Like most people, I've been using PC's for most of my professional career. However, back when PC's were primarily "office machines," people who had computers in their homes overwhelmingly used Macintosh.
My dad bought a Mac when I was 16, I believe. I used Macs until I was about 25 and that was it. It's been 15 years and I don't know what I was thinking.
Recently, I decided that I wanted to make a mortgage application for the iPhone. I love my iPhone and I thought it would be a really neat idea to start developing mortgage and real estate iPhone apps.
One big problem I faced: You need a Mac to develop an iPhone app.
So a couple of months ago, I snooped around on eBay until I found a used Mac at the right price. I bought a "Mac mini" for under $500. It was an outstanding deal:
Intel Duo Core 2.46 GHz processor, 4 MB of RAM (expandable to 8), 320 GB hard drive, and a very fast "Mac Superdrive" which I can use to watch BlueRay movies or burn my own DVDs and CDs.
I just used the monitor from my soon-to-be-permanently-retired Dell PC.
My PC is now collecting dust in the closet, and I don't know if I'll ever turn it on again. Now that I have used a Mac for two and a half months, I don't see ever going back.
- When it arrived, I was pretty shocked. The computer itself is about the size of a stack of 7 or 8 CDs. That's it. I love that it's so tiny. My PC tower is about 15 times the size of my Mac.
- The mouse and keyboard are both bluetooth-wireless. I don't have to waste two USB ports on my computer for wireless mouse and keyboard receivers.
- The mouse has invisible buttons. It works using the heat in your fingers. If you want to scroll on a page, just take one finger and run it down your mouse... As if you were using a scrollbar-- but there isn't a scrollbar. You can even scroll side to side or in an S-shape if you chose. Just slide your finger around. Also, there is no left or right buttons to click, you just tap the left or right side and it knows.
- The keyboard is completely flat, and just propped up on one side. Without exaggerating one bit: It is 1/6th the overall size of my Dell keyboard, and works even better. It's small flat buttons have increased my typing ability (a.k.a. "production")
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