What, exactly, is closed about a certified UNIX™ system that will run 100% of your Windows software as well as all of its own OSX software, and 100% of Linux software as well, not to mention a host software from dozens of other operating systems... simultaneously? Perhaps the thing that is closed is your mind?
This is what I meant by " too many folks who make this into their own little cult!"
If you like the Apple OS, good for you. I don't like it or dislike it either way, but I get turned off by people like you making this into a cult -- it's a technology item, nothing more. I don't wax lyrical over comparing my bic pen to another pen. It's just a tool
Some people prefer having a pre-packaged, straight out of the box item -- my sis-in-law has an Apple and she's a language professor who gets scared seeing a spread-sheet. She likes Apple
i prefer to program what I have and tweak it -- so I get some crappy results, but ok, that's the way I like it
there's room for all three -- Apple, Windows and Linux on user PCs. On big servers Linux and windows reign while on the m/fs I see, I don't see anything more robust than z/os
So take your little slogans somewhere else please.
however, if I want a certified Unix based system, why not just go with Red Hat Linux? It's a heck of a lot cheaper.
Apple is good for folks who want something straight out of the box and are willing to pay the price for that. Good for them and good for Apple
I heard if you replace a hard drive you need a special connector and when OSX detects it's not Apples version of the harddrive your computer case fans make all kinds of noise running at top speed. If so, that's not very open.