If you could, would you buy OSX and install it on your PC or Laptop?

Lately I have been playing around with Apple's latest version of OSX, 10.6 Snow Leopard to see how it compares to Windows 7.

Although I don’t own a Mac itas pretty easy these days to install it on non apple hardware and have a working system. I’m quite lucky that everything in my netbook works perfectly in OSX.

I am pretty impressed with some of the small things OSX includes out the box like Photobooth, although you don’t need it I find its nice to play about with and allows you to quickly take a quick photo and add special fx to it.

Some of the optional extras like ilife 09 that are sold separately are very easy to use, I know my parents would have no problem what so ever managing photos with iPhoto or editing videos with iMove. iLife 09 is a lot more user friendly and feature pack than anything offered to Windows users at the same price.

This got me thinking if Apple were to sell OSX in shops like Microsoft do with Windows and not restrict it to pre built Mac hardware would it make you think about switching from Windows?

For me I don’t think it would, OSX seems quite polished but to me the user interface in my own opinion is horrible, I hate how all running programs use the bar at the top of the screen to display the file options, it seems very un productive to me especially when multi tasking as you actually have to click on that program, then click at the top of the screen. Im also not really keen on the dock, after using both I much prefer the way the Windows 7 super bar is set out… to me that is a lot more user friendly. Maybe I just don’t see the benefits of how the OSX UI is set out?

I do think Windows would really benefit from something like iLife 09 though: http://www.apple.com/ilife/

Lets discuss, I would love to hear from anyone who owns a Mac too!