Switched
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have switched. Yao Ming has worked his 7 foot 6 inch magic on me and I’m now the user of a 12” Powerbook. I say user because it’s technically meant to be Faith’s. But we’re going to share. reminds self we’re going to share.
So far I’ve been terribly, extremely, wonderfully impressed with the Mac. Having owned a fair share of computers, it’s no small matter when I say that opening the powerbook’s packaging had my hands trembling with anticipation. Despite PCs being “mainstream”, there has been nothing close to the professional look and feel of a Mac product.
The 12” powerbook came with a free 10GB iPod, which is in itself another cause for endless drool. All of a sudden, the little annoyances that we’ve been taught to endure as PC users are solved with little thoughtful design implementations by Apple. I can vouch this: Owning a Mac is a liberating experience.
Sure the software takes some getting used to, but from what I’ve heard, the OS is as user-friendly or as customisable as you want it to be. The only thing I’m sad about is that my Photolog doesn’t display as it should on IE5/Mac, and MoveableType doesn’t have the handle little buttons (for bold, italics and hyperlinks) on Safari.
While typing this entry, I’ve had to remind myself to swallow twice already for fear of drowning from my incessant drooling.
So people who’ve been considering it (Rannie, I know you are), switch. You’ll feel like a kid on Christmas day again.
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Woohoo, congrats! Have fun with the Mac. :D
I've been considering starting a "switch fund" to finance a move to the Mac platform, "Save Karen" style. ;)
ooh, you finally did it!
i was at the computer fair the other day and saw the powerbook and the ibook (going at $1788 only!). but monetary considerations held me back, bah.
Matt, I think Karyn sucked up all the Internet karma there is for the next millenium. Who knows, maybe the G88 would be out by then.
hey, i got me an ipod too :) i'm still swimming thru it.. just transferred 285 songs to it. hohoho!
MACINTOSH! MACINTOSH!
I've been on a Mac since 1984, and it's been one long holiday ;) Just sold my old Walllstreet G3 though, been on an iBook since 2001.
But I still miss my Quadra Centris.
Alllrighhht... another switcher. Very wise choice, my son. I've been a MacAddict for over 15 years, even though I have lots to learn about web development and design. Anyways, you want to check out this nefty (sp?) little software for Mac: http://homepage.mac.com/dschimpf/ It's called Macjournal. This free shareware allows you to keep a journal and post entries online. I like better than creating pages in my word processing program and saving them in folders. Check it out.