So I got me a mac. And wow. It’s a good thing. For the most part, it lives up to the hype. I’ve had it a few weeks, and there’s only been one crash to speak of, and that was probably more Air than mac related. But seriously–the toy rocks, and the productivity gains are 30% or better. (Incidentally, when buying a mac, check out Small Dog. Even with the ‘back to school’ specials, they were $200 cheaper than even Apple on an Imac dual core w/4GB).
A PC user that is using XP or Vista at a high level tolerates a certain amount of noise and nonsense. There is a lot of that–with freezups, etc. It’s not a big deal, but I certainly don’t miss it. The mac occasionally has issues, but it’s with Web aps; Adobe Air & Skype seem to not want to run simultaneously. The thing I miss about the PC are navigation things, like in “explorer” being able to select ‘back’ or ‘up’ with a right click comes in handy.
Still, the ‘stability before features,’ ethos really rocks, and you really can get lost in work. I can do more work, because fewer things ‘just happen’ to distract me. I.E, it doesn’t update, I don’t have a little taskbar that spews nonsense all the time, I don’t have things that demand my attention, and I feel like there was thought put into my experience.
There are some navigation workarounds built into a PC that I like. The “window key-to-open-the-right click menu” is one of ‘em. I miss that on my mac, and (admittedly) I haven’t spent much time learning how to maximize the interface.
Anyway, more to come, today.
Right Right Now has a TIN, and it’ll have a home soon.
Exciting stuff, man.
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