thing is for light computer use even windows 3.1 would be rock solid if it were still supported. You barely need a computer for that :)
Problem with linux is that a OS is only as good as the sofware and hardware you can run on it. Both mac and linux have a limited in these areas, and lack standards and support when they do.
No one wants to buy Maya for linux and find that the developer stopped supporting it with redhat 6.6 or whatever it was. GIMP is ok, but no photoshop.
Until Mac and linux have industry standard apps, and popular games they are going to stay a niche. The best thing to happen to apple in some ways is their adopting low cost common PC hardware and let people run windows.
If I were to buy a mac, I'd most likely ignore OSX and simply use XP on it, assuming that drivers and such are properly supported.
Only reason why I wouldn't buy a mac is that the offered configurations are limited and don't cater to those who don't want to have to buy video hardware etc twice and add 30% to the price of their system off the bat.
Problem with linux is that a OS is only as good as the sofware and hardware you can run on it. Both mac and linux have a limited in these areas, and lack standards and support when they do.
No one wants to buy Maya for linux and find that the developer stopped supporting it with redhat 6.6 or whatever it was. GIMP is ok, but no photoshop.
Until Mac and linux have industry standard apps, and popular games they are going to stay a niche. The best thing to happen to apple in some ways is their adopting low cost common PC hardware and let people run windows.
If I were to buy a mac, I'd most likely ignore OSX and simply use XP on it, assuming that drivers and such are properly supported.
Only reason why I wouldn't buy a mac is that the offered configurations are limited and don't cater to those who don't want to have to buy video hardware etc twice and add 30% to the price of their system off the bat.