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- Vancouver BC/ Majorca, Spain
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- 17" MacBook Pro 2.2 GHz intel Core i7. 4GB ram, 1GB graphics.
Hi folks. I have just become a Mac computer user after many years of PC use. I have dipped my toe in before to things Mac. I have an iPad1 and and ipod classic which I use with an external DAC/transport and portable amp to give better sound quality.
But now I own a Mac and, surprise surprise, I have no idea why I waited so long.. Well yes I do, I decided it was much more fun to have PC laptops die on me every 18 months and then face repair bills similar to the initial cost !
My last one, an Acer died within six months and though eligible for free repair I thought thats it, I am done with PC! My apple products over the years have just worked, simply, with no drama and well.
So, what did I get? I thought long and hard what I needed out of a computer. Something that I can write articles and books on, something I can watch the occasional movie on whilst travelling. Something that was powerful enough to run X plane 9 at a decent graphical setting so that it did not look like I was flying through the aftermath of a nuclear bomb!
I have never spent as much as I have on a computer as I have with this one. I did think several times what on earth am I doing? should I really spend this much on a computer system I am not familiar with, will I loath or like the OS but then the unreliability of all my PC laptops came flooding forward in my thoughts so I did it, handed over the cash and here I am, the proud new owner of an i7 2.2gig 17" MacBook Pro and I love it!
Luckily for me I had made it a habit to store all my important data (Over 500 losless albums) Photo's from holidays and work assignments and all my articles and book works on an external hardrive (one does that with PC's as you never know when they will stop working or do something weird like lose all your files!).
First thing that impressed me was how beautifully simple it was to transfer all of those files which had been made on a PC to my new Mac. Litterally plug in the hard drive and away I go! The re-format the hard drive for time machine use and that was it!
The screen is the most beautiful I have seen on a laptop, crystal clear, sharp as a pin and clean looking. I was before the Mac came, a confirmed mouse user now with this beautiful glass track pad those days are gone. I love the multi- touch aspect and am looking forward to lion coming out to take advantage of that even more!
X plane.. Works like a dream! With so much screen real estate it is a joy to use and it will almost max out on rendition settings without breaking the Mac into a sweat.
So there it is folks, I am like one of those annoying ex smokers now (luckily never smoked in my life), you know, the ones who evangelize smoking and champion it but when they stop they feel the need to go up to everyone else in the world and tell then the benefits of not smoking! I am like that now, only with Mac's! In such a short space of time it has become apparent to me how useless the PC really is. How hard it makes simple tasks, how unreliable and unstable it's operating system.
In that short time it has become obvious how beautifully simple OSX is, a sheer joy to use and so easy to learn so that I can make my every day tasks easier to accomplish. I am a huge fan of Thoreau, in fact writing a new book on him at the moment. In that book I try to bring Thoreau into this century and see what he would do if he lived now. I know one thing for sure, he would be writing Walden on a Mac!
Thanks for reading folks and thanks for allowing me to join. I know I shall learn much from being here.
All the best.
Ian
But now I own a Mac and, surprise surprise, I have no idea why I waited so long.. Well yes I do, I decided it was much more fun to have PC laptops die on me every 18 months and then face repair bills similar to the initial cost !
My last one, an Acer died within six months and though eligible for free repair I thought thats it, I am done with PC! My apple products over the years have just worked, simply, with no drama and well.
So, what did I get? I thought long and hard what I needed out of a computer. Something that I can write articles and books on, something I can watch the occasional movie on whilst travelling. Something that was powerful enough to run X plane 9 at a decent graphical setting so that it did not look like I was flying through the aftermath of a nuclear bomb!
I have never spent as much as I have on a computer as I have with this one. I did think several times what on earth am I doing? should I really spend this much on a computer system I am not familiar with, will I loath or like the OS but then the unreliability of all my PC laptops came flooding forward in my thoughts so I did it, handed over the cash and here I am, the proud new owner of an i7 2.2gig 17" MacBook Pro and I love it!
Luckily for me I had made it a habit to store all my important data (Over 500 losless albums) Photo's from holidays and work assignments and all my articles and book works on an external hardrive (one does that with PC's as you never know when they will stop working or do something weird like lose all your files!).
First thing that impressed me was how beautifully simple it was to transfer all of those files which had been made on a PC to my new Mac. Litterally plug in the hard drive and away I go! The re-format the hard drive for time machine use and that was it!
The screen is the most beautiful I have seen on a laptop, crystal clear, sharp as a pin and clean looking. I was before the Mac came, a confirmed mouse user now with this beautiful glass track pad those days are gone. I love the multi- touch aspect and am looking forward to lion coming out to take advantage of that even more!
X plane.. Works like a dream! With so much screen real estate it is a joy to use and it will almost max out on rendition settings without breaking the Mac into a sweat.
So there it is folks, I am like one of those annoying ex smokers now (luckily never smoked in my life), you know, the ones who evangelize smoking and champion it but when they stop they feel the need to go up to everyone else in the world and tell then the benefits of not smoking! I am like that now, only with Mac's! In such a short space of time it has become apparent to me how useless the PC really is. How hard it makes simple tasks, how unreliable and unstable it's operating system.
In that short time it has become obvious how beautifully simple OSX is, a sheer joy to use and so easy to learn so that I can make my every day tasks easier to accomplish. I am a huge fan of Thoreau, in fact writing a new book on him at the moment. In that book I try to bring Thoreau into this century and see what he would do if he lived now. I know one thing for sure, he would be writing Walden on a Mac!
Thanks for reading folks and thanks for allowing me to join. I know I shall learn much from being here.
All the best.
Ian