I must confess: One of the reasons I’ve been looking at Amazon and eBay a lot lately is because I’ve been gadget-lusting. As in, a lot.
And, my long-running fantasy: Getting my hands on a Mac. Right now, a MacBook in particular.
I’ve wanted to try switching to Mac from PCs for a long time now. But, I’ve been scared to give it a go. But now, I’m willing to check out — and hope for the best. I think my interest in media – and some Mac-specific software that I’ve been interested in lately – have slowly brainwashed me in to believing that my semi-creative geek life won’t be complete without being a Mac user one way or the other.
I’m not sure if I’ll ditch PCs completely (after all, I still have a desktop I love and another laptop I like – both PCs). But, I certainly would love to own and use a Mac.
If you’ve been a Mac switcher, do share your stories!
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Give in to the temptation! I’ll say up front that I am a career-long Mac user/addict. That being admitted, I do believe that if you can navigate a PC, a Mac will be a piece of cake.
I have a small array of Macs in my studio but my current lust is for the Mac Pro with the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors. I had wanted to add a PC to my network so I can view my work cross-platform, but I think the Mac Pro might take care of that concern. Oh- and then there’s that gorgeous iPhone…
You probably won’t want to switch entirely because there is still a great deal of PC-oriented bias out there. But do give Mac a whirl. It’s beautiful, buttery stuff.
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I’m a .NET developer on MS technology, but I’m really tempted to buy a MacBook just because it’s a cool piece of technology, and very cool
I’m planning to run Win Vista (or XP, will see later) on Parallel…
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if you think the transition from PC to Mac is hard – DONT
if you think that your old files will not work with MAc- it will
if you think the cost is too much – IT’s NOT
its all worth the switch…well, i have a MAC but I have 3 more laptops, running on Windows, and I feel the difference in screen clarity, fonts, speed, security, and of course the intrinsic pogi points of opening a mac in a coffee shop and that small apple lighting up from behind
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Ack! Me naman I abhor using MAC’s! Hehe :p
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hubby and i have been mac users for a long time … never have to worry about viruses, spyware, etc. go ahead and try it, it’s worth the switch!
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Brickgrrl: Oooohhh… What an encouragement. Heh.
Simone: So, are you going for it?
Junnie: Great endorsement! Thanks for not stopping me. Hehehe.
Bea: Why?
Imelda&Chaz: Hey – you’re here!
Didn’t know you were Mac folks. I really wish I can have one now. 
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I was lucky enough to own one of the original 128K Macs when they first came out. Sent to a publishing company that I worked for called Redgate Communications. The founder was Ted Leonsis and we produced a magazine that listed all the software available for the Mac. At the time everyone thought it was a toy. The mags job was to convice the masses that it was much more.
Anyway…I’ve been a Mac user ever since. As a matter of fact I am the lone Mac in a sea of PCs here at Broadband National. I’m envied by everyone.
Get one you’ll never go back.
Mark
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Mark: Thanks for the encouragement. I’m still hoping and waiting to get my hands on one.
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You are not the only one dude. I want to buy a good notebook with OSX it isn’t funny. The prices are just to unreasonable right now. BSD or not… its just not worth it…. yet.
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