Mind if I share my Windows story?
It's funny that many Windows fans accuse me of never having used a Windows computer, when in-fact my first computer was also a Windows PC, and I have used 2000 through Windows 7 thoroughly. Back in 2001-2002 (I'm only 17, so I was pretty young then), my brother and I shared this Windows 98 or 2000 Compaq desktop, those ones with the bulgy front bezel and swing-open door for audio jacks, USB ports, etc. Accompanying it was a huge ~17" CRT. Since it was before we needed to be doing computer work, we simply played games on it... however, I remember it being very slow and crashing. We'd play things like Tonka Joe Construction, Tonka Joe Space station, Toy Story, Harry Potter I, etc. I think I remember, as a four year-old, agreeing with my brother's criticism that Windows was "stuck in the past" xD. Whelp, the movers dropped the computer, which made things worse, and we ended up throwing it out in around 2003. I am not sure if we had received it brand new, but something tells me that my dad would have never used it himself. (especially since he had the super high-end HP Omnibook 6000, which he bought in 2000). Granted, we had an old (about 1996) PowerMac sitting in the same room, but it was borrowed and never taken back... for a good reason, which you probably know.
Anyway, we switched to Macs in 2004. My dad had alternated between Windows PCs and Macs over the years, due to his work, but this was our first time fully going Mac and never going back. Even the HORRIBLE headache of the original iMac G5 didn't turn us back. I am glad we did escaped Windows, but it's nice to have credits under your belt from having used Windows PCs too, and before using a Mac!
I am sure I left out some details, but nothing interesting. I do wish we hadn't thrown out that computer, during a move, but I am sure we would have had gotten rid of it later if not sooner.
