OMG! I’ve Become an Apple Fan Boy!

I have heard this from a lot of people about Apple products. The dell lady at BlogExpo should have known why her computer wouldn't work...It's a Dell. I have a Dell and it truly is bad.

I actually came from the other end, I was a big fan of Mac but converted to the PC world and to be honest, my bank account has been happy ever since. More power for less $$$ is always a good thing :-)

Jon
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I really agree with the Mac Book Pro of being the best in his area and so I do for the Ipod but the Iphone is a brick with a receiver...

Great! Apple is an awesome company, greatest invention ... the iPhone!

I'm on my way to becoming Mac user.. there are too many applications I'm relying on Windows that Mac can't do it... dammm

Hi John,

Welcome to the world of Steve. I'm an Apple user myself, turned my colors to the Mac barely a year ago. I've been a Windows Operating system user for the past 18 years. Yeah... did I reveal how old I am! haha.

I've used Windows 1, 2, 3, 3.11, NT, 2000, XP home/PRO and Vista. Been a friend of 'ol Bill I know. Been using PCs for everything in my small digital life. Feared turning to the Mac but one rainy day, I just braved the switch over. And now, everything I do, I do on a Mac.

Do I have regrets... none at all!

-Deep Arora

John,

I started with the original Mac 128K, two floppy drives and a printer, for $3100.00 when it was released in the 1980's. Ran Excel and Basic from floppy disks, no hard drives then!

My buddies at the post-production house had PC's and were constantly tinkering to make them work. Adding a CD player took hours! I thought they were lame.

The Apple WSIWG was so cool, your printouts matched the screen exactly.

I'm blogging on a Dell (slow) laptop and am getting ready for the Mac again. Does anyone offer Macs for reviews or testing?

I would be willing to blog about my Mac experience from an engineer's perspective (Michael Kwan will be the subject of my PHD thesis, "how he broke the laws of physics, and crashed a Segway v2.0 !!).

Great post, glad you are happy with your Mac's and iPods.

I Twittered you about the iPhone battery charging cycle (less than six hours, that sucks worse than Shoemoney sucks..)

Respectfully, Nicholas - 'the video guy' from BlogWorld Expo 2008

Twitterific eh John?
Try Twinkle. I love the nearby feature. All free too!
I loved Twitterific but Twinkle replaced it.

Thats funny when I used to work at the Apple store I used to get people all day who would say that they are going to put windows on their new mac machines, then I would see them a week or so later and they almost always sticked with osx. Once you go mac you never go back.. until something better comes out haha.

The biggest problem about Apple products is that everything costs extra $. Everything is double the price and you will need a Mac specialist to actually fix the laptop. It's not like a PC, where you could just open it like that.

-Mike

As i am currently in the market for a new notebook, I read the comments with an increased interest. Although there is a lot of praise for the apple products here, I wonder if the price differential to traditional notebooks running MS products is justified. Any hints on reliability, speed etc are appreciated.

I totally agree with you. I was also a PC user, and I'm switching to Apple, better by far

i got my first macbook this year and it took me a few months to get used to it. i dont know why they dont just make a right click button instead of having us use 2 fingers on the touch pad. also the keyboard needs a delete button.

Gotta tell ya John, I bought an I-Mac back in early June and I barely use it, and quite frankly I think it's pretty idotic that Apple does not pack a manual in with their product, and requires you to go to their site in order to find a manual for the product of their's that your using.

So I am definitely not a fanboy of Apple, but I do have an 80gig Ipod which I love.

I am an apple fan too :D

I have never really been a true fan of apple products as I have always leaned toward Sony. I am looking for a good notebook as well so that I can start working online fulltime, but I don't have a lot of money to invest. Do you have any suggestions?

Yeap John... same here. I started with the iPod, bought the new iMac, and last month now have the iPhone. I love all my Apple products.

Whats your favorite iPhone app?

well she probably just did not turn the connection on. i hear you man strait up never the less.

you were given a MacBook Air? How did that work?

I prefer the AT&T Tilt over the iphone because it has a large keyboard to work with as well, and it's quite capable of doing anything the iphone is. In fact, you can even work with the touchscreen using something beside a human finger. :)

I've also got a macbook pro and a dell inspiron laptop. While the Mac is fun to use, I prefer the pc because in working with both, I find it easier to do web development on.

I've also had alot of problems connecting to wireless networks with the macbook that didn't exist with my dell. I've also seen the macbook freeze up and have to be hard restarted many many times. So it's not invincible to problems.

Both have their upsides and downsides. But as we see new support for more extreme tech geared people rather than mostly trendy and hip users, I think Apple could one day have an even better product that is attractive to a wider user base.

But until then. I prefer a PC most of the time. :)

Here's the deal - If we're talking about the kind of people that go into a store (such as Best Buy) or whatever other retail outlet - then yeah, I'd probably buy a Mac.

However, if we're talking about a custom machine (which can not only save you a ton of money, but usually turn out 20 times better than any store bought machine), then I would go all PC, as I like all the options available.

I know not everyone has the desire or know-how to slap a machine together, but it really is the way to go.

Anyway, I'll let you get back to your applz you fanboi!

hahaha oh man I know exactly what you mean!! Once you go Mac you never go back!! I love my iPhone and macbook!! They make me happy!

Boooo Booooo.

Im a PC. Windows fan for Life.... What would you do without the right click button ?

My first major investment John is a Mac system after having you thropw it in my face for two weeks how good they are when my laptop dodn't work. Man that was frustrating.....lol.....oh well.

The only thing I am stuck on right now is, should I get a Mac monitor with the macbook pro or should I go with Dell. I don't have room for a 30inch monitor (I don't think) but I wander can you hook up two monitors to the macbook, if needed. I really see the need to increase my veiwing area.

I am an Apple fan but I only have an iPod. I dream of all Apple products that's why I'm working online.

I'm planning on getting a Mac in the near future.... maybe not a macbook yet, but that could follow once I get a bit more cash saved up. The nice thing about Apple products right now is that they hold their value - can always upgrade later and get a decent return on the used one.
In any case, good to hear that Apple toys are doing what you need John! Sounds like a reason to celebrate.... perhaps by giving away some Apple products! ;)

It couldn't be that the WiFi at BlogWorldExpo was just awful, could it? I couldn't get a signal on my iPhone (Edge or Wifi) to save my life!

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Hey John, go claim your blog... they bounced me out saying I advertise too much! :)

that's not true... ?

Once 90% of the market switches to Apple, so will I. I build software for a living and common sense says build for the PC market because it's that much bigger. Bigger market = more $$.

I'm still a Vista/Linux fan...there are just more geeky/nerdy things for them. Although I do own a macbook pro and have Vista on it :)

I have a feeling I will turn out like you did considering I plan on getting a mac as my next laptop.

All Pirates switched to Mac!!!

Haha - I own nothing from apple (probably should)
Are the Ipod Touch's good?

You've got be kidding me. All comments (almost) before mine praise Apple and it's products + congratulates John on his choices. Are you really so brainwashed?

What amuses me is the context of what John said. I mean, if Wi-fi was working on one laptop, there's no reason it shouldn't work another one, be it mac or PC. That being said, stop confusing the tech illiteracy of some people with the "just works" commercial bs from Apple.

In the end, however, to each it's own. I've been a happy Vista user for the past 5-6 months and I don't plan on spending a ton of cash (which I don't exactly have, since I am just starting college) on a Macbook or switch to need-to-tinker-with Linux. I am just fine with Vista and until a desperate need for *something* arises, I`ll be so.

I'd like to buy a Mac notebook, but the price dissuades me. I would disagree that their are no better alternatives than the IPOD. I'd say there are several, including my favorite: Creative Zen.

the only bad thing about the iphone is that it's to slow

I was laughing at my buddy one night for following the iPod trend, 2 hours later I bought a Touch

come on john, you're too smart to fall for this marketing bs.

silly boy.

I'm yet to experiment with mac. Being a programmer I haven't found them very fitting to the line of work I'm in. So for now I'll be sticking with my Linux/Windows combination.