Mark Shuttleworth gets some serious iMac envy

Courtesy Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Thu, 07/24/2008 - 12:31

If Mark Shuttleworth's Ubuntu wants to compete with Apple's Mac OS X on look-and-feel, it should take a look at the hardware platform that serves as the primary benchmark for the design of OS X's look-and-feel: the iMac.


 

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