If apple ran the software I need, I would. My best bet is Linux. But I’m definately looking at the last windows operating system I will ever own.
Billy boy and his gang of raving lunatics can go piss up a rope.
A Mac might work in your situation.
Macs can host Linux natively with Boot Camp, or as a virtual machine with a product like VMWare.
Also, since Mac OS X and Linux use the same compiler (gcc), and can use many of the same libraries, many Linux apps can be compiled to run natively in Mac OS X, including X Window apps. In many cases, the software is available through a package manager, ready to download and run on Mac.
What is the software you need? As HAL9000 pointed out, Linux runs just dandy on Macs, and a lot of software written for Linux (or for any *ix) has been ported to Mac.
I said that back in 2000. Well, actually I started thinking it back in 98 when I was forced to deal with IE and ActiveX.
It was a bad idea then, and it's still a bad idea now. I don't care what they say anymore. I've left the Winders reservation for good.
