I’ve spent the last 16 years working and playing with PCs. I have so much time and knowledge invested in PC’s that I thought I’d never switch to a Mac. But 3 months ago I decided to buy a MacBook Pro and now I’m never going back.
Why? Because it just works.
When I bought my MacBook Pro I also bought Parallels Desktop and Windows Vista Ultimate. Vista was my safety net (don’t laugh). I knew that if I got frustrated with OS/X I could dual-boot into Vista or run Vista in Parallels as a virtual machine (which works awesome, other than the fact that Vista sucks). But the first thing I noticed was just how well everything was designed. Even the packaging for the MacBook Pro is well designed and thought out. Everything is well designed. Even the power adapter converts from a long or short code, has little pullouts to wrap the cord, has a magnetic coupling to the MacBook, and has a charge indicator light on the adapter that plugs into the laptop. The MacBook itself is slim and sleek and has added features such as a back lit keyboard that adjusts to outside light, and a built-in webcam at the top of the screen. OS/X is beautiful and works really well. I thought I’d have trouble adjusting, but I didn’t at all. Vista on the other hand is ugly and a huge pain in the ass to use.
Don’t you hate it when you watch a movie and realize that the only good things about the movie was the trailer you saw for it on tv? Well, that’s Vista. That fancy 3-D window animation they’re always showing - if your computer is powerful enough to show it - that’s the only “good” thing about Vista. Believe me, I know. I use Vista daily and hate every second of it. The Mac - just works. I don’t need to download a bunch of programs and tweak the hell out of it to get it to run the way I want it to. Vista is just an OS/X wannabe anyways.
So like I said. I drank the kool-aid and it tastes good. Hell, I’m even thinking of ditching my Windows Mobile cellphone/device and getting an iPhone.