Not Quite Mac Convert

This is so cool. I finally managed to setup the Mac to connect to our wireless network system so that I can have internet access anywhere around the apartment. I am no longer bound to my desk. Yay!! Also the Mac will finally be used more frequently now.

It's kinda weird working on a Max after being a PC user all my computing life. But for the sake of being practical I am learning how to use it as best I can. So far it has been ok. It just takes quite a bit of adjusting.

Actually for me it doesn't really matter if it's a Mac or a PC now. As long I can do what I want on it and I can get online using it, both are fine with me.

As with most if not all PC users, I was totally adverse to the Mac in the beginning. Always thought that the Mac was extremely difficult to use and totally spastic compared to a Windows based PC. Not to mention the exorbitant cost of getting and maintaining a Mac versus the relatively cheaper cost of fixing up your own PC. I've also always thought that software for Mac was more expensive and harder to find. So you can imagine my apprehension when the hubby said he wanted to get the PowerBook instead of one of the other less pricey (but still not cheap) Windows based notebooks.

But after listening to his reasons we decided to go ahead and take the plunge into the deep end. However to be honest I was also rather curious to experience for myself the difference between a Mac and a PC. To find out first hand how the Mac OS worked as compared to Windows.

It was tough initially. I knew there would be differences but I wasn't prepared for HOW different the two systems would be. I remember being extremely frustrated with the Mac in the beginning because I could not figure out how certain things worked, things that I had taken for granted in Windows. We both felt rather disappointed and thought that we had really made the wrong choice in purchasing the Mac. We even thought about selling it. But we were too busy and, truth be told, too lazy to find a buyer. So we kept it and continued using it sporadically and only when the need arises.

And as with all things, practice makes perfect. Well in this case it's still not perfect yet. There are still things that I am still trying to figure out how to do. Like simple house-keeping for instance, eg. how do I delete programs that I don't need? Other than that I am getting quite used to the interface. Now that I finally got the internet connection up and running it has really boosted my liking for this machine.

I will still be using my PC. There are certain softwares that I have there for my work that I still don't have on the Mac. But most of the time that I don't need to be at my desk I be using the Mac. I don't think I'll be a true convert to the Mac anytime soon as I like both systems just as well.

Well maybe the Mac does win out a little. And that is in terms of aesthetics. You got to admit that Mac stuff do look good.