I switched from windows to Linux in 2004 when I was sick of windows dying once a month. I became so good at reformatting I could remember my windows key off the top of my head. That key is long gone because I haven’t used windows in years on my home machine.

I spent time with SUSE Linux, Gentoo (which I still believe is the fastest OS available) and Ubuntu. Gentoo, although I loved the speed, died on me every two or three months. An improvement from windows, but eventually after I graduated college, I didn’t have time to maintain the sandbox anymore. So I switched to Ubuntu.

I kept Ubuntu on there for a while but realized I’d never use it again. After some hacking and crafting I managed to get my partitions converted over to HFS+. I switched to mac in January when I built my newest machine. Quad core, I’m never going back.

That said, I do believe an open source operating system will eventually over take a flagship mac operating system in features, ease of use, and eye candy. Until then I will remain on OSX.