My Life

Finally…

I’ve wanted a Mac for a couple years now.  I always knew that with what I do on computers (photos, music, video,etc.) a mac would be a lot better for me.  Friends and common sense have told me this for awhile.  For some reason though, I never wanted to branch out and try something new. I just talked about it, but never did anything…kind of like standing half naked next to the pool and refusing to jump in.

The thing is, I know PCs pretty well so they’re safe…annoying at times, but safe.  Even when I had to buy a new laptop a year or so ago, I played it safe and bought a Dell.  Last week, I didn’t need to buy a laptop, but I bought a Mac.

I finally had an experience that helped push me in the right direction. 

This story would be way too long if I wrote it all out, so here are a few bullets:

- I shot all my video in Ecuador in High Def Video (I thought:  HD is the bomb)
- When I got back I discovered all the video editing programs we use don’t work with HDV. (I thought: what was I thinking!?! )
- The only program that worked was Final Cut Pro that we have on a few Macs. (I thought: crap, I don’t know Macs)
- I was forced to use the Macs and learn Final Cut Pro so I could put my story together. (I thought: I’m gonna buy a Mac)

It was an interesting week learning how to use a Mac by having to put a 7 min story together that was due in two days. But the experience was well worth it.

I bought a Macpro Notebook and in two days have already decided I will never go back to a PC. It is so user friendly and fun to mess around with. 

Thinking about switching to a mac?  Here is a blog post by a friend of mine describing why he likes his Mac so much, I’d write it all out, but he wrote it so much better. 

Yes I Love My Mac…

P.S. This is my last week of work before a two-week vacation!!!