9 June 2008 - 11:52My MacBook And Me

I did it, I finally own a macbook. I’ve wanted a mac since the first time I laid my eyes on OSX. Mind you that was a long time ago. But I couldn’t really justify the cost, I still can’t but I did it anyway. And besides I needed a new laptop, as the Dell has seen far better days. There, thats justification enough!

Besides I was sick of XP and the whole eXPerience. I just can’t get over how crappy XP worked on the laptop. It was fairly obvious that laptop features and services were just an after thought. Its a shame really, given the size of microsoft. Of course I also realize apple only has to support their own hardware, which is bound to make it easier.

So apple has it easier when it comes to making my laptop go to sleep when I close the lid. But there is no excuse when it comes to UI features. OSX is rich with them. Simplifying tasks and looking good while doing it. This is where microsoft should shine, but they don’t. Which is sad considering the size and resources the company has at its finger tips. It might just be time to drop the old dos backend and start again fresh.