And the number? Is EIGHT.
What am I referring to? Why my laptop, of course. Over the months you have heard me bitch, whine and complain about this stupid laptop of mine. (Dell Inspiron 630m, in case you were wondering.) This laptop has been an embarassment to laptops everywhere. It has been ATROCIOUS. And instead of generously offering to fix it or replace it, Dell has ignored my bitching, whining and complain. Hmph. (DELL SUCKS) It’s all for the better, of course, because as time has gone on I am increasingly aware that I don’t WANT another Dell. Shoot, I don’t even want another PC.
Ya’ll? I’m ready to think outside the box.
I’ve resisted for many, many years. I was tempted years back when Apple first came out with the iMac. I loved how… contained it was. But I was scared. I would miss my right click! I would miss my easy “eject the disk NOW, damnit!” button on the cd/dvd rom. I would miss… *gasp* WINDOWS.
I don’t think I’ll miss it anymore.
Well, I’ll probably miss the easy right click (though I fully know how to achieve right click functionality on a MacBook now) and the eject button. But I won’t miss Windows. And I won’t miss programs randomly flipping the heck out. I won’t miss viruses and spyware and worms. I won’t miss Firefox crashing 15 times like it did yesterday (I’m writing this from Google Chrome… it is THAT BAD). I’m not going to miss the stupid missing keys on the stupid cheap-ass keyboard (you use “g” a lot more than you’d think, I’ve learned) (I miss my “g” key) (and my u and x and q) (oh and the caps lock key and the left control key and even that stupid Windows key).
In eight SHORT days (please God, let them be short), I will have a MacBook in hand. Of course, this is dependant on our tax return coming in on schedule but I don’t know any reason why it wouldn’t. And in eight days, this crappy laptop will be sleeping with the fishes. Well, maybe not TECHNICALLY. But I sure as hell am not going to be throwing it any goodbye parties. Stupid piece of crap.
So, Dell? You can just eat it. I’m gettin’ a Mac.
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Wow. You’ve drunk the Jobs kool-aid! I hope that it lives up to the hype for you.
What?! No good bye party for the old one?! C’mon, I think you should get the whole fam out front to watch you drive over the old craptop with your van!
I traded in my Dell from Hell for a MacBook Pro almost two weeks ago, and I can’t get over how FAST everything is, and how I can load iTunes in less than 45 minutes without everything else crashing!
I have to say that I am not head over heels in love with Safari, so I’m back to Firefox, but it’s still so QUICK!
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I made the switch to an iMac a few weeks ago and LOVE it. I resisted for all the same reasons. I had actually used an imac when they first came out (I had a job creating a database) and didn’t really like the mac. that was then. this is now. I love how much less STUFF there is with an iMac than with a PC. When we pulled the iMac out of the box and I said “that’s it?” and my husband confirmed that yes, that was it, I did a happy dance. No more separate monitor and CPU. No more separate speakers. Even a contained camera, so we can have video calls if (when) he ever gets deployed again. Oh the joy of not having all those damn electrical chords and computer parts all over the freaking place. My desk is finally clean and organized!!!! (It only took almost 9 years of marriage to get a clean home office!) Oh yes. And when the laptop needs to be replaced?? Guess where we’re going! Right back to the Mac store. I can’t wait!