Lately, more and more friends and family are changing their Windows computers/laptops for Macs. I must admit I've always been a "Windows-guy", but the older I get, the less I feel the need to tweak my computer and software.
I think I started considering Apple as an alternative to Microsoft, when I got my first iPhone in late 2008. I found it easy and intuitive to work with and introduced me to the Apple ecosystem.
Apple deciding to switch to an Intel x86 based architecture in 2006 was what made me consider it a worthy alternative to my good 'ole custom-built Windows PC. Before that, most software (and games) I was using on Windows had no good alternatives on Mac.
A bit of (personal) history
The first computer I really used was a Kaypro 10. It featured an 10MB internal harddrive and was released in 1983. This computer I used to write my first programs in MBASIC.
I still own this one to this date! When I have some spare time, I'll do a video to see if it still works ;)
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After the Kaypro, I was playing Flight Simultator and some great 2D games (forgot the names, but it was something resembling Pacman and a game with rockets) on an IBM PC AT with a screen that could only display green pixels.
Then came Windows 95!
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I still remember we went to the computer store with the whole family to buy this beast; An Escom Pentium 100MHz with 8MB RAM, a 1GB harddrive and quad-speed CD-ROM drive, running the just released Windows 95.
Wow! Mind blown!
I believe that this is the point where PC's became accepted for mainstream use. A lot of less technically inclined people could use a computer because of Windows 95, and I think this has been an awesome achievement of Microsoft.
At this point in time, there was still no real internet access though...
Fast-forward to 2014
I finally saved enough money to buy a macBook Pro, yay! After 3 laptops dying on me in the past 2,5 years, I was fed up with this crap. I wanted an Apple. Period. Money was an issue however, so it wasn't before the end of 2014 that I could actually buy one.
Mind blown, again!
I'm grateful to be able to use Windows from the "early" days (there were a few versions before 95), but this was like entering a whole new world!
Everything. Just. Works.
Out-of-the box. No hassle, no tweaking, no weeks of configuring settings, no reboots because of software crashing... you get the point.
Final words
Maybe, someday, there will be another mind-blowing experience, but for now I'm as happy with my computer as I can be. If you're a gamer or hardware tweaker, this might not be your cup of tea, but for me as an old dinosaur, this is awesome!
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