Trying Some New Technology
The connector for the power supply on my laptop finally broke all the way and I had to send it off to get serviced. It’s a ‘Japanese Only’ model Panasonic Y4, so it will be gone for the better part of a month. To replace it, I ordered an Apple MacBook Pro. I’ve been wanting to check out Apple and OS X for awhile, but haven’t had the chance.
Last year, I bought a Macintosh PowerBook and my wife started using it and made it her own personal laptop. I haven’t seen it since. She does everything on it and is fairly ‘non-techie’, so I think that’s my answer. I have a few friends (Grant Griffiths, Ben Stevens, Ernie Svenson and Justin Kahn) who are big fans of the Mac and have been trying to turn me to the way of Apple, so it will be fun to check out.
I’ll report back on my impressions of it. The MacBook Pro hasn’t arrived yet (it’s being shipped from China. Say it isn’t so, Steve Jobs). So in the meantime, I’m stuck on my old 12” Sharp Actius laptop.
They say the first step towards fixing a gadget problem, is admitting you have a gadget problem. Personally, I don’t think I have a problem that more memory and a faster hard drive won’t solve.
Well, all I can say is that it is about darn time. I look forward to your report on how much you LOVE it.
I'm jealous. I want to use Macs at work since I got a 12" powerbook last year. Alas, my small office is PC turf, and not inclined to try to convince boss to switch. One day....
Will,
I think with Apple going to the Intel architecture, it will only be a matter of time when you can run primarily an Mac environment, but also run one or two Windows/Intel programs without switching over.
It will be interesting to see what the next year or two brings.
But one of the nice things about having your own firm is you get to make decisions about technology.
We'll follow your reports with great interest. My SO is a Mac-man (an Apple-guy?) since long ago, and he's full of Mac => Windows (and back) solutions. He runs a Mac-Windows network at our home and ours PCs, laptops, Macs, and peripherals are all getting along well. You're gonna be SOOO HAPPY!
Well, sounds like Apple is officially moving to let folks use Windows on MacBookPro. No link, but saw a snippet about it, and makes for interesting gossip on future direction of Apple vis a vis Macs.
