Or am thinking about it, anyway. At least, that’s how the Mac users I’ve talked to describe themselves. They’ve all told me once I buy my first Mac, I won’t ever buy another Windows machine.
I’m skeptical, as is my nature, but I’ve never known anyone who has a Mac that hates it.
Ever.
Yeah, they’re more expensive, but everyone I talked to who owns one was more than willing to fork over their hard earned dollars to get another one.
And this includes some very frugal finance professionals.
So, I started to research more about operating specs, performance, etc. You need to know all of this on a Windows machine. When I bought my Alienware, I had an array of processors to choose from, video cards, hard drive space, RAM, screen size etc.
It’s less daunting to order your computer from Dell than to build your own, as I did on my last machine (where then you have to worry about motherboards, cases, power supply, etc.), but there’s still a lot to sort out to make good decisions.
Not so on the Mac. You have desktop or laptop. Once you choose laptop, there are only three options. A bit of research showed me the MacBook Air was probably the best choice for me in terms of functionality. I am not a high end user, and using Pages and maybe some ebook creating software is not a big deal to a Mac.
Once I chose MacBook Air, I basically had three choices left to make. Which of the two processors did I want, 8MB or 16MB of RAM, and 128GB, 256GB or 512GB for the solid state hard drive. That’s it.
I should be in awe of the simplicity. Instead, I’m wary. Can it really be this easy? Can it really work as well as the Alienware?
We need to replace my husband’s computer so we can each have a machine to work on at the same time. But this is a commitment. A big one.
Am I ready for it?
How about you? Ever make a big change like this from one system to another? How’d it go? Any tips or advice?
Once you go Mac, you won’t go back.
lol – I’m going to play Devil’s Advocate and say that I’ve disliked MACs since we tried some early ones back in the mid-80’s [of last century…gawd]. And now I’m going to admit that they’ve probably changed a bit since then. Good luck with your purchase. Let us know what you think of it.
My friend always buys Mac. I will admit I was jealous of how thin and gorgeous looking his Macbook Air was in university, but back then gaming on Mac was difficult (Not sure how it is now though!) I like my games too much, so Windows all the way for me! (Is it any wonder I get so distracted!)
They still don’t game well. I have an Alienware for that, but I get a lot more writing done on the Mac. Probably because it can’t game!
Resist the Devil’s tablets!!