While I am not a big Mac OS fan, I think unbiased analysis of its advantages and downsides is fundamental, to build a personal opinion. This article is a little biased against Mac OS, but I think it got the main point right:

I have developed this analogy of someone who wants to buy a nuclear reactor. There are two organizations interested in providing you with their nuclear reactor.

• Provider # 1 gives you the reactor plus all the design information, all blue prints, everything but the kitchen sink!
• Provider # 2 gives you the reactor and doesn’t give you a clue as to how it is built inside. It’s a black box (or a massive gray one). All you have is the control panels and the documentation that this provider is kind enough to provide with (you know…. they can’t give you everything for security reasons).

Given those two choices… which would you consider to be more secure/stable/reliable? Which one would you choose? I’d personally go for Provider 1. At least I know what I’m getting. And the guys are so comfortable with their design that they even give it away to buyers. Perhaps the guys at Chernobyl chose provider # 2.

Great analogy, but the same is true for Windows

[via Technology FLOSS]