Many of you know by now that I have left Microsoft a month ago after 9+ years. I’ll write more about that later, as well as discuss my new place of employment and focus.
For now, however, I would like to tell a quick story. My new employer gave me the choice of a Windows XP laptop or an Apple MacBook Pro, and for my mobile phone it was either Blackberry or iPhone (thank goodness I do not have to have a Windows Mobile phone again – for the last 9 years I have had to suffer with WM). Well, after being on Windows 7 at MS, there was no way I was going to XP. So I went Apple all the way! I wanted to take a first hand take at Mac, as well as break my tie to Microsoft for a number of reasons (more on this later).
After about 2 days, I quickly fell in LOVE with Apple products. The MacBook and OS 10 simply blow away Windows (any Windows)! And the iPhone (mind you, I had to settle for 3G) was light years better than any Windows phone (Windows Phone 7 is certainly a huge improvement from WinMo, and I had the opportunity to use it, but I would still take iPhone any day)! It has now been about 3+ weeks on Mac/iPhone and I have decided that I will be getting the iPad v2 when it comes out, and the next laptop I buy my children and/or wife will be Macs. No more Windows machines in my house!
Now, please note that I also LOVE Mac Office 2011. But Windows…OMG…I can’t believe I was using Windows PCs (and still have some at home that I have to support) for most of career. There is only one thing, one application, that I miss having for my work pc – OneNote. I am considering Evernote or Pear Note. But otherwise, I am all in on the Mac.
My MacBook and iPhone ROCK!
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January 3, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Chad Sellers
Glad to hear you’re enjoying your Mac. Let me know if you have any questions about Pear Note.
January 3, 2011 at 4:44 pm
jcstame
Thanks Chad. Plan to download and try today. I will let you know if I have any questions.
January 3, 2011 at 4:22 pm
Adron
I’m in that same boat. Running Linux on one machine at home now. Slowly moving all my other bits off the Windoze machines and by end of year I hope to make the full transition. I’m also seriously considering having an Apple Machine also, but pricing compared to other machines are still steep by comparison. Plus System76 has some sweet Linux only machines that don’t include the “MS Tax”.
Good luck. …and oh yeah, forget OneNote – go Evernote. 10x better when you really get to using it.
January 4, 2011 at 10:29 am
Jonathan Boutelle
Welcome to the cult! ;->
January 4, 2011 at 5:03 pm
jcstame
Thanks Jon (I think…).
January 4, 2011 at 8:23 pm
palmhavenmaven
Ha ha. Me too! When I left Microsoft my phone died and having watched others use the iPhone I figured I would give it a try. Love it! There were issues with my calendar – I still have to plug in to get updates. But the ease of setting up email and other apps far outweights that little issue. And the battery is truly amazing. I often do not charge for days. I still have a reasonably new Windows 7 machine so I don’t expect to change that yet – but have to admit I will be looking at more Apple products in the future. They just work!