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If you have 1-2 rarely used apps that are keeping you, you can run OS X in a VM. Legally, if you're on a Mac.

In the hardware dept, people are always bringing up the issue that Linux doesn't work well on all the random laptop hardware. It's true but it's not exactly a disadvantage compared to OS X, which works well on a much smaller set of hardware.

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Except I you want to do any pro audio work. That won‘t ever happen in a VM because of the added latency. Even using Photoshop efficiently in a VM is tiresome because at least virtualbox breaks key/mouse combos.

> you can run OS X in a VM. Legally, if you're on a Mac.

This is the infuriating part. You can buy an os x license - but only to run on Apple hw. So you can't legally run it on other hw.

Not sure if this is really enforceable here (Norway) vs consumers due to somewhat strong consumer protection - but it's probably enforceable against businesses, which is bad enough.

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