Mac OSX is coming out on shelves this weekend. This is a big big deal. The new OS is based on the *nix architecture and is a huge departure from what we are used to with Macs. Apple has lately been positioning themself to hopefully finally break out of their niche market (relative to PCs that is) and make a real splash. OSX is the first step. You combine the new OS with the possibility of Apple ditching Motorola to play with AMD and Intel finally and things may get interesting. The OS has been in development for a staggering 7years and boasts some pretty good features, although curiously missing a number of others.

"The interface is just astounding and makes Windows pale in comparison, but I got so frustrated with the limited software support, I booted to Mac OS 9.1 and left it there,"

That seems to be the general consensus among testers, even guys with PC backgrounds. The OS is looking great, they just need more stuff ported to it. Considering Apple is going to be putting a lot of eggs in this basket it could happen. I just hope they dont waste dev time on 50 different 'pretty' themes for the OS and put those resources into getting more things working. Oh yeah, in case you guys didnt notice (a lot of people didnt) When Carmack demonstrated DOOM technology, it was running on Mac OSX.