Personally, I find the animation distracting and the default icons too big, but at least you can customize them. Ease of use. Installing the system and configuring it for Internet access are amazingly painless. Without the old Mac OS Control Strip, it's harder than it used to be to change many settings, such as audio volume. Not surprisingly, Mac OS X works well with Apple's own hardware, but watch out if you rely on third-party peripherals.
Drivers are available for only a few SCSI cards and devices.
But today, almost none of the major Mac applications are available in X-optimized form. Microsoft Office isn't due until fall. Even Apple has a surprisingly hard time getting its software ready. Once these issues are resolved and Mac OS X-optimized versions of most major Mac applications are available, the new system will begin to fulfill its full potential.