mac vs pc (non-fanboy answers)

[dgcombs at gmail.com (Dan McGinn-Combs)]

I've had the same question for some time. So I did the next best thing. When
my Win7 RC expired and started shutting down every two hours, I installed
OSX Snow Leopard on my Dell 13" Inspiron. It's not a perfect match, but it
works surprisingly well and I get the flavor of using a Mac without the
"Apple tax."

I get on surprisingly well with OSX since most of the tools I need run
natively (it *is* UNIX after all). Plus I have the convenience of being able
to manage the system via a GUI.

Because I went the Hackintosh route, I was forced to learn quite about of
the low level inner workings of the OS. It's not Linux (obviously) but it
has an elegant internal consistency that grows on you.

Now I'm trying to figure out how to get my wife to take the Inspiron as a
hand-me-down so I can get a MacBook Pro.

Dan

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Robin Wood <robin at digininja.org> wrote:

> I've been looking at getting a new laptop for a while and I'm trying
> to compare a PC and a Mac. I know that a lot of security people are
> moving to Macs and I'd like to know why. For half the price, or less,
> I can get an high spec PC so why are people moving? Is it OSX, is it
> availability of tools, hardware quality or what?
>
> I'm particularly looking at the Macbook Pros, probably the 15".
>
> I know this will probably start a fanboy fight but I've got to ask.
>
> Robin
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