Did you switch from PC to Mac?

[azosx]

Despite using Apple computers since the release of the Apple II, I never purchased an Apple or Mac but went the PC route instead.

This is the first year I've owned a Apple Computer. Both a Cube and a PowerBook G4.

I don't know if you can consider this a "switch" though, since I still continue to use my PC with Windows and Linux. I own other computer platforms as well but I consider my PC desktop and PowerBook my main computers.

What I though would be interesting to find out is what users of this forum made the "switch" from the PC to Mac or have never used another platform other than Apple Computers?

I think it'll be fun to hear the "Real Stories" of this website's users. Be as creative as you want but please try to keep PC/MS-bashing/trolling to yourself. Just let us know why you switched or haven't in a Apple-esque commercial sort of way. "Horrid little machine", "blue screen of death" stories totally expected and acceptable.

In the unlikelyhood that you switched from Mac to PC or any other platform, let us know as well!

[Torz]

I switched from M$ Win ME to OS X early last year. Before that, I've never been interested in Mac, I was really interested in RedHat back then... still am actually

Before I switched to OS X, I've only *played* on Mac OS9 at school. To tell the absoloute truth, I wasn't planning to by my iBook lol, I was actually gonna get DELL Inspiron but my order stuffed up so I got angry and bought an iBook. Come to think about it now, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT I GOT iBOOK. My view to computing have really changed ever since

ciao
Torz

[hazmat]

I voted that I switched from a PC to a Mac. Maybe I should have chosen that I use both, though. I still have my PC networked at home, but 99% of the time, I use the Mac. All because of OS X. Windows (2k is what is at home) just gets worse and worse for me, more and more intrusive, and Mac OS just gets better and better.

[voice-]

I switched from a PC to a Mac, back to PC and back to Mac again. Didn't find a satisfying choice till OS X came along

[fbp_]

i bought a tibook a year ago because it was just the coolest laptop around, but i didnt start using it instead of my pc until 10.1 came out... 10.0.4 was a mess and using macs at school had scared me off of os9 and below forever

[chemistry_geek]

I switched...twice...

My first computer was a Timex/Sinclair 1000 with 2K of RAM, 8K of ROM, and running a Zilog Z80A at 1MHz. I later purchased a 16K RAM pack that allowed me to run Chess and Flight Simulator. For storage I had to use a cassette recorder and the transfer rate was 300 baud. One of the frustrations of loading and saving programs on cassette is that the line input needed to be set correctly so that enough signal was recorded on the tape. Too little and nothing was saved, too much and there was distortion. In either case, you lost data. A similar situation occurs if you want to load in a program. If the volume on the cassette recorder is set too low or too high, the program won't load. Since it takes 15 minutes to load the Flight Simulator, having the wrong settings can lead to a lot of wasted time. Another frustration was the 16K RAM pack. It was basically a slot connector relying on friction and physical contact to maintain stability of the data. One bump of the 16K RAM pack or moving the computer resulted in loss of data and a total system crash. In an attempt to reduce this sensitivity to vibration, I used cellophane tape to anchor the RAM pack to the computer, which worked very well for some time. In addition to overcoming this extreme sensitivity of the RAM pack, the keyboard was a flat membrane with no tactile response. Thus, one had to constantly look up at the black and white TV screen to make sure the key presses were accepted. It got to the point where I just couldn't work with this "horrid little machine", so I upgraded to the Timex/Sinclair 2068, a Sinclair Spectrum clone, with a 2MHz Zilog Z80A, 48K RAM, and 16K of ROM, a cartridge slot, joystick ports, and an expansion slot in the rear in addition to the cassette save and load connectors and TV out. The TS 2068 was a step up, it had chicklet-styled keys, COLOR!, a 4 voice synthesizer and internal speaker, and saved and loaded programs at 1200 baud! WOW! 4X what I was used to! In 1983, Timex/Sinclair ceased making computers in which case I eventually switched to an Apple IIGS, Woz Limited Edition, 2.8MHz processor, 256K RAM, a 3.5" 800K disk drive, a 5.25" disk drive, ImageWriter II, Apple RGB Color Monitor, ADB Keyboard and Mouse. After the Apple IIGS, I switched to a Macintosh PowerBook 520c, and then to my current PowerMac G3.

Order of computers acquired:
Timex/Sinclair 1000
Timex/Sinclair 2068
Apple IIGS
PowerBook 520c
Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White)

I still have them all and they work.

[xoot]

I use both. But I use my Mac 99% more than my PC.

[edX]

i voted for 'always used a mac' which i interpreted as 'always owned a mac'. of course i have used pc's - friend's, relatives, schools, buisnesses, stores, etc. it is impossible to avoid "using" them.

I will admit i even considered buying a pc at one point but then the macs gave up the original "all in one" design and i stuck with apple. i've never regretted my decision.