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After spending some of my time last weekend and two full nights this past week trying to make Windows XP functional on a friend’s computer, I’ve decided that I’m definitely going back to using Macs. Ok, that’s not the only reason but it was the final straw.
My Windows Problems
In the past year, I’ve had to re-install XP on my brother’s computer twice. Once, his hard-drive died (not XP’s fault) and another time because a virus messed his computer up. I just re-installed XP on a friend’s computer because a virus and spyware made it completely unusable. I had to re-install XP on one of my computers because it had gotten slow, bloated and was crashing too much.
Luckily, I was able to save most of the important data from each computer each time so it wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been, but it’s more than I’ve ever had to do with any Mac I’ve owned ever! I’ve never had to re-install the OS. Not once. Plus, the only time a Mac ever felt slow and bloated was when it had finally lived past it lifetime.
My Mac History
The first Apple computer I ever used was in elementary school (maybe 5th grade) and it was an Apple IIe, I think. All through the rest of school and even early college, Mac was the only option.
I bought my first Mac in ‘96 or maybe ‘97 and it was a Beige G3 233mhz. Then around ‘02, I was doing more print design (huge files) and Photoshop seemed slow so I talked myself into getting a G4 867mhz. I also wanted OSX. Anyway, I still use my G4 to this day and it works great.
My Move To PC
In 2000, I got a job as an ASP developer and a Windows PC was the only option there, unless you were a graphics person in the marketing department. So, I became a PC user during the day and a Mac user at night. For some odd reason, I’ve always found graphic design easier on a Mac and programming easier on a PC. Eventually, though, with ASP.NET I wanted to be able to program locally so I bought a Desktop PC. Later, as I starting taking classes again, I got a Laptop PC. My PCs have been ok, but I’ve definitely had more problems with them than my Macs.
What About Now?
From now on I’m going to go back to buying Macs. I’ve briefly touched on why but there are many more reasons going into that decision. Of course, I’ll still need to run Windows while programming but with move to Intel, I can do that now on a Mac. That’s actually one of the bigger reasons why I’m going back. Now I just have to resist buying a new computer now because I don’t really need another right now. My G4 and two PCs should still be ok for a while longer. It’s very tempting though!
December 3rd, 2006
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