Have you tried Ubuntu and/or other newish, friendly distros? They really have progressed quite a bit; Ubuntu took very little configuration to work on my new laptop, and I doubt you'll be getting a machine with more crazy new hardware than a ThinkPad.
Also, using a Mac tends to lead to "I just don't do that" syndrome. For example, you still need a bit of a clue to install something obscure - e.g., something that isn't distributed as a disk image - but few Mac users will ever do that. My Mac convert friends here have fairly readily admitted that, on Linux, you want to do something, can't figure it out, and feel bad, whereas under OS X you just accept that you can't do it and move on with life.
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Date: 2006-01-09 03:51 pm (UTC)Also, using a Mac tends to lead to "I just don't do that" syndrome. For example, you still need a bit of a clue to install something obscure - e.g., something that isn't distributed as a disk image - but few Mac users will ever do that. My Mac convert friends here have fairly readily admitted that, on Linux, you want to do something, can't figure it out, and feel bad, whereas under OS X you just accept that you can't do it and move on with life.