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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:
http://www.davidalison.com
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!
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:
http://www.davidalison.com
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!