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A couple months ago, my laptop computer blew up… literally. I was working on something, when it started to sizzle, then POP. Everything immediately turned off, and smoke started spewing from the computer. It was an HP laptop PC, which I never really had a problem with, until of course it blew up. Until this “incident”, I had never really considered buying a Mac, but when the opportunity/necessity to get a new laptop computer presented itself, I started to consider going Apple, and buying a MacBook. Over the years, I’ve had friends and family who all raved about Mac computers, and this seemed like the perfect time for me to give it some serious thought.
The computer that really got my attention initially was the MacBook Air. There is nothing in the market like it, and that initially sparked my interest. I found myself in the Apple store occasionally playing around with the MacBook Air, then the MacBooks and the MacBook Pros.
My old HP laptop was 17″, I like having the extra screen real estate, so I decided to buy a MacBook Pro 17″. The computer was about the same size in terms of width and height, but the depth when closed was about half, and the weight of the computer was about half as well. The MacBook Pro is a very sleek and well designed laptop, plain and simple.
So when the time actually came to make the purchase, there were a few questions that I asked myself. These are probably some questions that you should ask yourself too when considering converting from a PC to a Mac.
- What will I use this computer for?
- Which Mac should I buy? In my case, it was: Which MacBook should I buy?
- Will I be able to navigate the Mac OSX operating system?
- Will all of my old PC files be compatible with my new Apple Mac?
I’ll explore the above questions further in future articles, and to conclude this article, I’ll touch on the single biggest selling point that truly sold me on Mac OSX. The Intel based Mac and BootCamp. First of all, the fact that Apple switched to using Intel processors rather than PowerPC processors was huge, and that made BootCamp an viable option for me. I’ll be installing a copy of Windows Vista on my MacBook Pro using BootCamp. Thus far, I haven’t had any need to boot up any PC based programs while using my MacBook Pro, but I’m sure that the day will come, and when it does, I’ll have a dual boot machine that’s ready to go.
