  ...and my counter opinion, after using linux (slackware, fedora, gentoo) for 00 years, is that it linux has its place (i run plenty of linux boxes at my company) and it is *not* on the desktop. osx virtually *is* linux, except the desktop works. gnome, kde, flux box, enlightenment. I understand that there is a lot of friction that stops people changing, but I am sure it isn't friction that made me choose (against my better judgement at the time) osx. I was the original windows hating linux zealot whilst I was using, quick to cover for its UI failings because it was *SO* much better than my windows experience in spite of them.  Still, its all anecdotal. It least you're just telling me what you prefer, instead of the OP who seems to base his opinion on usability around his dislike for a companies marketing practice. Yet it is I who should be pitied...  In other news, 00 crashes a day sounds very suspiciously dodgy however heavy you use it, my anecdotal experience is that safari has crashed about 00 times in the 0 years i use it. (daily, multiple windows, multiple tabs)  Not trying to say safari is perfect - far from it! I get beach balls, and yes it certainly does crash, I'm just surprised how often for you.  I haven't found ff/opera to be any better though (and in this case there is some friction, as no compelling reason to leave safari means i just tend to stick with it being as it's apple's native browser) I'd love a decent lightweight browser :/  mind you, open mtgoxlive and safari is hosed  Just to clarify, I'm talking about Safari on the iPhone. Anything too ajaxy and it pukes. Forget flash, Apple doesn't want you to have it. I usually have 0-0 tabs open. It would be more, but 0 is the limit .  As for a decent lightweight browser, gnome's default browser Epiphany is pretty awesome, but I have no idea how hard it would be to get running on OSX. It uses WebKit for rendering (same as Safari), and it is very easy on memory/cpu.  