Hi, I will be switching on 30th of July 2005.
Iv been using Windows since windows '95 (ten years ago) for general purpose, mainly games (i WAS hooked on the shareware ver of Doom, hence my love for FPS games). my first pc was a 66mhz intel pentium , 8 mb ram, 500mb. i got a major upgrade maxed my motherboard oout
i got a new pc in september 2003 (
) and finally got connected to the internet. Then i caught a disease, a terminal illness, a disease which many people have, yes....its BSDS (Blue Screen of Death Syndrome). every week while playing my games and other things, including Starting up my computer, crash, please update
, this continues to this day.
on october the 14th i picked up a copy of T3, flicking through i saw the iPOD, next day i went out n brought a 3g 20gb ipod + music match.
got home, couldnt belive the technology i had in my hands
, i installed everything inc music match, then i went mad
, i couldnt believe Apple would ship an ipod with Music match. i got some of my song on there and was kicking my self for not having itunes (which was only on mac then). when itunes came out for windows, the ipod was my best friend
eversince that moment i looked in to the world of an alternative OS.
i looked at linux (because it was free). i started off with redhat (which i uninstalled after an hour because it didnt work with my network card (nvidia))
i then looked at suse. this, i am very happy with. no complaints. but everyone else in my family cannot use it.
iv been pondering about the mac ever since. visiting the apple site nearly everyday on tip on how to "switch". i read all the testimonials etc (even though they were slightly biased)
then i saw the imac G4, my jaw dropped
then i saw the G5, i nearly collapsed
i made my decision to "switch" after i saw this site, which has helped me very much (thank you all)
i would have switched on the 1st of june, but i had to sort my finances out
, now im ready to get it on 30th of july
it will be a
20" iMac G5
400gb
wireless KB/M
2gb (from crucial
)
total cost £1400, with my edu discount
i know from reading many posts, this mac WILL last longer that my Windows pc, which is on the way out.
thanks again all macrumours' members
(to show my appreciation, i have contributed
)