Got rid of Mac G4 in favor of Linux desktop machines and I am happy. Sure that Mac has sexy look, but it is 3 times slower than my AMD64 3.2G. I typically have tons of applications working locally: ORACLE database and application server, or Weblogic plus two or three projects open in my IDE (IntelliJ-IDEA by the way), plus I start building project(s) by Ant in command window - this works just fine on Linux but Mac simply crawls...
And I do NOT like Mac's UI. Two most annoying things for me:
- there is no simple way to navigate menu from keyboard, I like to see underscored letters and being able to press ALT-something;
- windows resizing by bottom-right corner;
So yes, Mac is definitely way better than Windows, but for what I am doing GNU-Linux is much more suitable.
Another thing that makes two desktops worthwhile: when I have to work at home and need to get things installed on my home machine I immediately spot any inconveniences, documentation cumbersomeness, etc. So, while it add inconveniences to me, it simultaneously improves quality and portability of what I am doing. I wish developers of WebSphere, Weblogic, and OC4J were required to reinstall their products every week at least, then we might see some improvements in the way those monstrosities operate :)
