I’ve switched. Kinda.
My new Mac Mini arrived today from PowerMax (gotta love Oregon!). After much negotiation from Cheryl, it replaces the mini PC that was being used in the guest room for email, browsing, and light document editing (and blogging—this post is being created in Safari). Since it was bought from a reseller, it didn’t come standard with Tiger. However, I’ve placed my order at Apple for the upgrade, and I believe it will be $10 well spent.
I’ve lusted after OSX for quite some time, given its Unix heritage and lickable screens. That’s why there was some debate as to where this computer would be used. I had originally thought it would replace my main machine I use for work, the theory being that I normally just VPN into my work machine anyway. But its incredibly small size and near-silent operation make it ideal for tucking away in the corner.
So my current thought is that this is the gateway drug. It will be Cheryl’s everyday computer, and once she gets over the hurdle of forgetting all the windows conventions and learning the way of the X, she’ll shudder every time she’s forced to use something other than a Mac. That’s when I’ll be able to replace my Athlon for a G5 with minimal marital resistance. That moment may be down the road some. But such is the price paid for hardware upgrades that don’t upset a happy home.
Hey, this is good stuff. I’m always looking for new strategies to persuade my wife to let me buy things. Or at least to not kill me when I buy them anyway.
woohoo! welcome to the light side, my friend.
we just got back from the apple store a few hundred dollars poorer with a mini of our own. well, an ipod mini, anyhow. and tiger. which i’ll install this weekend, maybe.
right now, i’m trying to figure out how to gracefully become a two-ipod family. it seems that some of my syncing toys don’t play nice with more than one pod. plus, i need to find a good way to maintain a single itunes library for multiple users.
these are all good problems. but they’re more than i have energy for right now.
in other news, i no longer have the greatest computer on the planet. alas. at least its greatness lasted 8 months.
enjoy your xish goodness. i’m proud of you.
We are still adjusting to being a no-ipod family, so I can see where you’re coming from. And my 2001 Dell laptop with a P3 and no built-for-xp sticker has a lot of experience not being the best computer on the planet, so if yours needs someone to talk to, drop us a line.
For what it’s worth, my spouse is convinced that our next computer should be a mac, so whenever that becomes both necessary and affordable, and not before, we’ll joing the light side too.