So my flirting with the other side is still just that - flirting. I have a tool I will use when I need to and it will likely last me a long time but the PC just isn't everything that the PC guys say it is. At least I own and use both, most people that tell me a PC is better than a Mac have never owned one. Come to think of it, everyone I know with a Mac thinks it's better than a PC and most have both. That says something.
I praise Macs any time I get the chance. I do. But it's not because of blind brand loyalty. They are making the best computers around. Period. I want the best and that's why I use the Mac. That's not coming from a Mac head since 1984 either. This is someone who uses both platforms and only wants to use the coolest toys. I'll switch platforms again if something better comes along. But OS X is so far ahead of XP that's not going to happen anytime soon with a product from Redmond.
As for hardware, there is the speed race that was supposedly over that really isn't a speed race since a new 2.4Ghz isn't killing my old 800Mhz G4s. In fact, I still feel like my Mac is the faster computer. The only speed race likely to happen is what looks to be Intel and AMD trying to catch up to the way cool stylin' G5.
But that's neither here nor there. I'm still a "Switcher" and look to be for some time. I think competition is good so bring on the new hardware and software. I'll try it all out. But at the end of the day when it's time to go home I'll be playing on my Power Mac.
About the author: Sean Rose (srose at cycline3.com) does programming, design and some unusual model rocketry products at Cycline3.com. He even sheds the nerd persona now and again for some hardcore mountain biking in the beautiful hills of West Virginia.
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