vetusware<\/a>.<\/p>\nBut no, people who swear off Windows and OS X generally have the Linux thought bubble floating above their heads.<\/p>\n
I actually muse about Linux frequently.<\/p>\n
My PCs are okay as long as I desperately cling to my Windows 7 product keys. The Mac, however, is more dear to me. That’s one reason Apple’s move to lobotomize OS X is of concern.<\/p>\n
Look at what Apple did to Final Cut Pro! They took the top program for video editing and dumbed it down to make it compatible with iOS devices. That boneheaded move effectively drove off every user — all professionals. Worse, it showed that Apple doesn’t understand its own market. That’s one reason I sold all my Apple stock months ago.<\/p>\n
Hey Apple! The wine-and-cheese yuppie who uses an iPad isn’t the same person as the professional who paid $12,000 for a Mac Pro to edit a major motion picture.<\/p>\n
Apple just doesn’t get it.<\/p>\n
So I ruminate on the possibilities of migrating to Linux (or FreeBSD) at some point in the future, when Apple assumes I need a bib and a nuk-nuk to use a computer.<\/p>\n
Yet I still don’t get all excited — and you Linux fans need not get excited, either.<\/p>\n
The big issue with operating system migration isn’t whose flag you wave. It comes down to software<\/em>. Programs. Apps. That’s what drives an operating system.<\/p>\nThe reason I have a Mac is because its implementation of Adobe’s Photoshop and Illustrator is superior to the Windows version. I use those programs. I need those programs. So I have a Mac in the office. And as far as I know, a release of Photoshop and Illustrator isn’t available for Linux.<\/p>\n
Yes, I know about the GIMP and other Linux freeware programs. They’re just not the same.<\/p>\n
Still, with Apple regressing OS X down to toddlerhood and eventually into infancy, it may be a decision I make in the future. A forced decision.<\/p>\n
And — Hello, Apple? — I won’t be alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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It sounds good to say, but how practical is it? Obviously Windows 8 is completely fubar. I wouldn’t wish it upon an enemy. And Mac OS X keeps dribbling down the same trail; Apple is junking up a nice operating system with useless mobile features. Where does that leave someone who needs a computer? Which operating system is left?