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My first exposure to a computer was a dumb terminal my dad used to connect over an acoustic coupler to the mainframe at his office in the mid-1970s. So I guess my first computer was an IBM System/32. :)

In the late 1970s I used a Commodore PET, in the early 1980s it was an Apple ][, and then in 1985 my sister bought a first-generation Mac(awesome). I went to work for a company that sold computer supplies and one of my customers had an installation of a couple LISAs and Apple ///s, which was interesting.

I bought a Commodore 64 in 1985, and then became a UNIX admin where for the next several years I did everything on Sun and NeXT machines. I finally made the switch to PCs in the early 90s.

Several weeks ago, my IBM ThinkPad started its downward spiral and I began my search for a replacement. My gf, who's in design and marketing, told me to look at Macs, which she's been using for years. I am now sitting here with a 12" iBook that's one of the most stable pieces of hardware and OS I've ever handled.

Yes, I am another happy convert.
 
Ex-XP Guru/PC Builder

Speaking as a recent Switcher (proud owner of a new 17" 1.8 Ghz G5 iMac), I can say that in the past month of new ownership, I have no regrets. I know enough about the PC that I would build my own computers and have installed every flavor of Windows possible for the past 10 years.

5 months after completing my final PC build (a cutting-edge machine with XP Pro fully patched), I sat there after playing the Windows equivalent of "Whack the Mole" as I was chasing down yet another strange problem which mysteriously popped up out of nowhere and said, "This is the best hardware I can buy and it's running the best OS Microsoft can produce - and it's failing me left and right. There *has* to be a better solution than this - it shouldn't be this hard!"

I sold that machine - taking a slight loss on what I spent to build it along with throwing in the monitor for free - and put that money toward my very first Mac purchase. It's been in my home for just over 4 months now and my family has never seen Dad (me) actually sitting on the couch watching TV as often. I don't chase wierd problems, I don't hear "Dad, something's wrong with the computer!" from the living room. And when my wife picks me up from the Park and Ride at the end of my work day, I don't hear "There was a problem with the computer... it stopped (pick your favorite task-critical function and insert it here) today."

For the first time in my life, I am actually recommending to my extended family and friends - and anyone else who asks - when it comes time to replace their aging or virus-ridden PC's they should seriously consider Apple this time. With the new G5 iMac, Apple has finally created the Mac I've been waiting for. And now with the new Mac mini - there's no more excuses for them either. I give it a matter of a few months before I get one of them converted.

A friend of mine came over a couple of weeks ago and naturally I gushed about the new family computer. He'd never seen an iMac G5 before (why doesn't Apple spend more $ on TV advertisements?) and mentioned that it looked like it came straight out of the "Men In Black" movie. Another friend came over just the other night and was floored just by the zoom feature of the dock! I told her I wanted to show her some recent pictures so I grabbed a roll in iPhoto and put it up as a slide show in a couple of clicks. While this beautiful slide show started to play (to music, no less - complete with Ken Burns effects) she screamed, "You just now put that together??!" To which I replied, "That's why I sold my PC and bought a Mac!"

I LOVE our new computer and see no reason to go back to Windows any time soon. We'll see what MS comes up with regarding Longhorn - but that's not due until 2006 or 2007 and by then the Mac OS (which might be up to 11 by then) will have lapped Windows once again - I'm sure.
 
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Well I've been a power user/hardcore gamer on PC since probably 6th grade (well if you consider a PI-133MHz hardcore ) and so when I came to school, i brought my massive Inspiron XPS (with 7200RPM HDD, 3.4GHz p4, 1024 DDR 800, 128MB Radeon 9700, etc.) Well, it's been fun, but it had to go. Gaming power is basically useless when I'm trying to fit in a crowded lecture hall, or even putting it in my backpack to go to the library. The Powerbook G4 1.33 was on sale at my school bookstore for $1099 (god bless student discounts) and after only a few weeks I'm never looking back. OS X dominates XP Pro in just about every respect, and when I use the Powerbook, it just feels like I'm holding something professional and worthwhile. The computer is gorgeous, it's light, it's powerful, gets 5+ hours of battery, and best of all, it just works. All the time. Macs4Life!
 
PAINFUL

I switched on the 14th of Jan and was unhappy on the 17th when I noticed that my keyboard was rising up. I called apple and they told me to bring it into the store... I didn't get into the store until almost a month later, they explained that it would take 7-10 days to get the computer fixed. I explained that, this was less than a month old and that i noticed the problem right away but was not able to bring it into the store.

So they switch me out yesterday I get a new poerbook, and reload everything and guess what... bluetooth don't work. SO i have to go back to the apple store and wait at the genius bar and then they say they want to reload the thing to see if that works... I am quite upset. if you spend this kind of money on a computer it should work out of the box without needing to be reloaded... Hopefully they will just give me a thrid box.
 
kdawg said:
I switched on the 14th of Jan and was unhappy on the 17th when I noticed that my keyboard was rising up. I called apple and they told me to bring it into the store... I didn't get into the store until almost a month later, they explained that it would take 7-10 days to get the computer fixed. I explained that, this was less than a month old and that i noticed the problem right away but was not able to bring it into the store.

So they switch me out yesterday I get a new poerbook, and reload everything and guess what... bluetooth don't work. SO i have to go back to the apple store and wait at the genius bar and then they say they want to reload the thing to see if that works... I am quite upset. if you spend this kind of money on a computer it should work out of the box without needing to be reloaded... Hopefully they will just give me a thrid box.
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Sorry, but, nothing's perfect right out of the box.
 
My first PC was a Trister 33mhz tower, back in about 90-91 i think. that computer showed me how to do alot of things, both with dos, and with hardware.

after that old tristar, we got an aptiva that lasted about 3 days. it was a floor model, so it had some probelms. we took it back and got a new aptiva media system, it had a really cool console with the cd-rom and diskdrive in it, that went under the monitor- separate from the tower. we had this system until dad bought yet another aptiva that he still uses to this day. its an old k6-2 333mhz. and it has problems.

after the last aptiva i began to build my own pc's. pretty much every october since i have revised my desktop system with new hardware. i live in alaska, so we get free money in october :) .

yesterday i received my mac mini from microcenter. i am amazed. i ordered the mini last thursday, and now am running it via a KVM with my pc. i have not used my pc since i set up my mini, and actually like being in osx more than windows at this point. so easy to use, and everything is almost right there, if not immediatly accessible. i love this thing.

my brother is going to be getting a new desktop system in a couple of weeks, and a new laptop. him and his family tend to be able to gather as many viruses, bugs, worms, trojans, and trackers/spyware as possible. if i can work out one software problem, they are getting a g5 tower, since i dont wanna go over there every weekend to clean their system. I WILL SWITCH THEM! :D

i dont see my self giving up my PC, but im now not going to give up my Mac either!
 
Atari 400, Leading Edge pc (1990) then a Gateway (1995). Never had one in school, but the first system i bought was my current tibook in jan of 2002. Never used a mac before I made the purchase from the apple webstore, site unseen. Reviews of OSX, the powerbook and the fact that MS Office was there put me over the top. As I have told anybody that would listen, I would not use the best offering from any pc maker for free, but would rather pay twice to going rate to use a powerbook and OS X. Apple charges a premium for their products, but to most anyone who has used, they could double it and have no effect on total sales.
 
My Mac has transformed me

I switched from a Dell PC to a Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz about a year ago. Back in the mid 90's I was drooling over NeXTStep and then when OS X hit the shelves I really started to take notice of the new 'Jobs' OS. Before I bought my G5 I had been in IT for about 10 years - mostly supporting a UNIX system for a retail chain.

In the last year my career has shifted within the company to marketing and advertising, and I just started up a 360° virtual tour photography business on the side :D On the home front I've edited about half a dozen movies in Final Cut Express and created DVD's in DVD Studio Pro from footage I've shot on various vacations and weekends.

What is it about the Mac/OS X that fires up the creative side? Not sure - but I'm diggin it :p
 
Story I sent to Apple

My parents bought a PC for our family when I was 9 years old and I became well acquainted with computers very quickly. People around school and the neighborhood began calling me for their computer problems. I remembered seeing Apple "switch" ads one summer afternoon. I had never used Mac and only knew a friend's mom that used one for her job. When I heard these "switchers" telling their stories I saw myself. A PC user fed up with the mess of the PC. I began researching the Macintosh and quickly got pulled into the Mac world. I craved an iBook for months, but when it came time to buy my own laptop I bailed out and bought a PC. It may have been the worst thing I have ever done. About a year after I purchased my laptop (fall 2003) I fell in love with the iPod. I was determined to get one and bought it as a gift to myself. I have never been so involved with an electronic device. As I look back now, I don't know what my life would be like if I hadn't bought my iPod. It has changed my life so much that I refuse to sell it to anyone. My iPod is like a part of me, which I refuse to let go. (I recently purchased a Shuffle). I thought to myself, "If Apple can make something as great as the iPod, their computers must be amazing." I once again started reading up on the Mac. I watched keynotes, visited my local reseller, and chatted with others that had Macs. I was dead set that my next computer HAD to be a Macintosh. Our family computer, this past summer, finally gave its last breath of life. It was a perfect opportunity to get a Mac. I decided I was so tired of wrestling with my PC with viruses, pop-ups, security updates, and spyware that I couldn’t let my family endure the pain. For weeks I tried to talk my parents into getting that sexy new iMac G5. They didn't believe all the things I was telling them about this computer. They acted as if it was science fiction for a computer to not have troubles. My mom finally caved in and we purchased a shinny new 17" iMac G5.
Our new computer is phenomenal. I rarely use my PC laptop anymore. My iMac doesn't have viruses, pop-ups, or spyware. The best part about the iMac is OS X and iLife. Panther is rock solid. I cannot bring this machine down. OS X is so nice the eyes and works so well that I just feel, "Of course that's the way it's supposed to be." iLife was a huge selling point for us. I have a digital camera and camcorder, but I didn't use them nearly as much or creatively as I do now. iLife just makes it so easy to be creative with my digital content. I'm making slideshows, movies, and DVDs, which is something I never could have done on my PC because it was to hard, or I was busy fighting spyware. I was concerned about compatibility with certain programs and whether or not I would have the programs I had on my PC. The truth is that not only can I do anything on my Mac that I did on my PC, but I also do more and I can still use programs like MS Office. My family loves our new computer and it has made our lives so much easier.
Anybody who sees our iMac is simply stunned by it. Once they get past how beautiful it looks, they are even more amazed by what it can do. My aunt, also a frustrated PC user, has recently switched after seeing how great our Mac is.
I never thought I could love a computer so much and have one so involved in my life. Now I can work on things freely instead of my PC getting in the way. I feel like I have been freed from some sort of nightmare. I still fix PCs, for people I know, and I really feel sorry for what they go through. The fact is that they just don't know that there is an alternative to computing out there. Since having my Mac I have turned into an evangelist for the Macintosh.
There is just so much to say about my iMac that I cannot write all there is to say. In the words of Walt Mossberg, “I am writing these words on the most elegant desktop computer I’ve ever used.” I love my iMac and I will never buy anything except a Macintosh.
 
Did you send it to them, or did they just contact you? If you didn't send it to them, they must be reading these forums :). Anyway, I think you should talk to them about it. Maybe you'll get your story posted on the Apple website or something. I thought it was a really good story. I also recently switched to Mac and couldn't be happier.
 
mduser63 said:
Did you send it to them, or did they just contact you? If you didn't send it to them, they must be reading these forums :). Anyway, I think you should talk to them about it. Maybe you'll get your story posted on the Apple website or something. I thought it was a really good story. I also recently switched to Mac and couldn't be happier.
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I had put my story on apple.com. I told the they could call whenever they wanted. I'm anxious to see whats up their sleeve. But if they make me sign an NDA (or whatever its called) I can't tell you all ANYTHING! :eek: :cool:
 
Switch Story 2

It first began when I saw a iBook G3 on sale
for $649. It thought it was the coolest looking laptop
I had ever seen. This was also after my laptop had
been reformatted 4 times since Christmas 2003 (it was
near April) something I will never miss about it!
Anyway, I conatacted a few local dealers and asked
them how much it would cost for them to sell it. Well,
1 dealer was interested and they gave me $550! I was
like, "The laptop cost me $899 back in December, and
now you want to give me only $550?" They explained to
me that they would have to refurbish it, and then
would sell it for around $699. I lost touch with them,
but a couple of weeks later Apple had a 800MHz G4
eMac, 128MB RAM, 40GB HD, ATI Radeon 7500 32MB
graphics, CD-ROM, and no modem selling for $479! I
then contacted that dealer back again, but I never
heard from them. I then decided to take a trip to the
Apple Store in May. I walked in and immediately ran
over to the iMac G4. "Wow, that is the most beautiful
computer I have ever layed eyes on!". I knew I
couldn't afford one, but it sure looked cool! I
browsed around some more and came to the eMac. "Looks
better in pictures". I wasn't a huge fan of it. Looked
plain compared to the iMac G4 and iBook G4. Plus, the
OS (which was Panther at the time) was very weird to
me and just felt too different for me to use. Then I
thought, I wouldn't be able to play my Need For Speed
Games, which I didn't want happening. So I canned the
whole "Mac" thing for awhile. Then, in October 2004 my
mom and dad were getting my brothers new dirtbikes (my
middle brother races them, and the one he had gotten
for Christmas 2003 wasn't cutting it anymore. My
youngest brother just had a crappy dirtbike). I told
my mom I wanted a Mac. She said, "Wouldn't you rather
have a really nice computer for the family?" I said,
"Uh, no; I don't care if you use that Compaq for the
rest of your life!". Once I got the green light, I
searched for the perfect Mac. I first went to the
iBook, which I longed for months earlier. However,
this time around I was very concerned about the size
of the screen (14" out of the question; too
expensive). It was just too small for my liking, so
that ruled out the iBook. Next came the iMac G5, which
was an excellent computer. However, it was also too
expensive. Plus, to buy it I would've had to sell my
laptop (I still wanted to have something to travel
with; I know, I should've sold it and then it would've
died on somebody else). Plus, the 2-3 week wait was
going to kill me! So that rules it out. Then it came
down to the lowly eMac. Nice, but could it really be
the Mac for me? I wanted to find out. I ordered it on
October 19th, 2004 along with a HP Deskjet 5740
printer! I had to wait 3 days to get it! I called my
mom later that day to ask her if the eMac had come
yet. She told me that she saw the FedEx truck on the
way to town to do some errands, and she picked it up
and the printer on the way there. It was in the back
of her truck. I was going to have to wait until she
got home. 30 frantic minutes later, her truck pulled
up the driveway. I immedietly ran outside and tried
picking that heavy box up. I ended up taking it up the
steps, through the front door and sliding it upstairs.
I immedietly opened the box and it unveils the
keyboard and mouse. Under them were the power cord,
Mac OS CD's, and manuals. The lo and behold, the
beast! I rised it out of the box, unwrapped it, set it
on the desk where the HP once sat, plugged in power
cord, keyboard, mouse, printer, and etc. and turned it
on! Pressed the power button, and the famous Macintosh
sound was heard through the speakers. I quickly filled
in my information I needed, and I was done. I simply
loaded my new eMac with the songs I had transferred
from HP, and started using it. It was amazing! I
remember that day like it was yesterday!
 
WOW! I somehow totally missed this thread!

Let's see... I think more of a biography is fitting.
I didn't really switch because of spyware and adware and viruses. I dunno why I switched. hehe. I think it's the iPod halo effect.

just pretend to read this. It's really long. Nod and smile. Make me believe that you really read it! :)

KT's Mac Autobiography:

Last May (2004) I was all "ooo! I want an iPod, but ew! Macs! Windows is good!"
Last June (2004) Got iPod. Was easy to use. Didn't read manual. Wow, Apple, this rocks!
July (2004) Dog-sat for friend. I asked her about her Mac. I KIND of waqnted an iBook. She made me a guest account on her iMac that I used while I watched her dog. FELL IN LOVE with Mac.
September 3, 2004: By chance, passed a Pawn Shop on the way home. Sign said "Apple iBook." I demanded we make a U-turn and check it out. Talked down from $650 to $500. G3 900MHz dual USB Snow White iBook.
September 4, 2004 - April 29, 2005 6:24 PM: Upgrade iBook. Drop like $300 into the machine and accessories. Visit Apple store with greater and greater frequency.
April 19: JOIN MACRUMORS! hehe
April 29, 2005 6:26: Got in line for Tiger night. Was going to ask clerk for free copy of Tiger.
6:33: Was given Scratch-off card, entered store. Scratched off the card.
6:34: Tap clerk on shoulder "Hey.. umm.. I kind of won a PowerBook. How do I get it." Clerk walks me over to genius bar, announces "WE HAVE OUR GRAND PRIZE WINNER! KT WON THE POWERBOOK" starts a round of applause for me.
6:35: applause continues, I nearly pass out. Try to compose self, doesn't work. Commence crying. Clerk takes my bottle of water from my hand, unscrews it, tries to make me drink water. I nearly choke on it. He tries to make me sit down. I nearly fall off the stool. Then, I ask Aaron (best. genius. EVAR!) how I can redeem it. "are you 18?" "I just turned 17 two weeks ago." "You gotta be 18." "crap."
6:36: Calls mother 1034987103496 times. She doesn't pick up her cell phone. IT'S IN THE CAR. (she's in the food court, eating with my nephew.)
After call about the 4th time, I ask Aaron if I can use the genius bar phone, so I don't screw up my phone bill. I went behind the genius bar! WOW! Groovy!
6:38: leave apple store, so other people can have a chance to go inside. Still crying, holding card in sweaty, shaky hand. Call mother about a bajillion more times. Give up. Call father's work number. "holycrapdad! you gottacometotheapplestorerightnow,momisn'thereandcan'tclaimmyprize! CALL ME BACK!!!!" Doesn't call back. Proceeds to call home. "Zach! Where'sdadishestillatworkIwonaPowerBookandIneedsomeonetoclaimitforme!!" "Huh? Can I have your old iBook!?!?" (thanks.. a lot. you are so helpful)
Call friends and see if they can help in any way. "hey.. Laura? Are you and your mom willing to come to the Galleria for a few minutes..?"
6:40: after not getting anyone, this REALLY NICE couple (sarah and chad) offer to claim it for me. "Hey, do you need someone over 18 to claim it for you? We feel really bad that you turned 17 just two weeks ago, and you can't even reach your mom. We can claim it for you." KT proceeds to stand in line with them, blathering on and on about Mendelssohn and Alan Greenspan and Steve Jobs.
6:41: We are next in line to get in. Mother comes up, with nephew. I start jumping up and down, and put the ticket about 4 inches from her eye "I WON SOMETHING!" Mom, "what's wrong.. are you getting arrested!?" (She asked because I planned on bribing a clerk for FREE tiger) The cop who is making sure the Apple store doesn't break fire codes is there. He lets her skip the still 40-person long line. hehe.
6:41.5: Talk to Aaron about getting PB. She took FOREVER filling out that form. I played with my nephew to pass the time. He kept asking "Gamma! Why aunt katie crying?"
6:47: they bring the box from the back. I flip out when I see the box. I'm still crying like a goober (HEy! I was sick and REALLY tired and I hadn't had dinner yet so I was really hungry.. shh..) People take pictures of the girl that is crying. (thankfully, they aren't on google.. yet. :()
6:48: Aaron has me open the PB at the genius bar to check for dead pixels.
7:20: FINALLY DONE. On way out of mall, see two friends that I haven't seen in a long time and don't currently care for. I'm still crying, they're shopping for prom. They also want to win Powerbooks. TOO BAD! NEENER NEENER!
7:30 Get in car. PowerBook box sits in the lap. THIS THING IS NOT GOING IN THE TRUNK.
8:07: get home, transfer over files and settings.
9:25 finally done. transferring. Time to upgrade to Tiger.
9:45ish Tiger's done!!
4/29/5 9:45 - 7/25/05 3:55 PowerBook has been perfect. Go to genius bar for problem.
3:56 :Aaron says "HD is bad. Must repair." cold, dead PowerBook ripped from my warm, alive hands. (Stay for Garageband Class!)
June 29, like 9 AM.: Aaron called and woke me up. He should know I like to sleep in until like... noon. Leave to pick up PB. I get it back on the 2 month anniversary of PowerBook procurement. Eeee.
whenever that was - like 10 minutes ago: PowerBook love. No problems at all. It is love. No viruses, hehe.
right now: Writing this post. :)

I should totally make a timeline and print it out.
...I'm unemployed, so I need something to do that isn't yelling at AirTran. (I still hate you, airline!!) :D :p

edit:
PS, I don't have the times MEMORIZED. I was looking at time stamps in iPhoto. The pics are in an album titled "holy crap, I won a Powerbook" They can be shared if requested. There are none of me flipping out and crying, though. :p
 
My first computer ever was a Mac Classic that could do nothing but
simple tasks and a few black and white games and I loved it to death but then I was entering my middle years in school and needed internet for projects and stuff so we bought our first PC. It was fine for the time. 300 MHZ, 128 MB Ram. I used that for a very long time but one day it just burnt out then I built my gaming rig in my sig, and I've been using it ever since that. But when May came I got all my acceptance letters and I thought, I need a laptop. After months of research it was a throw up between a Dell or a Mac. I was leaning towards Dell because of the price for the specs I was getting, then I found this site and heard about the Ibook update around the corner and yesterday I went to the Apple store and got my Ibook. I've been on it ever since, I thought OSX would be a bit tricky to learn, but 1 day later I'm starting to get the hang of it. I'm now a proud switcher and hopefully my next desktop will be a Mac as well :D
 
Well, I haven't officially switched yet (17'' 2.0 GHz iMac G5 is still on order) but I thought I could provide a sort of "before and after" look on it.

When I was in grades 1-5( ~ 1992-1996) I used Apple computers at school, and Windows at home. Now, I was fairly young at the time, so all I can remember is what the two operating systems looked like: the Macintosh computers, I believe they were eMacs, with a very grey look, and Windows3.1/95. There wasn't much of a difference for me.

Since then I've owned and used exclusively Windows PCs. Through it all, the spyware became an irritant, but switching to Mozille Firefox and taking some simple precautions eliminated almost all the problem; viruses and other malicious programs have not been a problem. In all, I have not had any major problems with Windows as far as "blue screens of death" go, at least not since Windows XP.

So I guess unlike some of you "Macheads" on various forums who profess to have switched after trying to change their desktop wallpaper and having the computer blow up, leaving them cripple, there was no major defining moment in which I decided I simply HAD to have an Apple right then and there.

Rather, my reason for switching is based on a gradual desire: it started when the iMac G5 was introduced: immediately I saw in my head a world free of cables and clutter, where I could shed clunky towers and replace it with a chic, refined environment. I stopped by a CompUSA store to see it in person, but slowly was dissuaded by its price. Later I was in the market for a laptop, and got hooked on the iBook/PowerBook. I reviewed various Macs for several months, but held off on buying until I was closer to entering college.

Then, the end of June, I returned from a month-long trip to Germany to find the family PC overwhelmed by ad-bloated programs and other little bugs - my family used Internet Explorer rather than FireFox. I spent the better part of a day fixing the problem, and then I started asking myself, why was I so irritated with my family members? After all, what is it they did? They used the default Microsoft web browser to do what the computer is largely designed to do.

I spent more time on these forums, lurking, trying to read more about the iMac and Mac OS in general, and over time I started to think that perhaps all those mundane tasks I thought were simply part of the computer experience: finding drivers, trying to get printers and computers to recognize each other on a network, fixing the registry to remove spyware, defragging, trying to keep up with a sick PC whose only ailment was that less tech-saavy people than me were using it to do what it was built for...perhaps all these little tasks were not necessary?

Well, sitting here on my 5 year old HP, having ordered an iMac 24 hours ago, I think that perhaps out of loyalty, bias, or what have you, Windows (XP) receives an unfair amount of criticism, as it tries to keep up with the legions of hackers and criminals trying to take advantage of its dominating presence in th e market..as I anxiously await the arrival of my iMac, I feel that the switch is one being undertaken out of a desire to escape some of the troubles a Windows PC brings about, but it is also out of curiosity: instead of two OS violently doing battle, I see this as just an alternative, instead of the Second Coming.

This is my long-winded impression right now. I hope to write another detailing my opinion after using my iMac. Perhaps I will see that it is truly a godsend, who knows. I am very excited about it, either way.
 
My switch

I played around with some funny looking computers in USA back in 2001. I found out they are Macs. I tried Garageband after getting interested by their design in one of the Finnish stores and decided to switch when situation seems correct. I found out that that cool computer with awesome music software doesn't have viruses or malware.
Now I switched.
 
Daveway said:
Apple contacted me today about my story and they want to "talk" to me about it over the phone. :eek: :cool:

What should I do?
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You should totally have a chat with them about it...maybe they'll do new versions of the switch commercial and you could be in one! That would be super cool :D MR representin' and all that ;)
 
Let's see...I started out with a good 'ol Tandy computer. But my school started to want all the papers that students write typed up. Which was perfectly doable on the Tandy but it had a programme that wouldn't double space your typing. One of my teachers complained bitterly about this and I figured it was a way to get my mum to get me a new computer.

She bought me a really old style Mac and got herself an HP Intel Celeron. I despised the celeron, but the Mac wasn't working out because I found I had trouble typing on it due to the fact that back then the lttl dots for the keyboard were on the k and the d. My mum didn't want to bother with getting me a different keyboard and just had me use her HP all the time.

Thus, I got very good at repairing Windows machines. When the time came for me to get my own laptop, my mum thought Apples were a bit pricy and found me a really cheap Toshiba. That made the paces, but eventually it was time for me to go to Uni and I wanted a new computer to come with me.

In came the devil Powerbook. This thing was absolutely awesome software wise, but it was horrible in terms of hardware. Its video card died completely, then its top case and hinges were deemed by Apple to need replacing and then its HD died :(

But now I've replaced it with another PB and am happy again :) This time I've got Apple care, so if anything happens, I'll be taken care of.
 
Daveway said:
Apple contacted me today about my story and they want to "talk" to me about it over the phone. :eek: :cool:

What should I do?
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Have you talked to them yet?
Are you going to star in a series of 20 "switch ads" ?
 
katie ta achoo said:
WOW! I somehow totally missed this thread!

Let's see... I think more of a biography is fitting.
I didn't really switch because of spyware and adware and viruses. I dunno why I switched. hehe. I think it's the iPod halo effect.

just pretend to read this. It's really long. Nod and smile. Make me believe that you really read it! :)

KT's Mac Autobiography:

~snip~ (too long)

I should totally make a timeline and print it out.
...I'm unemployed, so I need something to do that isn't yelling at AirTran. (I still hate you, airline!!) :D :p

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PS, I don't have the times MEMORIZED. I was looking at time stamps in iPhoto. The pics are in an album titled "holy crap, I won a Powerbook" They can be shared if requested. There are none of me flipping out and crying, though. :p
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KT, I love your story! That has to be the best story I've seen on here.
 
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