I'm finally starting to feel the love from my Powerbook. After the initial bumps, I'm really coming around on OS X. I've finally got emacs and the shell all set up the way I like, and the result really is the best of both worlds: a slick, responsive, intuitive UI running on top of an OS that actually makes sense when you pop the hood.

Stuff I particlarly love:

• The 'favorite location' dock that you can manage in any finder window and which gets duplicated in every open/save dialog. This really is just great - I almost never spen any time drilling down into my folders. I understand it is new in 10.3.3, but I can't believe no one thought of this sooner.
• Configuration, especially for wireless networking, is brain-dead simple. It's really amazing that Windows can't get this right.
• Tabbed browsing in Safari. It just feels a lot cleaner than having a dozen IE windows open as I often do.
• The configuration files are all XML. I don't know why, but that just makes me happy.
• NO MORE REGISTRY! I had forgotten how great it is to be able to move an application by simply, well, moving the application. No need for ridiculous reinstalling with Add/Remove control panel here.
• I guess Keychain is pretty handy, my previous rant notwithstanding. I still wish Keychain Access were a little more secure, but it's good enough for me.
• The keyboard on the PB is just great. I actually like the feel of it better than any desktop keyboard I've used. If only it were a little larger...
• The fit, finish, and design of the hardware is simply beautiful and elegant in a way that cannot be appreciated until one struggles with a Windows laptop (which I have recently done and about which I will write soon).

Stuff that still bums me out a little:

• It does run hot, especially if it's been doing something network or CPU intensive for a couple hours.
• Once heated, it is prone to the afforementioned warping, though this is proving to not really be a big deal.
• Bad Java support.
• The Yahoo Messenger client sucks. Hello, audio? I guess this isn't really Apple's fault.
• Battery life is pretty bad. About 2.5 hours no matter what I do. I bought a spare recently.

The more I use my Mac, though, the less important these things become. It really is just great.