I decided to make the big switch and jump onto the Mac bandwagon this past week. Actually I decided to do it a while back and I've been waiting for a good time to take the plunge. After the somewhat minor refresh to the MacBook and MacBook Pro lines a week ago, the older models were ripe for the picking at a nice discount, so I snagged a 2.2GHz MBP. I don't think I'm really ready to give any kind of a real review yet as it's my first Mac and I'm still "moving in."
As a geek and someone who has used Macs in the past out of curiosity, I'm pretty familiar with OS X and some of the applications for Macs. "Moving in" to a Mac is a strange experience, however. I've been using Windows for my entire computing life which translates into way more hours than I want to think about or guess at. On top of that, I've been using Windows XP for about the last six years so not only was I completely comfortable with XP, but I had my computing routine completely refined in terms of how I worked, what programs I used, and what kinds of settings I preferred.
I'll say after a few days with the new machine, it's getting a little easier and actions are becoming more natural, but the first couple days were rough as I would constantly look for shortcuts and apps from my previous machine. You could say I was suffering from Windows withdrawal (although I'm still able to get my dirty fix at work every day). I still need to move all of my belongings into the new computer and get a few apps (including Windows, although I haven't completely decided on BootCamp vs Fusion - that's another post), but moving into a Mac has been pretty fun so far (especially video-chatting with a friend easily within five minutes of booting up the new machine). Saying goodbye to the old beast will be tough.
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