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November 1, 2003
Making the switch
About a month ago (well, I guess two now), I got fed up with the now almost daily routine of Windows patching. This happened while I was on vacation and had to immediately apply the first of what would end up being four patches for RPC vulnerabilities. I got to download the patch via dial-up (1 hour), and I guess that gave me plenty of time to think about how frustrating it is to try to be a secure Microsoft customer.
A few weeks later, I was in possession of a brand-new 15" Powerbook laptop. I've spent the last several weeks getting to know and appreciate being an Apple customer.
Yesterday was one of several days I've had to just immerse myself in OS X. I had hoped to do that Wednesday and Thursday, but ended up teaching a class at the UEN Tech Summit instead. I spent the day fixing a few things that had broken with my Panther upgrade (Emacs on Aqua for example) and playing around getting to know applications like iSync, Mail, XCode, OmniGraffle, and iCal.
It's been a long time since switching to a new laptop kept me up late at night. I'm glad trick-or-treating was kind of slow last night, because I was having a lot of fun just getting to know this new environment.
I've spent enough time getting to know OS X that I can start migrating from Windows now. Hopefully next week I will be able to complete The Switch.
Posted by pete at November 1, 2003 10:18 AM
Comments
Best wishes , if you really want to see the diferense then try connecting to another mac via Airport and see how easy it is . ( ok you have to have the relevant port open and PFS started but it's still sooooo much easier , and as for iTunes sharing. . . ) Good luck with the switch , you'll feel like you've taken the blue pill . . . . Suddenly everything comes into focus and you feel like asking , why was this so much hassle before ? . . .
Posted by: Limeybloke at November 2, 2003 1:48 PM
I made The Switch Monday November 10th, for precisely the same reason. I surprised myself by how many times I said "and it just worked" The 1 button mouse may kill me before we are through.
Mike.
Posted by: Mike Jones at November 12, 2003 4:33 PM