OS X has definitely won me over as a web development platform.

   

• Great for testing out HTML and CSS. I’m able to run a diverse set of browsers: Firefox, Safari, Opera, IE6 (using crossover Mac). I still have to get to a windows box for IE7 testing thought (thankfully its the least broken IE browser). As a side note firebug also rocks for finding HTML and CSS problems.
• Development speed is increased by not having to spend time fixing the OS or the applications. Everything just works.
• TextMate which is awesome for programming and general text editing (Lots of the emacs keys I hit by instinct work in it!)
• Its easy to run all of the DB and web servers on its Unix base that you’d need for a development environment
• High quaility graphic and photo editing software is available
• Rails will be included with OS X 10.5. Cool

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