Why choose Mac instead of Linux?

[xoot]

So, why?

[azosx]

As a desktop replacement or server replacement?

[howardm4]

because I can all my real world work done
on one machine w/o screwing around.

I can have the Unix environment I want and
must have AND true productivity apps that
are compatible w/ the real world (unfortunately, that means MS Office, no
substitute).

OSX IS desktop Unix

[xaqintosh]

OS X is a way better interface, it has more mainstream apps, you can run Darwin which has the same features of Linux, Macs are cooler, etc.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Because Linux has become knows as a "hacker OS" of sorts, and for good reason -- MANY of the daily things you do on a Mac or PC have clunky interfaces on Linux. Plus, in addition to the fact that very few productive software titles are available for Linux (that are compatible with most other people out there), Linux is very complex -- powerful, but complex. I don't think of it as a very good desktop OS. Server OS, yes. Hacking OS, yes. Powerful OS, yet. Usable OS, no.

If you want mainstream, go with Windows. If you want an elegant computing environment that can be very compatible with mainstream applications and OSs, go with Mac. If you want to alienate yourself from the mainstream and risk compatibility issues but are curious enough to tinker with an OS to an extreme, go with Linux.

[xaqintosh]

Then again, why choose when you can have both? just install linux on your mac and you're good to go!

[btoneill]

Why choose Mac instead of linux? Answers simple, OS X isn't a screwed up fantasy of a drunken fin.

Linux has many fundimental flaws in it's design which some very stuborn people refuse to do anything about. Also don't forget that every damn thing in Linux is basically a reinvention of the wheel. The folks are so gung ho on GNU software and the GPL that the refuse to use non-GPL code (ie. BSD License is not free enough for them). So, instead of using things like a networking stack that has been around for decades and continually improved upon, they had to write their own. I won't even get into how bad their NFS implementation is (altho it has gotten better lately) because once again, they had to reinvent the wheel. So many great new pieces of software could be out there if people didn't keep writing the same free code over and over.

I won't even get into the kernel of the week club, and how much of a kitchen sink that the kernel is.

Oh yeah, don't forget about security, because we know they developers sure did.

Ok, linux rant over for now

Brian

[Torz]

Same reason as everyone above + bit more.

Also, you gotta love the aqua interface

Torz