Hi,
I'm an IT Consultant who has dabbled with most OS's over the years and am thinking seriously of switching to OS X once the new iMac's are released. I used to use OS/2 (1.3 through Warp) until it died a death and have been using Linux (mainly RedHat and Fedora) for many years as well as Windows when I have to. I am currently learning Ruby and Ruby On Rails which is where a lot of the idea to switch to a Mac has come from. The Mac seems to be the defacto RoR development platform in conjunction with TextMate.
Anyway, my question is whether you guys think that a long time Linux user such as myself is likely to enjoy the migration to OS X as much as other users or if you think I might feel constrained in some ways. I'm a big fan of open source software but the novelty of constantly tinkering under the hood of my OS has worn off to a large extent. These days I'm more interested in productivity, reliability, quietness and the feeling of quality which certainly comes across at first glance from OS X.
Will I feel at home in the Mac community and with OS X?
Advice most welcome!
Thanks,
Craig.
I'm an IT Consultant who has dabbled with most OS's over the years and am thinking seriously of switching to OS X once the new iMac's are released. I used to use OS/2 (1.3 through Warp) until it died a death and have been using Linux (mainly RedHat and Fedora) for many years as well as Windows when I have to. I am currently learning Ruby and Ruby On Rails which is where a lot of the idea to switch to a Mac has come from. The Mac seems to be the defacto RoR development platform in conjunction with TextMate.
Anyway, my question is whether you guys think that a long time Linux user such as myself is likely to enjoy the migration to OS X as much as other users or if you think I might feel constrained in some ways. I'm a big fan of open source software but the novelty of constantly tinkering under the hood of my OS has worn off to a large extent. These days I'm more interested in productivity, reliability, quietness and the feeling of quality which certainly comes across at first glance from OS X.
Will I feel at home in the Mac community and with OS X?
Advice most welcome!
Thanks,
Craig.