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Long time Windows developer gets a Mac
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<blockquote data-quote="dalison" data-source="post: 595989" data-attributes="member: 48611"><p>Two weeks ago today I bought my first Mac in nearly 24 years. Yep - I bought an original 128K Mac in the spring of 1984 when they first hit the market. I didn't keep it too long though. While it was a truly innovative piece of hardware that I wish I had more time with, DOS ruled the world at the time and I was just kicking off my career as a software engineer and needed to go with PCs.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward 24 years. I've been doing hard core Windows development for a really long time now (17 years) and I thought maybe I should take a look at Mac again. To dip my toe in the water I went out and bought a little MacBook - 2.2Ghz, 2GB RAM and a 120GB HD. I originally intended for it to be an extra machine - a compliment really. Something I could test my web based applications on since Safari caused so many headaches for applications I had developed.</p><p></p><p>What I didn't expect to happen was that I would find myself using the machine as much as I have. It's not that I hate Windows (well, I pretty much hate Vista but XP is a fine OS), it's just that I find myself constantly playing with this machine.</p><p></p><p>So I figured I'd pop in here and introduce myself. I actually created a blog that I'm updating nearly daily about a long time, highly experienced Windows guy making the switch. The address of the blog is:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.davidalison.com" target="_blank">http://www.davidalison.com</a></p><p></p><p>I've already been spending time reading through these forums and found some great new tips and software to check out. Glad I found this place!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dalison, post: 595989, member: 48611"] Two weeks ago today I bought my first Mac in nearly 24 years. Yep - I bought an original 128K Mac in the spring of 1984 when they first hit the market. I didn't keep it too long though. While it was a truly innovative piece of hardware that I wish I had more time with, DOS ruled the world at the time and I was just kicking off my career as a software engineer and needed to go with PCs. Fast forward 24 years. I've been doing hard core Windows development for a really long time now (17 years) and I thought maybe I should take a look at Mac again. To dip my toe in the water I went out and bought a little MacBook - 2.2Ghz, 2GB RAM and a 120GB HD. I originally intended for it to be an extra machine - a compliment really. Something I could test my web based applications on since Safari caused so many headaches for applications I had developed. What I didn't expect to happen was that I would find myself using the machine as much as I have. It's not that I hate Windows (well, I pretty much hate Vista but XP is a fine OS), it's just that I find myself constantly playing with this machine. So I figured I'd pop in here and introduce myself. I actually created a blog that I'm updating nearly daily about a long time, highly experienced Windows guy making the switch. The address of the blog is: [url]http://www.davidalison.com[/url] I've already been spending time reading through these forums and found some great new tips and software to check out. Glad I found this place! [/QUOTE]
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