I&#x27;ve completely ditched Microsoft, mostly ditched Google, and haven&#x27;t even tried to ditch Apple, yet. Of the three I think Google is the hardest to ditch entirely - and that&#x27;s because of the ubiquity of YouTube. There&#x27;s a lot of DIY, how-to, product information and conference videos on YouTube.<p>I&#x27;ve willingly allowed myself to be lulled into the Apple ecosystem because their hardware&#x2F;software combination is so good. The wife and kids also like it and yet I still retain a Unix work environment. So ditching Apple probably isn&#x27;t going to happen for me anytime soon though for me personally I&#x27;m thinking when my MacBook Pro dies I&#x27;ll probably replace it with a ThinkPad and run FreeBSD on it. The family will more than likely still be running Apple.