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OSX was the big change in feel for me, and I really didn't like it though I can't put my foot on why. Hmmmm. Our first home computer was a Macintosh Plus, and we had Macs exclusively for a really long time. I eventually switched to Windows XP for my first PC I put together myself. I still miss the old Macintosh systems 1-9, and sometimes I get Linux themes based on them for a nostalgia fix. I also love using Mini vMac to emulate those older systems.
I think part of it was that they (the pre OSX systems) felt full of signs and evidence that they were made by actual people. It wasn't overly polished corporate product. They felt amateur in a way, I guess? I don't know man, it just felt so much more real. Like it was made by people who worked on it because they thought it was cool or fun.
Thank goodness I eventually found Linux.