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drinking the kool-aid
One of the things i requested at my new job was that my corporate-issue laptop be a Mac (partly because i was damned if i was going to get stuck with a stinkin' Dell). After some wrangling with the CFO, my request was granted, so now i have in my possession a 15" PowerBook with a gig of RAM. I also have a Kyocera KPC650 EVDO card. I've installed Camino and Firefox, and i downloaded all 800+MB of the developer tools just so i could have gcc kicking around (which i used to build screen, which i configured and compiled with zero hitches).
I like it. The display is crisp and things work, once you get used to the idea of trying stuff that you know would have never worked in Windows. It's a damn sight better to use than the GNOME-RedHat desktop i got (which keyboard [DAMN YOU, DELL!] already triggered both tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome in my left arm — after 3 damn days of work!).
In summary, all computers suck, but the Mac seems to suck less. Huzzah.