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[devilgrrl]

It's finally come to pass. I've sold my soul to the dark side. I've bought a Mac. I found a good deal on eBay and figured cheap was a good way to dip my toes into the non-PC world. I spent some time chatting with Bruce about the specific computers we bought and he seemed very positive about what we have. I'm even thinking about getting a cheap iMac to toy around with.

Vista was what finally scared me off. I was looking at what I'd need to do if I wanted to upgrade to it and I'd have to dump a fair amount of money into the new laptop plus the cost of software. That's not even considering if we could upgrade the other laptop or the two towers I have. There's a good chance I wouldn't be able to upgrade them, since I think the Compaq tower is maxed out. I could probably buy a brand new MacBook for the cost of upgrading all our PCs. I can install Leopard, when it comes out, with no issue. The lack of viruses also is a huge plus in my book.

Plus Photoshop! How can I go wrong with something that's basically built to run Photoshop. I can also yoink software from Mum and Bruce now and they have awesome stuff.

Bleh. Other than that, nothing good is going on. I have a killer headache, probably from not eating a real lunch. I finally broke out the popcorn maker yesterday, so I made popcorn for lunch. I should probably find some Tylenol or have something with a little caffeine in it. Ugh, and I need to quit looking at iMac desktops. I don't need to spend even more money.

Comments

once you go mac, you'll never go back.

[stellalunatic.livejournal.com]

say what you will, you just joined the LIGHT side. if you can get a computer that is at least 3 models back and expect to be able to do with it, that's Goodness. they're ridiculously easy to figure out, so I wouldn't worry about a "learning curve."

I was an avowed Mac hater, but when my HP crapped out weeks from the due date of my thesis and I was getting advice from my geek friends that involved stripping Sonys and putting in Linux, I broke down and said "I JUST WANT SOMETHING THAT WORKS!" the vote was unanimous that I should get a Mac.

personally, I am very very sad that I will have to replace my beloved iBook G4 in 2008 because the clinical program at my school is not savvy enough to get their shit together, so we're required to have a laptop that runs Windows (the current requirement is XP, but I am sure that will have changed to Vista by then. boo OSX knock-offs.) ... but they can't take my liberty... I am just going to upgrade to the macBook :)

Re: once you go mac, you'll never go back.

[stellalunatic.livejournal.com]

*expect to be able to do anything with it

Re: once you go mac, you'll never go back.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

I think there's a way you can run Windows on Macs. I originally resisted getting a Mac for that reason.

My mum loves her G4.