I have been a long time Windows XP user on the desktop (it was actually a pretty good OS), but I just couldn’t get excited about making the move to Vista. So, I concluded sometime last year that I was going to have to make the move to either Ubuntu or Mac. I have managed both Solaris and Linux servers through out my entire career, and have always loved a Unix environment for that. So, I was pretty excited to have a real command line on my desktop.

To get started on my transition I bought a ThinkPad on Craigslist a few months ago and loaded Ubuntu on it. After a handful of time consuming issues (video drivers, getting the VPN client to work, etc…), I was up and running. It has been amazing – about ninety-five percent of the time. What about that other five percent of the time? You know those annoying things that should just work…

Well, they leave me only one option: MacBook. It is time for me to join the masses of annoying Mac users who always remind everyone how much better their lives are. Honestly, I am looking forward to it, and I plan to let everyone know how much better life is on that side of the world (no matter what the reality is). Only one problem, I am waiting for Steve to put on his depends and announce the next gen of Mac books – so it looks like I have a few more months of the almost good life on Ubuntu.

Hey Jimmy, are you going to join me in Macland or turn back to your old faithful, Gentoo?