LOL Yeah, and I had to get used to the idea that I didn’t need to go find something else to go do while it booted up...
I started with computers in the early to mid-eighties for ten years with Macs, then went over to PC’s and Microsoft for a decade, then four years ago came back to computer heaven with a MacBook Pro 15.5 along with a 23 inch Apple screen.
The MacBook Pro fully and completely fulfills desktop machine requirements plus allows me to travel whenever and wherever. Coupled with an iPod Touch 32g it provides almost constant email and internet news access and iTunes Apps. My decade experience (from ‘97 to 2007) with PCs was tiresome, frustrating, and labor intensive, with anti-virus software updates, constant scanning for problems, and weekly defragging — none of which is necessary with my Mac. The transition from PC and the new MacBook was simple, unlike the other way around.
Macs are intuitive, faster than blazes, cost effective because they don’t break down, but if the ever do, the Apple store has the best customer service around. There, that’s my testimonial, unsolicited and unpaid for...
I had to get used to things “just working” and me not having to do things the hard way.
My favorite example is the UPS I bought for our PC and the Mac. PC went through the whole spiele, turn off computer, hook it up, but don’t plug in USB, install drivers (don’t plug in USB first or you’ll be sorry), reboot, plug in, find custom app to control the UPS, make settings.
I searched for drivers for the Mac for a while, couldn’t find any. Finally I just plugged it all up (including the USB) and turned the system back on. Still couldn’t find a configuration app. Then I found out the Mac automatically puts UPS settings in with the Energy Saver preferences when an UPS is detected.
It was so easy I had a problem with it. It’s like I had an old hand-crank starter car, and when I got one with an electric starter I was stumped trying to find out where to insert the crank. Much of learning the Mac is actually un-learning bad habits and low expectations.