15-inch MacBook Pro showing display.People who know me will realize what a sensational topic this is. I have sworn for years not to ever own a Mac. The reasons are complicated, but it was mostly because I am a total Linux geek and I am really just too busy to worry about changing this aspect of my daily work life. Even worse, I am still a Fedora nerd and have never even used Ubuntu, Suse, or any other Linux distro. So that should give you some idea of my loyalty (or unwillingness to fart with learning a new OS).

Lately I have realized that the very thing that has caused me to stay with Linux (not enough time to worry about changing) has become my very reason for switching. Lately I just don’t have enough time to monkey with certain Linux applications for graphics, diagrams, presentations and a myriad of other things that I am starting to use more and more. So Linux will still be an important part of my development and testing workflow, but its only a matter of time before I will probably use it less and less. I haven’t given up on desktop Linux, but right now I need more polished and usable apps to satisfy my requirements and if I actually have to pay for them, then so be it.