MAC vs PC vs Linux

[Jun aka Pekto]

i dont think its too trivial, PC is hardware and we're talking about operating systems. maybe im just being too anal.

Oh no. You're fine. It's just that having Mac, pc, and Linux in the same sentence have a tendency to degenerate into mud-slinging. Thank goodness it hasn't happened here. You can say I'm more than a little weary of it.

Add: I probably knocked Linux a bit harder because I am somewhat frustrated at the very tiny numbers of decent commercial software. Of course, the very nature of Linux (free) makes the likelihood of more commercial apps very unlikely. Open Office is one of the exceptions. I like it enough that I can give up MS Office for home use. But, I want to see equivalents in: video-editing, cd/dvd burning as full-featured as those from Roxio and Ahead, and maybe a couple more software categories. If I can get those for Linux, I'd be using Linux a lot, lot more. That's not to say I don't get excited about Linux. Beryl's got me giddy with anticipation.

Mac.... Not really much to knock except the zealots and maybe high prices for the top of the line models. Great hardware, great software, great integration. We'll be replacing our daughter's iBook and G4 Mini soon. It's just a matter of which one. It's down to the Core 2 Duo MacBook or 17" iMac.

Windows.... it's both great and bad. I game on the pc. That makes Windows necessary. I do more (home) video-editing on the pc than the Mac, plus I find survivability in Windows is easier than what non-Windows zealots would lead me to believe.