dumnbunny

My wife and I picked up new computers. Before moving into software development, I spent about 9 years supporting a grand total of something like twenty thousand Windows PCs. I've also owned several of them myself. After all that, I decided to pick up Macs this time around. Specifically, the 17" 2.0 GHz dual-core iMacs.

I had been avoiding them in the past for a couple reasons. First, there was the much higher hardware costs. Second, I wouldn't have been able to run all the software I wanted to run, mainly games. These days, the hardware price is comparable with a PC, and with Boot Camp, I can run any game my hardware will handle.

But there's another factor. My oldest friend purchased a Mac around the same time I purchased my first PC. About a decade later, I was ready to mothball my fourth PC, and he was still doing desktop publishing on his Mac.

So, I made the switch, and I couldn't be happier. I've never been quite this satisfied with a computer purchase. There was a bit of a learning curve, but not much of one. My family and I climbed most of that curve the evening we bought the iMacs.