I have been a Winders guy for soooo many years. I was one of those who balked at the mere thought of a Mac and would poke fun at the "freaks" and their Macs. I always swore I'd never own a Macintosh.
Well, never say never.....
I ordered my first ever Mac; an iMac; the new 24" 3.06 GHz model with 8 GB RAM and the 4850 card. Why did I "come to the dark side"? I am tired of the crap from PC vendors like Dell and HP. Sure, "build your own" you say. Been there, done that, go the t-shirt. It not fun any more.
So when one of my home computers, my Dell laptop, gave up the ghost a little over a week ago, I said enough was enough and I packed up the family and we high-tailed it over to the nearest Apple Store. I had bought us all iPods for Christmas and I liked how Apple had designed the Nano 4g and Touch 2g so, why not check out their computers too?
What an experience! My wife (computer illiterate) and 11 yo son (also not so puter savy) and my 9 yo daughter (aka. I was hoping she'd be a daddy's girl though she is not that into computers)...nearly pissed themselves at the fun and excitement they were having.
My wife was giddy at how easy the GUI was to use on the Mac. My kids immediately fell in love with the iSight camera and all the bundled iLife software. My daughter has been trying to learn the guitar and grinned ear-to-ear when seeing how the GarageBand had acoustic lessons. My son, being the typical 11 yo, wanted to know what games he could play and would his Spore load on it.
Me? Well, not to eat my words in one visit, I said, "This is pretty neat", though in the back of my mind I was squeeling like a girl. All of my video projects and photography hobby fun was getting sent into overdrive.
So, was there disappointment? Sure. When I ordered my new iMac and realized I will have to wait until late April to get it. Talk about a bummer. I nearly decided that the 4850 was not THAT important and that I could do fine with 4 GB of RAM for a few weeks until the upgrade came in from Crucial.
But why? I was sinking 3 grand into this thing. Why not go ahead and get it the way I want? Practice patience, use these few weeks to go through online tutorials and join Mac discussion forums like this one to find out what my life with a Mac will be like in the near future.
Besides, a delivery date of May 1st puts it only a few days from my 39th birthday and what a way to celebrate 24 years of computer use than by switching over to a totally new platform?
Thanks for reading,
Todd
Well, never say never.....
I ordered my first ever Mac; an iMac; the new 24" 3.06 GHz model with 8 GB RAM and the 4850 card. Why did I "come to the dark side"? I am tired of the crap from PC vendors like Dell and HP. Sure, "build your own" you say. Been there, done that, go the t-shirt. It not fun any more.
So when one of my home computers, my Dell laptop, gave up the ghost a little over a week ago, I said enough was enough and I packed up the family and we high-tailed it over to the nearest Apple Store. I had bought us all iPods for Christmas and I liked how Apple had designed the Nano 4g and Touch 2g so, why not check out their computers too?
What an experience! My wife (computer illiterate) and 11 yo son (also not so puter savy) and my 9 yo daughter (aka. I was hoping she'd be a daddy's girl though she is not that into computers)...nearly pissed themselves at the fun and excitement they were having.
My wife was giddy at how easy the GUI was to use on the Mac. My kids immediately fell in love with the iSight camera and all the bundled iLife software. My daughter has been trying to learn the guitar and grinned ear-to-ear when seeing how the GarageBand had acoustic lessons. My son, being the typical 11 yo, wanted to know what games he could play and would his Spore load on it.
Me? Well, not to eat my words in one visit, I said, "This is pretty neat", though in the back of my mind I was squeeling like a girl. All of my video projects and photography hobby fun was getting sent into overdrive.
So, was there disappointment? Sure. When I ordered my new iMac and realized I will have to wait until late April to get it. Talk about a bummer. I nearly decided that the 4850 was not THAT important and that I could do fine with 4 GB of RAM for a few weeks until the upgrade came in from Crucial.
But why? I was sinking 3 grand into this thing. Why not go ahead and get it the way I want? Practice patience, use these few weeks to go through online tutorials and join Mac discussion forums like this one to find out what my life with a Mac will be like in the near future.
Besides, a delivery date of May 1st puts it only a few days from my 39th birthday and what a way to celebrate 24 years of computer use than by switching over to a totally new platform?
Thanks for reading,
Todd
