I know I’ve said it at least once before on some prior incarnation of my blog, but it bears repeating in light of my last post: I don’t consider myself blindly brand-loyal to the Mac.
I know, right? Co-founder of an indie Mac software company?
I find Mac OS X to be the least frustrating of the currently available options, but the buck certainly doesn’t stop there. We have miles and miles to go in terms of making computing better. I want my socks blown off, and I don’t care whether it’s Apple, Microsoft, Google, or the open source movement that does it, as long as someone does.
At this exact moment in time, Apple seems to be more on that trajectory than the rest. But they weren’t so much 15 years ago, and who knows if they will be 15 years from now.
My advice to everyone who is interested and can spare the (often substantial) time is: Keep your data in standard, interoperable formats as much as possible, and try out different, unfamiliar operating systems occasionally. It’s easiest to notice the weird negative things, but it’s myopic to assume there’s nothing good to be found. If nothing else, you can learn what doesn’t work for you, and why.
