could afford to chuck 15 years of expertise and replace all my Windows PCs with Macs. Let’s face it, the Mac is definitely the thinking man’s (or woman’s) PC. I know that; you know that. I’m just going to bow to reality on that point. That doesn’t make it the best value or the right computer to have in all situations. But if you can afford to specify what you’re working with — and the software is there — it’s really no contest.

Richard: Ah, young Jedi, the Force is strong with you . . .welcome back from the dark side.
Seriously, almost all of the truly skilled hard-core developers I know who have a choice use Macs now, probably for many of the same reasons that more than 25 percent of the people who read Developer Pipeline use some form of Mozilla as their browser. Power users appreciate the efficiencies and other advantages (Unix tools, security, etc) of OS X even more than others.

I totally admit that Windows is getting much, much better than it used to be. But Tiger is what Windows wants to be, and perhaps in another year or so, will be.

(via OSNews)

Science Online Special Feature 125th Anniversary Issue:

The top 25 each link to an article exploring the subject of the question in depth. Included are such questions as: Are we alone in the Universe? What are the limits of conventional computing? How did cooperative behavior evolve?

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