just ordered my new mac book pro

Here at work, we get to order a new computer every three years. Three years ago, I ordered a Dell Inspiron 9300 with a 17" widescreen display. It has a Pentium M 2.13GHz processor (single core) with 2GB of memory, and an 80GB 7200RPM hard drive. This of course was and still is running Windows XP Pro. Three years ago that was a great machine.

Enter November 2008. After dealing with many Windows issues, rebuilding my machine twice in three years, and spending hours doing that along with troubleshooting Windows issues, I decided that enough was enough and I was going to order a Mac. Why? Because Macs just work.

So, what did I order? It worked out that I was given the go-ahead after Apple released the new Mac Books. Here are the specs of my new Mac.

Mac Book Pro
2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
15-inch widescreen
4GB Memory
250GB Serial ATA @ 7200RPM
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 512MB

I ordered a copy of VMWare Fusion for those few applications (TOAD for SQL Server and Altova XML Spy) that do not run on Mac OSX. Also, for browser testing in Internet Explorer, I need to run Windows.

Now I play the waiting game. Purchasing is ordering it today, but it could be a few weeks (or even a month argh!) before I see the new Mac. I am very excited to be getting the Mac. I feel I have much to learn about Mac OSX, but I am up to the challenge and welcome the change!

Comments
Will Wilson's Gravatar Congrats on turning Mac! I've recently done the same (had a 9300 before as well!)

I have a growing number of <a href="http://www.will-wilson.co.uk/index.cfm/Mac-OS-X&qu...; that might be of help to you. Its difficult making the switch but so worth it (spaces is cool - think multiple desktops)

Waiting is even harder though!
# Posted By Will Wilson | 11/11/08 4:59 PM
# Posted By Will Wilson | 11/11/08 5:01 PM
Will Wilson's Gravatar http://andyjarrett.co.uk/andy/blog/index.cfm/2006/...

Andy also has a list of some good sites to visit. Worth a read.

Good luck with the Mac ;)
# Posted By Will Wilson | 11/11/08 5:04 PM
johann's Gravatar @Will

Thanks for those links! I am always looking for more information and the more I can read and digest prior to my Mac arriving, the better! Thanks again!
# Posted By johann | 11/12/08 8:12 AM
Jose's Gravatar Congrats! I made the switch about 8 months ago and I'm never buying another PC. I'm also running VMWare Fusion with XP, Vista, Ubuntu, and 2008 server :)
# Posted By Jose | 11/12/08 9:14 AM
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