[KLUG Advocacy] Linux Outpacing Macintosh On Desktops

[Adam Williams]

>>Well an interesting thing in this is that as I read Linux Journal I
>>am noticing a fair number of letters about people that have switched
>>to suign OS X for their desktop while leaving Linux on the back end
>>machines.  This is also what I plan on doing at my house is to put in
>>a few iMacs (one for the kids, one for the wife and one for me) and
>>still leave the firewall and such on Linux boxes.  They make a nice
>>combination to use together.  I also feel that even though Linux has
>>come a long way in recent years in the desktop arena there are a
>>number of things that still are not quite there.  I still run into a
>>number of frustrations that I need to use Windows (soon to be Mac)
>>for.  
>Sounds nice, but for the price of hardware. I can put together a really 
>cheap PC. I haven't priced Macs recently but I'm pretty sure they run a
>little more.

It depends, you can get a "nice" Mac for not much money,  but still
several hundred dollars more than you can a "nice" PC.  The Macs do come
standard with some features (DVD, etc...) that are extra on a PC,  but
not anything that the average end-user will really care about. (IMHO).

>Just out of curiosity, what frustrations do you run into that require Windows?

Yes, enumeration of these is interesting and helpful.  I'm working on my
top ten reasons Linux sucks list, and I'll post it here when I'm done.