A New Laptop - moving from Windows to Mac

For years, while I have used Linux for my servers, I have continued using MS Windows for my desktop and my laptops. I have finally converted to Linux for my desktop and I bought a new Apple Powerbook for my laptop.

Why" First moving to the Powerbook for the laptop. I had a Mac laptop several years ago and it was useless. It kept crashing and drove me nuts. However, Mac OS X is great. It is stable and based on UNIX. This means that I can easily talk to my Linux system, e.g. using X Windows. For those of you who have never used X Windows (common in the UNIX World) it allows you to run a graphical application, like a web browser, full screen text editor, or anything, on a remote machine and see it on your own machine. I know there are other ways to do this now, but X is still quite nice. Mac OS X also easily connects to other servers, e.g. WebDav, NFS, etc. Mac OS X also uses standards, e.g. ICal uses the ics calendar standard so I can easily transfer information between it and my Mozilla calendars. Another, very nice feature is the instant on/off for the Powerbook. Frequently when I am at a conference I want to take notes or do a quick email check. With my Windows laptop, even in standby mode, there would be a long delay before it wakes up (I realize it is only about 30 sec - a minute but it seems very long). With my Powerbook, as soon as I open the lid it is awake and ready to go.