My windows machine turned into my game machine as I found fewer and fewer reasons to use windows for anything but gaming and irfanview. That process took almost 2 years because I take a while to gain confidence in the long-term impact of changing my main working environment. At one unremarkable point, I simply bought the Mac version of the few games I played on my windows machine, and that was it. I didn't even realize my escape from the empire was complete until my wife asked one day if my windows machine was broken because it hadn't been powered up in months. That's when I reclaimed the desk space my windows machine was taking beside my iMac. Shortly thereafter I decided to replace my 2002-vintage dell laptop (it was almost 10 years old, told you I take a while to make changes). There wasn't very many to choose from that were well-built and beefy enough, and I have never regretted the going with the mbp retina 15. Very few PC laptop manufacturers even build a laptop with components to match the mbp retina and those that do were more expensive than the mbp. The integrated environment and ability to use my computer instead of working on my computer are the primary reasons I have no interest at all in the Microsoft enivronment. As for running some UNIX-like environment as some kind of application for Windows, first it misses the boat with respect to an integrated environment, second it is like transporting irreplacable plant specimens through Australian customs.
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My windows machine turned into my game machine as I found fewer and fewer reasons to use windows for anything but gaming and irfanview. That process took almost 2 years because I take a while to gain confidence in the long-term impact of changing my main working environment. At one unremarkable point, I simply bought the Mac version of the few games I played on my windows machine, and that was it. I didn't even realize my escape from the empire was complete until my wife asked one day if my windows machine was broken because it hadn't been powered up in months. That's when I reclaimed the desk space my windows machine was taking beside my iMac. Shortly thereafter I decided to replace my 2002-vintage dell laptop (it was almost 10 years old, told you I take a while to make changes). There wasn't very many to choose from that were well-built and beefy enough, and I have never regretted the going with the mbp retina 15. Very few PC laptop manufacturers even build a laptop with components to match the mbp retina and those that do were more expensive than the mbp. The integrated environment and ability to use my computer instead of working on my computer are the primary reasons I have no interest at all in the Microsoft enivronment. As for running some UNIX-like environment as some kind of application for Windows, first it misses the boat with respect to an integrated environment, second it is like transporting irreplacable plant specimens through Australian customs.