Becoming a Mac

A happy Mac user shares her story...

iBook G4I always thought macs looked like they might be fun (and easy!) but I was married at the time to a computer scientist (Ph.D.!) so I wasn't really in any position to give my opinions on the computer situation in our household. Frankly, I was thankful that was at least one thing I knew I never had to worry about.

Then, one day, out of the blue, someone gave me a white iBook G4 as a gift. Ooooohhhh it was so pretty. I put it in my office and didn't open the box for a few weeks. It was so perfect and so shiny, I didn't want to ruin it.

I finally did open it, and for someone like me who has always had all their computer needs taken care of, it literally took 5 minutes for me to set it up and be using it. It was so much fun, it felt like playing. It almost felt like a toy.

My biggest issue with the mac was finding all the software I wanted. Microsoft Office for Mac (which I had to buy) wasn't as powerful or sophisticated (or so it seemed), the mac version of the tax software I wanted was about 3 generations behind, the eBay software I needed to run my business at the time didn't work on macs so I had to scour the web for an alternative that wasn't as good, etc. Also, it would happen that often times websites looked funny or didn't work at all on my mac. This was a few years ago, and it seems there has been vast improvements, especially since the recent popularity of the iPhone.

The pros definitely include ease of use and the virtual non-existence of viruses, spam and spyware.

I use a PC for work and a Mac at home, and I like both. I'm not sure I would say I'm definitely one or the other, but I do love my mac. If I were to buy another computer today, and money wasn't an option, I would get another mac laptop.

... anonymous