Oliver’s Place

Recently I have abandoned my plans of switching to MacOSX as my primary Operating System after using the the OS for four months straight without touching Windows. Don’t get me wrong. I enjoyed the ride – a lot! But I also had plenty of reasons for going back to Windows (7). First of all I don’t like Apple’s attitude. I think they are turning into some kind of evil empire against which even Microsoft during its darkest days pales in comparison. I also regard Apple’s sloppy handling of serious security vulnerabilities as highly unprofessional. Then there were details that many users wouldn’t even notice. For example I’m obsessed with ClearType and could never become really comfortable with Apple’s Font Anti Aliasing which is still a lot better than Ubuntu’s though.

Anyway I decided to ditch the OS but I’m keeping the hardware – my keyboard to be precise. After typing on this fantastic keyboard for a couple of months there is no way going back to that cheap plastic crap that you usually deal with on the PC. What’s really odd is that there are peripherals vendors who are charging more for their plastic toys that do not even feature a built-in USB Hub than Apple for their anodized aluminum enclosure that offers a rock solid typing experience and even includes a USB Hub. In conjunction with an utility called SharpKeys which I use for swapping Cmd with Alt, this fine piece of craftsmanship can used pretty comfortable under windows.