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During my break from blogging I made a switch that I never thought I would make. Thats right…I’m now a Mac user.

Back in college I had to work tech support for Mac computers. Back in the days of OS9. I thought they pretty much sucked, and as soon as we got enough PC’s on campus I transitioned to working on them instead of the Mac. I hated them with a passion. So for me to make the switch is a pretty big deal.

It all started last year when my company decided we were going to build a Mac version of Safe Eyes. We had an old G4 cube sitting around that I installed a copy of OSX 10.3.9. After once again being forced to work on a Mac for my job I had a completely different reaction.

It wasn’t long and we had purchased a few Mac Minis. Then came the big leap…I replaced my faithful 4 year old Dell Inspiron with a PowerBook G4. So what caused my change of heart?

1. Design - You have to admit Macs hands down rock when it comes to design of the system. Design along would never make me buy one. My keyboard lights up in a dim room so I can see what I’m typing, its the little things that count.
2. Great OS - I have been a long time Linux user, so I am perfectly at home on the OSX platform. It looks great, and I can use command line when I feel like it.
3. Quality - This laptop is actually has metal in it! Not to mention it has great hardware built in. I compared it to a friends brand new dell and there just isn’t a comparision.
4. Good Software Support - It use to be a pain to transfer files from a PC to a Mac. No more, with MS Office for OSX and Windows Filesharing, and a host of other greats things, you aren’t disadvantaged to be on a Mac anymore. I will talk about some cool software I have found in future posts.

So after having my powerbook G4 since August 05, I will bid farewell to it next week, when my new MacBook Pro arrives. I’m selling it to a friend…it will be his first Mac. I have no doubt that he will love it.

It was no small feat for Apple to change my mind to the point that I actually would rather use a Mac than a PC, but it has happened. I actually like it so much I am willing to take crap from all the Mac users I have ridiculed over the years.

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