ExtremeTech: A Linux Geek Embraces Mac OS X

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"I've always wanted a Mac. There, I said it. I'm out of my Mac closet. I've secretly longed for one but could never really justify buying one. OS 9 and its predecessors held no real interest for me. But when OS X--really a version of Unix under the hood--came out, suddenly the idea of buying a Mac became all the more tempting.

"During an ExtremeTech meeting a couple of weeks ago, we were talking about doing more operating system coverage. That was when I finally decided then to take the plunge and buy a Mac..."

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