rpaulpen's Profile

I won't disclose my age, but let's say I remember the days of windows 3.1 and being in awe when all the eye candy was introduced. I have been an windows user for years until recently when I decided to give Linux a try. I found that it was great to do mostly everything I wanted, but not quite as polished as I was used to. I use linux today for web development and server. One day, I stumbled across a hacked version of 10.4 OSX that would supposedly allow you to install osx on your pc. I gave it a try and it worked mostly, expect for video not being great and other drivers were not there. This was my first experience with os x. I played with it for a few weeks and started to like the feel of it. Before i new it, I was standing at best buy with a macbook under my arm. I swear that the hacked os x was Steve Jobbs 'brain child to get us windows users to try os x :-). At first, you quickly realize that it's different. You have to relearn ways of doing things. But, once you get the hang of it, it's very slick. It definitely just works! I use it in my everyday life, work and play and have never found it to be a problem... actually accept for the people who keep wanted to play with it a work when they see the apple logo on the back of my screen. Let's face it, even though we have all downloaded thousands of cool programs off the net, there is a core of software that is used 99% of the time and the mac has it. Office for mac, is a big one. For those of you using highly specialized software, you may have a more difficult time. 2 weeks ago, I needed another testing web server. My windows machine was a good one so bye, bye windows and I installed Linux. I'm happy to say that the only windows in my possession these days are the ones that slide open. Actually, I do have it running under vmware on my mac. I have a couple of very specialized programs I need to use only available on Windows. Funny though, I find myself searching for the similar programs that run natively on the mac :-). I feel like a televangelist. So many people ask for my advice on what kind of pc to buy. I find myself recommending the mac more and more. I've never tried vista and probably never will. My, has the world changed.