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It all started with a joke to my mum that i wanted a mac because it was more like Linux/Unix and thus free of Windows. Rid of the pest so to speak. The aim was a MacBook.

Early 2007 We bought 2 MacBook Pro’s. the 2.16Ghz model. Stood next to my several PC’s
It swiftly replaced my Acer Notebook. I was so impressed with OS X Tiger that i kinda fell in love with it immediately. The ease of use, pretty UI. Well you know how it is if you’ve got a mac.

Mid 2007 i apply for a job at the company where we bought the macs. And got the job. First and second tier phone support on all Apple products and related for customers of that company.

Late 2007 I buy an iPod Touch 8GB and take a PowerMac G4 from work to be my server. My 3Com base station is replaced by an Apple Airport Extreme.

Early 2008 Replaced my MacBook Pro for the then newly released model, the multitouch one. A few months later my main PC was replaced by the new Aluminium iMac 20″. Around this time i dismiss my PowerMac G4 to be replaced by an Ethernet NAS due to problems with OS X Leopard Server. The PowerMac goes to my mum so she can play her games of Myst.

Mid 2008 I aqcuire an iPhone 2G from a colleague at work, i decided i hated jailbreaking that same day but had to get along with it. This device replaces the iPod Touch.

Late 2008 Due to conflicts at my current job i move to another, i will be a Repair Technician. Repairing all applicable Apple products of roughly the last 10 years. My mum replaces her MacBook Pro of almost 2 years for the new Unibody design.

Early 2009 2 Mac mini’s enter the picture. They’re both 2nd hand. One will be my server, a 1.5Ghz core solo replacing the Ethernet NAS.
The other Mini, a 1.42Ghz G4, goes to my mum to replace the PowerMac G4.

Early-Mid 2009 I am now a Certified Mac OS X 10.5 Expert scoring 90 out of 100 in the exam. For fun i have bought an iBook Clamshell G3.
I’m finally approved for an iPhone 3G by T-Mobile and get one the week after.

Mid 2009 Replaced my now one year old MacBook Pro with the newer Unibody 13″ model as my ‘main’ laptop.

Late 2009 Replaced the iMac 20″ with an iMac 27″. The 20″ moved to be my secondary computer and the last PC was thrown out the house.
The wireless network is expanded with another Airport Extreme base station.

So after almost 3 years. No PC remains active in this house. We’ve switched from All PC to All Mac in less than 3 years. All our MP3 players have been replaced by iPods and iPhones and even our home network is powered by Apple.

And we love it!

7 thoughts on “Apple took over, bit by bit…”

  3. This is a lovely post :)

    Hey, I was wondering if you could make an additional comment or make an extra blog entry about the following:

    Compared to other major PC makers like Dell and HP, how does the build of Apple laptops compare?

    I’ve been a long time Mac user. In fact, my first Mac was in 1989 with an SE/30. In subsequent years, the following Apple Macs came through: Centris 650 (throughout college), PowerBook 540c, PowerBook G3 (Lombard), iBook, PowerBook G4, MacBook Pro (first generation), MacBook Air. All of these laptops were used during graduate school.

    Anyhow, it has always been my impression that Apple laptops in generally are better built with better components than the laptops of other major makers like HP and Dell. Is that true?

    Cheers! Happy holiday!

  4. Congratulations on your new 27″ iMac! I just bought one on Black Friday and really love it – I got the quad-core i5 model and it’s been an amazing performer.

    Sykes, Apple products are definitely higher quality because they are assembled out of higher quality materials. The basic components (CPUs, disk drives, memory, etc) are the same, but the materials used to assemble them (aluminum cases, displays, etc) are of significantly higher quality.

    Just walk into Best Buy and you’ll see Windows computers at very tempting looking prices – but even a cursory glance at them shows they are using much cheaper and lower quality assembly techniques.

    D

  6. Nice tale.

    Me? Never had anything but Macs since January 1985.

    My transition was from all desktop to all laptop. The PowerBook G3 Lombard let me finally cut loose from desktop Macs… at the time it was a PowerMac 8500 with a G3 processor upgrade.

    Mac build quality is FAR better than the vast majority of generic PCs.

  7. My first Mac was a Blue & White G3 tower in 1998 after my mate, who’s a graphic designer, convinced me to make the switch from PC’s.

    I can always remember how stunning and accessible it all was compared to the pot riveted beige boxes i’d been used to.

    It had no floppy drive or SCSI ports either which was unheard of in those days, just a FireWire port which nobody in PC land had heard of.

    Never looked back.

    Jon

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