As an experienced PC guy who’s built his own computers since he was 12 and has run everything from DOS to Vista, with dabbling in OS9, BeOS, and OS/2, I have to say this is by far the best computing experience I’ve had.

The impetus for this was, of course, the complete and utter failure of Vista to even match XP’s usability. Files were unable to copy, wireless took forever to connect, basic browsing around the UI was unnecessarily slow, and UI elements were different, though not better, and almost always inconsistent. I was left feeling frustrated as a user, disappointed as a designer, and cheated as a customer.

Onto happy things though, OSX is quite a charm. My productivity has increased and at the same time my frustration and uneasiness have decreased.

Update: Shortly after this post Vista SP1 came out, which seemed to rectify some of the most basic issues I had. Also, now that I’ve used the Mac for a few weeks, a few smallish issues have come up. Overall, though, I am very happy with my purchase. Now if Microsoft would just release the *real* Office (2007) on Mac, I would be happy as a clam.