Going to the Darkside (My iStory)

Last week, I did something I thought I would never do, I got a Mac.  Yes, for the first 27 years of my life I was a solid PC user.  I scorned the alien looking iMacs when we got them at school, which now somehow remind me of the crystal skulls in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

I joked about putting 'i' in front of everything.  Where are my iKeys?  Can you get the iDoor?  Where is the iToilet?  But alas, I've become one of the many; maneuvering the trackpad, rambling about ergonomics, and thinking about how to connect all my devices, if I had any.  So how did I go from anti-i to writing this post on an MacBook?  It's actually not that interesting, but I'll tell it anyways.  (Dynamic storytelling right?)    

So two weeks ago my Asus laptop shut down and wouldn't restart.  It was a hardware problem and replacement parts were not worth the trouble.  So I was needed a new laptop quickly because I definitely wasn't going to rely on my desktop which seems more ancient every time it turns on.  I did my research which always had MacBooks at the top of ratings, but I had been thinking about a move for a little while now.  I should step back.

The one thing I regretted about the Asus was that when I bought it, I bought it as if it were a desktop.  When I was shopping for it I wanted it for its use as a gaming machine, not as a portable computer.  I liked the Asus, but it was heavy, took a long time to boot, and didn't have much battery life (because of the great graphics card).  So I thought that the next laptop I buy I want to be mobile and light.  No fancy graphics card.  No huge screen.  Gaming was for desktops not laptops.

Okay back to modern day.  I had been thinking about getting something a lot faster and portable.  I had considered it could be a Mac, but never really thought about it until my Asus went down.  The clinching factor for me was seeing how many people had Macs and raved about them.  It seemed everyone had one and love it.  So thank you everyone for you feedback, you've probably cost me about $400 more than I would have spent.  I hope the check is in the mail.  I'm actually quiet pleased with the MacBook so far, even if it was more expensive.  But I had a realization that this wasn't about what was a better computer, but about what was it i needed (an iNeed).  Five years ago it was a laptop that could be a decent game machine.  Now, its a computer that can play the occasional game, but more importantly be easily used for web surfing, word processing, and other more basic computer functions.  

It's only been this weekend, but I'm learning how to use the trackpad, figuring out the shortcut keys (I don't know if I'll get used to copy and paste with command), and transferring data.  I wouldn't say the transfers been seamless (I didn't realize how many games are not made for Macs and it really sucks starting from scratch on iTunes playlists), but its just what I've needed so far.  I'm hoping to get Windows 7 on here to so I can use my old versions of Word and games.  Once that happens I'll be able to fully evaluate my decision.  I wonder if this isn't a gateway to other iDrugs (iPhone, iPad).