I have been a windows and linux user since 1995, linux has always been my second home, windows always had so much commercial support.
I still love a lot about linux and still hate much about windows. Some things have improved with windows XP was a great leap forward. But most of the original problems remain as "in my opinion" it is working on a flawed model with fixes put over the top.
Linux great in lots of ways, "again in my opinion" but commercial apps missing.
Now we come to Mac, first time I ever used a mac was begining of last year, I thought it was pretty good in a lot of ways but the price of a G5 and crappy performance made me laugh.
But now I can use this on relatively cheap well performing hardware, its like a new exsistance.
I love so much about it I love the way applications are packaged, releaving the need for short cuts, and so many other things, its just organised the way i would have organised something.
Don't get me wrong I still have a few "bugs"
can't turn off screensaver -> can live with that
no 5.1-> can live with that or possibly buy usb
x11 isn't working-> not using it at the moment
firefox does quit occasionally-> it always did in windows but as you just say restart session I was using so what.
Been thinking about spending the money to buy an intel system "not normal for me" and still considering it, but when I read topics seems like most of them can't sleep or reboot I can do both.
The strangest thing is this mobo "abit an8 ultra" has the crappiest most problematic bios of any board I've ever owned but it seems OSX likes it lol.