Re:Ubuntu 10.10 vs. Mac OS X 10.6.5: A Competitive Race
by S_A_P on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @10:44AM
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My reasons for choosing an OS:
-Software I want is written for it
-User Experience is reasonable
-supports my outboard hardware
So I use either a Mac Pro or a macbook pro with snow leopard and windows 7 on it. Every requirement above is satisfied by either OS. Linux, unfortunately, does not meet the first or last requirement for me. As a hobbyist musician, I get the desire for more performance per clock cycle, but today any OS and even a netbook offers enough performance to get some work done. I guess Im a Macindows fan boy.
I see merit in performance testing the various OSes out there, and its safe to say that all of them need improvement in some area. But this does little to make me want to give up my software/hardware and make do with an open source alternative.
So I use either a Mac Pro or a macbook pro with snow leopard and windows 7 on it. Every requirement above is satisfied by either OS. Linux, unfortunately, does not meet the first or last requirement for me. As a hobbyist musician, I get the desire for more performance per clock cycle, but today any OS and even a netbook offers enough performance to get some work done. I guess Im a Macindows fan boy.
I see merit in performance testing the various OSes out there, and its safe to say that all of them need improvement in some area. But this does little to make me want to give up my software/hardware and make do with an open source alternative.