By: Jose R MendozaI've been using Windows since 3.1. Some of you are probably not old enough to remember having to type "win" in the a DOS prompt in order to get Windows to boot.
In April of this year I ordered a new Dell XPS 410 system with Vista Premium and ran into so many issues that my frustration level grew to the point that I wanted to toss my Core2 Duo Vista machine into the lake. This is when I started experimenting with different operating systems. I started with OpenSUSE which is a great OS, but compatibility with every day office products made it almost useless for the type of work that I do.
After that I gave Ubuntu a try and didn't get anywhere with it either. While I was in Memphis visiting my father-in-law who is in Advertising and naturally he uses a Mac, I had the opportunity to use his MacBook Pro and OS X for the first time ever. I quickly found it so easy to use and navigate, and it was so fast and clean, that it really sparked a need in me to further investigate the dark Mac world, a world that I often criticized and made fun of.
After I got home, my experience with my father-in-law's MBP stayed with me. So I started reading blogs, sites, user forums, and of course Apple.com. This is when I decided that i would order a new MacBook Pro, and I did. I was a bit nervous and skeptical that I would completely regret having spent my limited budget for a new laptop on a Mac. Something I had only used a couple of times and really didn't know what lied ahead.
I received my Mac about a month ago and immediately fell in love with it. It was so easy to use and setup that I couldn't believe my eyes and even asked myself why I waiting so long to get one. The look, the layout, and the easy of use totally blew me away. It wasn't long before I added Mac:Office, then I added Adobe's Creative Suite 3 - Master Collection. My Mac quickly became the best machine I've owned. Mind you, that I've owned IBM's Thinkpad (Actually worked for IBM for many years), Dell's, and Toshiba's, and none of them even compare.
I've even added BootCamp which allows you to basically have a dual boot system; in my case I installed Windows XP SP2 in order to run AutoCAD, Visio, and other design windows only programs I have to use for work. This machine has met, above and beyond, all of my expectations for what a business machine is and should be.
I've recently started playing with CrossOver 6.1 which allows you to install Windows programs directly on OS X and avoiding the whole BootCamp dual boot option, but I am not 100% sold on CrossOver just yet.
I'm still trying to figure out the point of this blog, but I guess I am just trying to say that the saying "Don't knock, until you try it" truly applies here.
