Now a Mac’er

After staying sober of Windows for two years, hardly surviving through my everyday activity through GNU/Linux, I, today, have moved to Mac.

I have been looking at replacing my main desktop with a Mac for some time, but have been reluctant to make that decision. GNU/Linux sucks on many levels as an every day’s desktop, although is as perfect as can be on my development box, storage box, and web server.

I have been considering a Mac since I spent a month with its cracked Intel-based build and saw the many potentials it had. Before I played with the Intel build, I had never used a Mac operating system before, for branded desktops are almost non-existent in Egypt with beige boxes being all that most, if not all, can afford.

I tried to survive with the x86 build of Mac OS X on my homebuilt desktop but could not. The performance was sluggish when it came to anything video-related as I was running in SVGA. Intel or not, Mac OS X needed a Mac and was not just made to run on any hardware.

I headed to one of the few shops that have heard of Apple and picked up a Mac Mini - that Core Duo 1.66Ghz model. Its price was good, 30% more than its US price, or exactly as much as it is sold for in Europe. Actually, I do not think I could have assembled a desktop with comparable specs at a significantly lower price.

I am excited about switching my desktop to Apple; finally, I could get a bite of that Apple that everyone has been tasting for long while I had been mouth watering to the ground! Plus, it is really a shame that I am a “computer engineer” and do not know shit about Apples or Macs.

Posted April 2nd, 2007. Filed under: Posts.