Hello, I'm a Mac User

Two weeks ago, I powered down my life as a PC user and got a MacBook Pro. I've used a PC for my entire computing existence and I work in the Windows world. Whenever I've tried to use or give support for a Mac, it always felt as if I'd never used a computer before - it seemed that different - and so I resisted.

Not long after the Intel Macs hit the scene, my business partner bought a MacBook and showed me how well Windows ran with BootCamp and Parallels. That day, I admitted that the Mac could well be the most perfect computing device because of its ability to run both operating systems. Still, I saw no need to switch.

Since working remotely from home, we've been looking for a decent video chat system, but everything we'd tested for the PC seemed to come up short. Recently, we added another member to the team who is a full-on Mac user and when we saw iChat do video, all of us were astounded. It just worked and worked good.

Off to the neighborhood Apple Store we went and I joined a growing subculture of "Windows Professionals who use a MacIntosh". After two weeks, I love my MacBook Pro. It operates so smoothly and even runs on my 30" Dell monitor at full resolution from the built-in DVI connector. People said that I would only be able to run the external monitor at full with resolution with the MacBook closed, but that's not true - I run both the screens at the same time. Too Cool!!!

Microsoft's beta of Remote Desktop Connection 2.0 for Mac allows me to flawlessly connect to all my Windows servers without missing a beat. VMware Fusion lets me virtualize Windows Vista whenever I need to use it. There's so much to like about the Mac. Trying not to sound like a zealot, I don't think I will ever go back to PC hardware.

I'm currently writing this post using Windows Live Writer on Windows Vista running in Unity mode through VMware Fusion on a MacBook Pro Dual Core with 4GB of RAM. Mail, iChat, and iTunes are all running on the Mac side. How twisted is that? AWESOME!