I use a variety of machines to get my work done, but my current main machines are:
Main Development Rig
27″ Apple iMac – 4Gb – 2.7GHz i5 Quad Core – OS X 10.7
Portable
13″ Apple MacBook Air [2010] – 2Gb – 1.83GHz – OS X 10.6
I moved away from Windows primarily because I got so fed up with re-installing computers. I have played with, used and supported all the Microsoft operating systems. Vista is a waste of space, quite literally. Microsoft’s server operating systems are generally pretty good, so there’s really no reason why they shouldn’t be able to create a stable desktop OS. Some might say they did with Windows XP. I simply say connect it up to the web without a firewall and virus checker and see how stable it is then. By all accounts, Windows 7 is a vast improvement, but frankly, I haven’t got time to waste trying it.
I like OS X because it’s stable and it’s based on UNIX, which makes my life easier. It’s not without its own annoyances, but on the whole in my experience it’s just better than Windows.
I’ve used and worked with many different flavours of Linux, and my preference has shifted over the years from SuSE, to RedHat, to Debian, to CentOS. CentOS is my current favourite for server OS. For a desktop OS, one of the Debian variants (Ubuntu, Xandros etc.) would be my choice.
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