I prefer not to open Adobe at all. Speaking of which, does even reading a pdf via Adobe take so crazy long to do in OS X as it does in windows? I find it worth my time to use Linux just for the ability to use a program like evince that opens pdfs without delay.
As far as your question, I have no idea, hehe. I've never owned a mac yet. But I understand. For some of us it's just nice to have something super simple and easy even if it isn't the most spectacular image in the history of mankind. (Maybe the anacronym HOMK should start being used, hehe).