Like the usually insipid ads say, I’m a PC. Have been for more than 20 years, since I got my first computer, a generic 80286 with 640 KB or RAM, a 40MB hard disk, and a monochrome monitor. Nearly every place I’ve worked, I’ve worked on PCs as my primary machines.
Two decades and many computers, both desktop and notebook, later, I finally bought my first Mac.
I’ve been lusting for a MacBook Pro since they came out with the latest line that touts 7-hour battery life. Some of my former co-workers who used MacBook Pros as their primary machines would routinely claim that they’d run windows faster than PCs.
That last was the tipping point. I just waited for opportunity.
I was initially attracted to the 13″ machines. I loved the dimensions, the light weight. But in playing with them side-by-side in the stores, it became evident that for the work I’d typically do, the 13″ screen would be too small. So I settled on the 15″, despite that knowledge that trying to use it, say, on an airplane would be a tremendously cramped experience.
Opportunity finally arose. I had $300 in Best Buy gift cards that I’d been saving for a PS3. But out of the blue, Fry’s put the base model, definitely enough processing power and a reasonable amount of hard disk space, for $200 off. At the local Best Buy, I asked if they price matched, and when they said they did, it meant that $500 of the cost would not be coming out of my pocket. Sweet.
Plans are for this to be an outlet for the good, the bad, and the ugly. As someone with extensive experience in the area of user experience, I’m in a unique position to rationally analyze issues I might encounter and provide useful feedback free from the fanboy fawning.
