Monday, September 20, 2010

Team Mac

A couple weeks ago my HP laptop was finally showing signs of death. I knew it was only a matter of time, but shoot, we've only had it for 3 years! The darn thing was freezing frequently throughout the day and then it eventually froze when I attempted to restart it.

I went through a little panic attack because ALL of my 3,807 pictures are on that laptop, not backed up. I've been meaning to do it for years, but the procrastinator that I am, didn't ever get around to doing it.

I finally got the laptop to restart, but it felt like a ticking time bomb. I had NO idea how much time I had left before it would crap out on me again. We've been having issues with our laptop for a while now. So we decided that it was time to invest in a new computer and get our pictures transferred over as soon as possible.

I knew that I was beyond tired of messing with Windows. Tired of worrying about getting a virus. Tired of Windows randomly shutting down. Tired of it running slow. Blah Blah Blah.

I also knew that I wanted a Mac, but the price, OH the price. We had to mull it over and try to justify going through with that kind of swanky purchase. At the end of the day though, we figured the luxury of having an efficient Mac would be worth it. The thought of not having to worry about viruses and having to buy a new computer for a very long time was very compelling.

So we bought a MacBook Pro and I am just blown away by the technology behind it. Everything is just so smooth and fancy. It only took me about 4 hours to learn the basics of a Mac and to feel comfortable navigating through the system. I was able to get all of our pictures safely transferred over so I can sleep at night. Plus, I got a purrrdy purple case for it!



I.am.in.love. I will NEVER go back to Windows!



4 comments:

Rebecca said...

It really is the best...welcome to the dark side!

3LittleMonkeys said...

We have not made that jump yet....I HATE windows Vista, drives me nuts! However, my bro-in-law is a computer genius and he fixes any problems we have. So for now I'm stuck with our Toshiba laptop.

Scott and Manda said...

ohh pretty! Someday I'll be able to afford one:)
Btw how adorable is your little preschooler?!

Kelly @ Dare to be Domestic said...

I work on a Mac daily and if I could afford a new mac laptop at home I'd have one in a heartbeat!! Welcome to the bright side girl!! :)

Now back up those pictures ASAP! :) (I'm totally guilty of the same thing mind you).

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