I’ve been converted. Kindof.

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:

1. I can play with Mac OS X anytime I want.
2. I get great Mac hardware (it looks sexy, and actually works well in both OS's).
3. 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.