The Newest Citizen in Mac Nation
By Turk on Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 9:52 am
Well, I fought it as long as I could. I was first exposed to Apple via an Apple ][ back in grade school (yes, I lived in a good neighborhood and we had computers in school during the stone age. I won't apologize for that, but it does explain why I am such a geek.) They moved us up to the Apple ][e in middle school. Since I was a small child, I have been in constant battle against the forces of Mac Nation that were trying to suck me in.
I began to abandon the fight when I made my iPod purchase. It was the beginning of the end. Once I conceded that fight, it was only a matter of time before I broke down.
Yesterday, I bought my first Mac. I'm entering the world slowly... I started with the MacBook (not the pro, and not the desktop). It's sort of a baby step into the world of the crazed zealots. It's sort of like buying a Prius to park next to my Hummer in the garage. I'll use it sparingly at first because it makes me feel sort of wimpy, but I'll get a lot of winks from the hot, pierced, tattooed, chick at the Starbucks when sees me with it.
I will admit, however, that so far I'm digging it. I find the lack of a right click and only having one solid button under the touchpad to be slightly annoying. I keep wanting to pull up the sub-menu. It does, however, boot fast and install applications faster. I find it fascinating that most of the applications I download and install are only a couple of dozen MBs in size. I'm now questioning why every Windows app requires so much hard drive space.
Anyway... If you're looking for me, I'll be hiding out in the darkest recesses of Mac Nation.
Comments (6)
Category: Apple,Technology
Comment by svetcov
Made Thursday, 23 of August , 2007 at 2:17 pm
In the interest of easing you into the whole Mac thing, you might check out this theme – http://www.macthemes.net/articles/reviews/000116.php
Enjoy 
Comment by Turk
Made Thursday, 23 of August , 2007 at 4:25 pm
As much as I appreciate you looking out for me, I’ll have to decline. If I’m joining the world of the Mac crazies, I’m jumping in head first.
Comment by svetcov
Made Thursday, 23 of August , 2007 at 5:18 pm
Oh, come on, everyone buys a Mac and then loads a theme to make it look like Windows XP. Ask anyone
Comment by dhopkins
Made Saturday, 25 of August , 2007 at 6:18 pm
Say it’s not so mike! we lost another good man to the mac 
Comment by Batman
Made Friday, 14 of September , 2007 at 8:40 am
Get yourself a Mighty Mouse, and then you can have four buttons….
And yes, I did just say, Mighty Mouse.
Comment by Turk
Made Monday, 17 of September , 2007 at 2:52 pm
Despite my opposition to the goofy name, I actually did break down and buy a “Mighty Mouse”. The trouble is, the four ‘buttons’, are buttons only in that odd Apple way.
They are four ‘buttons’ in about the same way that three left turns equals a right turn – it gets the job done, but it’s oddly annoying and leaves you feeling like you did something wrong.
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