I've been at the forums for almost a month now, and just now found this thread. I was a PC user for all of my life. I always knew there were Macs, but I hadn't ever really used one in-depth. At the time, I was happy with PC's and stuck with them. My cousin had an iBook G3 and showed it to me. I really didn't know a thing about Macs at the time, but I was amazed at Mac OS X and the incredible design of the computer. I still was wary of Macs and didn't want to relearn how to use a computer. Around 2004, I moved to a new school with Macs. I learned more and more about Macs, but still stayed on the Windows side of the fence.
It was only earlier this year when I bought my brand new Compaq Presario that I made the big switch. I was very excited about this new laptop, and couldn't wait to unbox it. I turn it on only to be inundated by crapware. I make my way through the huge stampede of trialware, antivirus, and obnoxious full-screen apps nagging me to sign up for some ISP. It took me over an hour to uninstall all of the junk like Quicken, Norton Internet Security, Vongo, HP Sidebar, AOL, and all of the HP/Compaq bloatware. I finally removed everything except the OS itself. Everything is going great. Only 2 months after I get it, I drop my laptop about 2 feet. I wasn't too concerned, as it didn't fall a huge distance. When I power it on, my monitor is dead. I hooked it up to my desktop monitor to see if everything is working, and I couldn't get past the login screen. So, I boot into VGA mode, and got to my desktop. My screen is at some insane resolution, like 400x200. I set it to 1020x768, and I get the BSOD. I reboot, and now, it won't even boot. I sent it off to get fixed, and it came back fine, but I still got the BSOD. I ran CHKDISK only to have it delete several critical system files. Anyway, I gave it a fresh install of Windows XP. A couple months ago, I got Vista. It installed without a hitch. Then, there's the driver hunt. After an hour of fiddling with drivers, activation, and other crap, it's up and running. Now, it's time to install my software. Wonderful. Some of my software won't install. I'm getting attacked with pesky UAC messages. Sometimes, my system would just suddenly do a cold reboot. I had enough. Back to XP! But now, XP won't install! It failed to copy several files, and just gave up. After days of fiddling, I got it installed. A month ago, my graphics card started overheating and crashing my system. Just a couple days ago, my monitor's connection has come loose and the screen flickers when you move it. Sometimes, the screen just goes black!
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I'm sick and tired of Windows and it's stupidity. I've had it with Microsoft's carelessness towards details.
I've decided to switch. I'm getting a new iMac soon, and I'm going to replace that stupid laptop with a shiny new MacBook. My dad has even decided to switch.
I've gone Mac. I'm never going back.
