I will never run a machine that demands I run a certain OS. Ever. An Apple will not boot unless the Apple OS is installed.
Guess who makes the mobos for Apple? Foxconn--the cheapest of the cheap. I am a notoriously cheap bastard and I won't even stoop as low as running a Foxconn in anything I build.
The laptops have some cool features--the power connection being the main one. The magnetic power connection is genious. They also feel well put together.
I have GIMP for altering my photos, FireFox for my innernets, Transmission for the torrents (that I NEVER download
), LibreOffice for my officing, ShotWell for managing my photos, and Archive Manager for making zip files.
Unity looks a lot like Mac & Win7, my windows have neat effects, and I never need an AV program.
It gives me a choice on whether or not I install an update. The only command-line patch I have ever needed to run was for my Sansa MP3 player, and it was 100% cut-and-paste with step-by-step directions.
I run an addon called flash-aid to run the right version of flash in FireFox also.
Did I mention that I run all these Win7 and Maclike fancy effects on an AMD XP 3200+ Barton chip with 2GB of ram? I don't think that setup will run Vista, much less Win7.
What won't my box do? Run ITunes. Since I don't need to run ITunes it's not a big deal.