November 10, 2007
A New Book
For as long as I can remember we've had an IBM PC in the house. I grew up with an original PC-XT since I was 10 and eventually was building my own machines in my twenties. I loved to tinker, and building a computer from parts was akin to building a custom race car. But time passed, and I had less time and even less desire to tinker inside "the box".
A couple of years ago, we purchased my wife an iBook to do a better job of her voice recordings. I've been astonished over the that time how simple working wit a Mac was. While it is sometimes constraining, I really started to like her computer (and computer envy in any household is a definite no-no).
Then came the new MacBooks. I could have the best of both worlds! I could still run my Windows programs, but have a Mac too. So started my trek to Mac.
A couple of weeks ago, I pulled the trigger (once Leopard was announced). It made sense that if I was to start a new direction in my career, it made sense to start with a new computer!
With a couple weeks under my belt, I'm officially loving it. I can do almost everything I need, both work and play, from the same laptop. While I'm still adjusting to "open Apple" key, I really do enjoy the better quality of software and computing power. I'm running XP through Fusion, and it works very well.
While I'm pretty sure I'll run both for a long time, OSX and Mac fit my way of working much better these days.
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