[kajecounterhack]

My 3d acceleration will always work. My sound will always work. My resolution will display properly. Shit won't break FREQUENTLY when I upgrade software. Shit won't break FREQUENTLY when I upgrade "os" versions. There's non-trash software available for Mac OS X. (Textmate, darkroom, etc) Media will playback without complaint, hassle, or copyright-related zealotry. If I plug in a second monitor, it will just work. No config file editing, no bullshit. Just work.

This may sound slightly crazy.... but you might want to try a PC with windows.

You're on a budget, play EVE, do some .net, and don't care about UI. You could dual boot some sort of linux (hell if you hate upgrades so much, then just install slackware and stop updating your kernel. if it aint broke don't break it) for whatever *nix shit you need to do, and the rest...all work. You want instant compatibility with about EVERYTHING. Okay man, Windoze seems to suit you well.

;) and don't forget AVG antivirus. It's a dangerous world out there!

[alnayyir]

Well, that's my current situation, I'm using Windows right now. (Installing Windows 7 as we speak)

However, I happen to rather like GNU tools and the unix-style shell environment (bash).

Windows doesn't offer either, and it isn't conducive to contributing my time to an open source project either.

[kajecounterhack]

Question: So if you get a mac, are you going to install windows on it also?

[alnayyir]

For .NET work, yes. I have to. Might do VMWare Fusion but I'd be worried about IIS or something going pissy on me about the networking when running under a virtual machine.