101 Applications for the Mac - Open Source? More like Open Sauce

On the PC you can find literally hundreds of freeware or open source apps. On the Mac, you too can find hundreds of freeware / demo apps.

The problem is, that the hundred becomes stale and every month you check for a new program on a Mac and it's the same old, same old. Where as on the PC there are new updated versions or better alternatives with new bells and whistles.

The Mac may be based on an open source system but let me tell you this, the open source programs are always better on the PC. Takes Open Office for a start, absolutely outstanding news for the Mac, but riddled with graphical bugs, just try the database and you'll see. It will get better, and when it does, it's going to be awesome.

However, try other open source programs and you'll find that on the Mac you'll have to go through complicated ways of downloading the various necessary programs in order to compile the program, then waiting a few hours to compile the program and then waiting a few weeks before someone comes up with the reason why your program doesn't run on your particularly Mac. On a PC, it's press that setup icon together and go through that annoying 'yes, it's safe' box.

Yes, there are lots of users who are new to computers that buy Macs, but one wonders if there are truly Mac Switchers. You know, the one where they actually get rid of their PC completely, not using bootcamps etc, and use only made for Mac software.