[superuser2]

This goes both ways. The fact that my Mac "just works" means I can use it to make things and solve new problems, rather than spending all my time reinventing the sovled problem of a working desktop.

I've played with desktop Linux. The hours that went into to fighting Xorg or chasing WiFi drivers were perhaps educational, but definitely not productive. In the time it took me to get internet connectivity in Ubuntu on an old Dell, much less learn to stumble around vim, I could have made something new and useful with Twilio, Django, and TextMate on my Mac.

If I were a mechanic, I'd rather spend time fixing cars than fixing my tools.