What are the benefits and disadvantages

of OS X?

Advantages:
- Nice GUI
- Nice development lang and lib

Disadvantages:
- No software
- All your OSX buddies are metrosexuals who only care about image

pros:
- secure os.
- wonderful gui.
- doesn't crash.
- safari.
- the idea that you have no software by microsoft on your computer.

cons:
- um.

>>3
Con:
you paid way too much for what you actually go
finding the hardest thing about using a mac is having to turn gay first

- doesn't crash.

LOL, whut.  There's a difference between doesn't crash and doesn't crash as much.

>>4
 hackintosh bitch

>>3
i've had osx fail on me plenty

Pros:
- Looks pretty I guess. I'm not a fan of its look but a lot of people are.
- Free apps are usually high quality.
- Really good if you're a multimedia person.

cons:
- Expensive.
- Vendor lock-in.
- Few free apps.
- Extremely annoying userbase.

>>1
Unix based.

Which means it's pretty secure. Out of about 60,040 viruses out there, about 40 of them can infect Unix computers (but most of that 40 can't spread to other computers).

It's total bullshit that OS X doesn't crash, and I feel embarrassed that Apple are doing an ad about it - if you ask me, _that's_ the dishonest claim, not the "Macs don't get viruses" one (which is a clear advantage unless you're a pedantic Lunix fucktard.) In my experience OS X crashes just as much as Windows - the only ways it is more stable are: 1. an OS X install does not get crufty and slow over time and 2. It's a lot less of an ordeal to fix OS X when it's broken. (Archive and install, for instance)

Pros:
- Based on all sorts of fundamentally good ideas - file organisation, global address book\calendar\iLife libraries, well-written and relatively well-adhered to HIG, global menu bar, app\document paradigm, dock etc
- Relatively consistent interface, not as much bullshit going on as Windows
- Interface that still mostly looks good and doesn't feel as overwrought as Vista
- Comes with a whole bunch of very usable Apple apps
- In most cases, has the best applications around if you pay for them
- In most cases, has shittier freeware\opensauce imitiations of these apps for those who don't want to pay for them
- New hardware doesn't give you a seven step wizard and opportunity to search for drivers, it almost always "just works" without any fucking around
- Mac community (People will help you if you're confused, you can easily talk to most developers of the apps you use and they're not as abrasive as Linux developers)
- Spotlight
- Inbuilt spellcheck everywhere, dictionary\thesaurus everywhere
- Not as much nagging and shit, no spyware\virus\etc maintenance to do

Cons:
- Microsoft hate it (sucks if you use MSN, ActiveX, WMA or WMV a lot, only thing MS gets right is Office)
- Still doesn't like some hardware, you have to look out for compatibility
- Gigantic RAM whore
- Mac community (if you're having a problem, it's your fucking fault and why are you blaming apple that your mac isn't booting you're a fucking idiot etc)
- You have to buy a Mac (not as expensive as you think and has its benefits, but it's added drama and often a significant initial expense)