Windows 2 Apples

Today I realized I spend close to 80% of my time at the iMac! It is an adventure and as the the “Macites” like to say tis even fun. I have usually enjoyed working at my PCs in the past but that was because I enjoyed my work wether it be developing software, hardware or web content. The PC was a means to an end and became the ultimate erector set for me.

I suspect you can detect I am becoming an Apple convert. I have given up on seeking the perfection portrayed in the Apple Advertisements and reconciled myself to the reality that my dream of a perfect computing experience may never happen in my professional life time. Yet, I still hope to see that day and to revel in it.

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Windows 2 Apples Episode 8

I come to you today somewhat humbled and more appreciative of my iMac and Apple applications. This changing heart is a result of my recent experiences with a Windows music creation and audio production program and the ease with with I have been able to backup up my iMac.

I purchased Music Creator 3 to use in place of GarageBand on my Windows XP tower. Although it came with easy install instructions, manual and separate video tutorial disk it is suffers from the feature over load and poor human interface design issues that plague many Windows applications. I soon realized that my time would be better spent using GarageBand on my Mac than taking the many hours if not days to become equally productive with Music Creator 3.

My second glimpse of the iMac halo effect was the discovery of how easy it is to make a complete boot-able image of the OS, applications and data using disk utility and a external firewire drive. In less than two hours I was able to install, reformat and copy a complete image of my iMac to a Western Digital 1 Terabyte My Book drive. I am very impressed given the dismal history I have had using products like Ghost to attempt a full system back up of my PCs.

I now feel a warm glow when using my Mac … could I be a new convert in the making?

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