Thoughts On Apple In The Big Apple
Well, it finally happened. Last weekend I went out to the local Apple store in Towson, MD and bought myself a MacBook Pro. Until last Sunday, I never really ever drove a Mac before, ever. I have been a PC / Windows person my entire computing life, so needless to say, this is a whole new world to me. From the OS interface, the one click mouse, and the overall way the machine behaves, this is different. But, I like it 
With the help of my cousin and some friends, I got up to speed pretty quickly on how to get around the Mac, and setting up what is the equivelant of my usual computing environment. Mac style that is. I still don’t have the MS Office Suite linked up to my corporate Exchange server yet, but I know it can be done, so I plan on tackling that next week.
It has been an interesting ride so far. I didn’t even take take the MacBook to the office until Wednesday. I was just so locked to my Dell X 1. I have lived on Dell’s for the past 6 years, every document, email, web page, etc everything I have ever done has been on a Dell. But I went for broke on Thursday…
I am in NYC as I write this. I headed up for business on Thursday and had plans to stay through the weekend. So, Thursday morning before heading to the train station I decided, I am leaving the Dell behind and only bringing the Mac with me. This way I would be living within OS X, and OS X only for at least 4 days.
I don’t need to go into details, most of you already know or can imagine, I am digging it very much. Did I mention that I booted my MacBook last Sunday when I got home from purchasing it and I haven’t rebooted it yet I mean, that alone to a PC / Windows user is unheard of….. almost 7 days and no reboot required??? Using my MacBook on its first boot, even after a week of very active use is like, as my buddy Ryan Irelan would say, “gliding on ice.”
This thing rocks, I have a LONG way to go, but all in all my first week of being a MacBook Pro owner, its two thumbs up from this PC veteran. I know I am on the honeymoon and will be for a while, but there are some really nice features and flow on the Mac. I love the keyboard commands, iSight, and the way all of the usual apps (browsers, IM, Skype, Office, etc) work!
OK, now I have to put the Apple down to go enjoy some more of the Big Apple. More thoughts on my Mac experience as time goes on…. happy weekend.
January 20th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Welcome, aboard. Too bad you didn’t bring the Dell with you. You could’ve tossed it into the East River on your way out of town.
January 20th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Welcome to the world of computer enjoyment-I too am a windows convert-2 years now and I am NEVER going back:)
The one button mouse thing-you may already know this but go to your system prefs/keyboard and mouse and check the box for 2 finger clicking.That way when ever you want to use the right click on the trackpad,just touch 2 fingers to the pad when clicking.
OR just plug in any multi button mouse and it will work the same.
January 20th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
Nice Ryan
maybe that will come in due time, but I am not ditching anything quite yet 
Murray, thanks for the note, I appreciate it. I will definitely check that out!
- Greg
January 21st, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Mac’s seldom need rebooting. My current uptime on my PowerBook: 51 days. Prior to that 134 days, I had to install the Mac OS updates and reboot.
January 22nd, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Welcome to the flock! I made the switch earlier this year and have never looked back. I found a lot of great apps on this mac only website:
http://www.inmymac.com/
it doesnt have a lot but the ones it does have are awesome..
January 26th, 2007 at 8:53 am
Congrats! I just made the switch myself and ordered a MacBook Pro the other day after being a lifelong Windows user. I’m anxiously awaiting its arrival.
January 30th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Too funny dude. I remember sitting in your conference room about 2 months ago repeating the words “buy a mac”. This of course was after your 10th attempt to get the public caster demo running on your sony pc. All i can say is: your clients & prospects will thank you for buying a macbook.
Welcome to the club bro.
January 30th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
:-) good stuff! I remember that Alex, and after that and the prior Podcast Academy “first slide slam” I decided to go for it. Your right, I am loving it!
Tom - glad to hear your joining the club as well.
I have been all mac for just about a week now and I LOVE it!
G