[InABunkerUnderSF]

And although Free BSD isn't Linux, it is a UNIX look-alike, and Apple has chosen it to under gird their standard OS. So more people are using open source than realize it.

I won a Mac laptop in a lottery at work around Christmas (Sorry! around "Holiday".)

At first I didn't care for it much. The e-mail client was OK but Safari was not Firefox, or even IE. Upgrading it to Leopard was fun but I didn't really get into it until I discovered I could get to the command interpreter. There's a real operating system in there!

[HAL9000]

I won a Mac laptop in a lottery at work around Christmas

Lucky you!

The e-mail client was OK but Safari was not Firefox, or even IE.

I prefer Safari, but Firefox is available for Mac.

Upgrading it to Leopard was fun but I didn't really get into it until I discovered I could get to the command interpreter. There's a real operating system in there!

Linux users can operate in a familiar environment with the Mac OS X Unix terminal. I use it all the time, but most users will never need to touch it.