I had to have a play with the 8f1099 build of Mac OS x86, which meant Mandriva went bye-bye. No loss, really not fussed with Mandriva, plus it refused to detect my Intel wireless network card correctly.
Mac OS X is an amazing OS. It’s amazingly smooth and simple to use, yet there’s the underlying power of the Darwin BSD. Really, really nice. Shame that with that build the CPU is running at full tilt and I get no battery readout, and as yet there are no drivers for Intel wireless. So repartition again…
I think I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: Mandriva has the best setup partition tool I’ve come across, much better than Suse or Fedora. If you’re repartitioning keep a Mandriva setup disc handy, unless you’re a cfdisk/fdisk + tomsrtbt person. 
Some people said that Linux still isn’t ready for the desktop, mainly due to a lack of polish. Bit of a tip: change the interface font to Luxi Sans.
You might also want to grab Everaldo’s latest crystal-style icons Crystal Clear. Very nice set. Only downside is the subtle Lindows, uh, Linspire branding.
January 16, 2006 at 10:42 pm
I think one of the issues preventing wholesale implementation of Linux, even with the spit polish added, is the naming conventions developers use for their software. What do I use for Windows? Windows Update. How about Mac OS X? Software Update. Linux? Aptget or Yum–huh?. How about a text document. I can use Word in Windows or Mac or the freebies Notepad or Textpad. Linux? OoOoOOOOooOoo. Exaggeration, but that’s what I see when I look at Open Office, like my kid decided to rename one of my programs and found the “O” and “Shift” keys. To get the stability and security of *nix and the polish and ease of Windows, the Mac OS is the best game in town.