| 1) go online for project management and responding to emails check 2) call my clients using their preferred VoIP service Skype, GoogleTalk maybe? Go2Meeting crashed like a bi-atch on OSX for me. 3) run text editors, IDEs, and various virtual machines, interpreters, compilers, and servers complete nonsense if you're insinuating that OSX has better support for the above than Linux (you guys just got a non-archaic JDK for example, curious which compilers you're using, the Ruby "compiler" ;-)) 4) hook into an iPhone or Android phone and load software onto it Can certainly do that with Android; OSX VM for iPhone 5) quickly and painlessly install libraries, software, and developer tools yum, apt, and so on 6) edit video and audio Macs are great for artists and musicians; case in point, my dad's had a Mac since the early 90s, he does video editing and audio editing (producer and drummer) 7) if I had to learn a new skill or assumed a new responsibility, I'll spend most of my time learning rather than setting my system up. I mentioned passive non-learning in regard to the OSX experience in another comment. I'd argue that, on the contrary, Linux users, having an understanding of their system beyond the GUI, are actually better suited toward learning new skills, assuming that skill is systems-based of course; if it involves click-click-clicking things, that's another "skill" |