Appleosity

[serinde]

I have been steadily turning to the Candy-Colored Side since the beginning of my employ. (Including spending most of today frobbing new machines, including the 24" iWhack I was not actually supposed to get, whoopsie!.) Earlier this week I made the final test: I had Boot Camp put a Windows partition on the laptop, booted into it, installed CoH, and tried it out. Seems to work fine, modulo the annoyance of trying to play with a trackpad. (Ah. Mem.: try TeamSpeak.)

So the kool-aid is delicious and fruity, and it seems likely that the next time we need to upgrade something (which is probably soon), I will be switching to a Mac. Jury is still out between iMac and a Mac Pro. Obviously the Mac Pro would be much sweeter, but iMacs are considerably cheaper, and if they are butch enough to do what I need, I may restrain my greed as it is likely to be a generally expensive year.

Comments

[lillilah]

I didn't have all that much trouble with my PC, but when OS X came out all my excuses for not switching over to Mac went away. Yes, they are more expensive, don't come by default with the Windows version of spider solitaire, and fewer games run on them. However, you have clearly found a solution for the last two points. The first point is something one can cope with if you accept that you are paying to deal with less bullshit. I really like dealing with less bullshit.

[fivetonsflax.livejournal.com]

They also tend to have a longer upgrade cycle, so the price difference is not as big as it looks. Suzanne just stopped using a G4 Cube, last manufactured in 2001, as her main workstation -- not because it was too slow but because I switched to a laptop and gave her something better.

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

Also, migrating from one Mac to another is so bloody easy. I kiss the feet of the Migration Assistant. It just works.

[lillilah]

Likewise getting your stuff erased off a Mac is pretty easy. I gave a laptop to a friend and all I needed to do was remove my account from the machine and ta da!!

(Really sorry I missed you while I was out there. It would have been great to see you.)