As I grew up, I had both Macs and Windows machines around. I didn't know much about using the Windows machine besides how to load Doom and Civilization on it. I was taught to use the Mac in school, and as thus used it to do most of my productive work.
Later, when I acquired a 14.4 modem for my Windows machine and smooth-talked my parents into paying for CompuServe for a few months, I got started down the path of the PC. I used it more and more, and got more and more drawn into it. I still used the Mac for productivity, but the Windows box for my goof-off time. As I learned more and more about the PC, I began to love it more and more. Eventually, the Mac started to merely gather dust.
The arrival of Windows 95 was one of the happier moments for me, as it resulted in my parents buying me a new computer to run it. My experimentation was endless, and I loved every minute of it.
Fast forward a few years, and my parents decide it is time to upgrade the computer once again. I was ever so excited, with dreams of Pentium 3's dancing in my head. Instead, they got an iMac. Not too bad, the G3 is certainly a more than competent processor! Joy! Sadly, my use of the Windows machine had jaded me. Something didn't click for me. I kept trying to right click, I wanted to play Quake II and Starcraft! Curses! It just never really worked out for me to be using a Mac again, despite the joy that Escape Velocity:Override gave me.
Now, a coupla years later and a lot more experienced, that standard still stands. I acknowledge Apples as very competent platforms, espeically with the introduction of OS X. However, I will continue to use my Windows/Linux dual boot machine. I love the openness of the Windows platform most of all, I think. Upgrading the hardware on a Mac, while possible, is not cheap nor reliable. I enjoyed myself quite a bit recently when I splurged on an brand-spankin' new system, which I bought piece by piece, unassembled. I had a jolly good time putting it all together, booting it up for the first time, installing Windows XP and installing slackware. I unforetunately could not have had this fun on an Apple. And that is how I learned to stop worrying and love the monoply.
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As I grew up, I had both Macs and Windows machines around. I didn't know much about using the Windows machine besides how to load Doom and Civilization on it. I was taught to use the Mac in school, and as thus used it to do most of my productive work.
Later, when I acquired a 14.4 modem for my Windows machine and smooth-talked my parents into paying for CompuServe for a few months, I got started down the path of the PC. I used it more and more, and got more and more drawn into it. I still used the Mac for productivity, but the Windows box for my goof-off time. As I learned more and more about the PC, I began to love it more and more. Eventually, the Mac started to merely gather dust.
The arrival of Windows 95 was one of the happier moments for me, as it resulted in my parents buying me a new computer to run it. My experimentation was endless, and I loved every minute of it.
Fast forward a few years, and my parents decide it is time to upgrade the computer once again. I was ever so excited, with dreams of Pentium 3's dancing in my head. Instead, they got an iMac. Not too bad, the G3 is certainly a more than competent processor! Joy! Sadly, my use of the Windows machine had jaded me. Something didn't click for me. I kept trying to right click, I wanted to play Quake II and Starcraft! Curses! It just never really worked out for me to be using a Mac again, despite the joy that Escape Velocity:Override gave me.
Now, a coupla years later and a lot more experienced, that standard still stands. I acknowledge Apples as very competent platforms, espeically with the introduction of OS X. However, I will continue to use my Windows/Linux dual boot machine. I love the openness of the Windows platform most of all, I think. Upgrading the hardware on a Mac, while possible, is not cheap nor reliable.
I enjoyed myself quite a bit recently when I splurged on an brand-spankin' new system, which I bought piece by piece, unassembled. I had a jolly good time putting it all together, booting it up for the first time, installing Windows XP and installing slackware. I unforetunately could not have had this fun on an Apple. And that is how I learned to stop worrying and love the monoply.