I’ve been converted. Kindof.
July 27th, 2008
Becky Fiedler is going to jump for joy when she reads this — likely because I give her so much flak — but due to work’s Get Everyone a Laptop campaign, I am now the proud user of a Macintosh computer.
(”Hi, my name is Tim, and I use a Mac.”)
Now, before you get all excited, I need to preface it a bit: I’ve already installed Ubuntu, and it happily lives alongside OS X. 
Though I’ll likely be using Ubuntu for most of my day-to-day work, getting a Mac gets me some great perks:
- I can play with Mac OS X anytime I want.
- I get great Mac hardware (it looks sexy, and actually works well in both OS’s).
- I can switch between Mac and Ubuntu for browser testing (Safari, anybody?).
The biggest win, however, is I can take it home. My old clunky Acer is going to get very lonely very quickly.
a) You’re Spelling It Wrong: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/flak
(Check it out, meta-flak!)
b) Looking forward to both your opinions on OS X and the day that GEaL gets to me. Let me know how it works out.
[From Tim: Thanks dwins. Changed now.]
1) you’re visiting cambridge! let’s hang out
2) mac os x isn’t that great. i used it when i worked at both google and mit ll :-/ interface isn’t intuitive. ubuntu is better.
Cem was upstairs working in his study as I read this post. He Skyped me to say “You’re cackling rather loudly.” Cackling! Can you imagine?
Congratulations and welcome to the Macintosh!
I’m sorry!
Does it least have a light up keyboard and a webcam?
If not they make great boat anchors
Dual-booting for render tests is nice, but http://browsershots.org/ is way better.
[From Tim: Wow. Just tried this on my blog, and Google Analytics went crazy. Thanks Ben. :)]