Comments on: Three Reasons Why I’m Switching from Mac to Ubuntu

By: george

george — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:05:25 +0000

Hey Bill, thanks for commenting.

I’m looking at gnucash, but I hate taxes/accounting so I have been putting it off.

By: Bill Shupp

Bill Shupp — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:20:25 +0000

I haven’t run Linux as a desktop in quite a while, so it might be worth checkout out again. However, I suspect I’d really miss the iLife apps. iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD in particular, are very nice to work with, and are a good example of what Apple does best. Seamless integration with the hardware (built in camera, for example) is pretty nice too.

What accounting software are you using in Linux?

Regards,

Bill

By: george

george — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:11:53 +0000

Oh the new machine is just a day away so I’ll be making the move.

Leopard does not seem like much of an improvement frankly.

Thanks for your comment.

By: Harley

Harley — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:56:00 +0000

Interesting…. I have to say that os x has been good me. I think it’s an interesting idea to move to Linux but the reason i would never really do it is that the reality for me that is, i have gotten to a point with this system were I no longer waste any real time figuring anything out. Even if the hardware is more expensive (which does not really seem to be the case with laptops, in my limited reserch) I am saving so many hours sticking with the same old (or new) mac system, that if I consider my time of any monitary value, I am saving a fortune… and any potential savings in hardware is easaly offset.
Like games, playing with new systems is a huge wate of time, searching for drivers, software, trasfering data etc… But if you do make the move, please post a note about your experience. I would be curious to hear how it goes. Good Luck! H

PS. aren’t you curious about Leopard?