Last week I thought of giving up smoking. Not because of my health, but because I wanted to have a valid reason
for feeling like shit.
I was succesful...
in finding a valid reason.
I realized that I am
not meant to succeed
at anything.
Excuse me while I light another cigarette...
And yes... I am the freak in the picture.
9.3.07
Made with Mac (Finally...)
Finally got a Mac a few weeks ago. Geesh. I thought it was never going to happen. I was afraid that I was setting myself up for a big let-down by doing all that research and then finding out that it was just too expensive but the minute that I was on the way to the cashier carrying that stack of 500-peso bills, I knew that I was finally going to get what I wanted. Yipee!!! Jaded Jeanne is now made with Mac. Cool.
I do feel a little guilty about spending that much money on something but I know now that this was worth every penny. Like I told my mom, Macs are just made better. They’re easier to handle. I had a much harder time when I was learning how to use my desktop than learning how to use this Mac. I suppose the PC knowledge helped a little bit. At least I had an idea of what terms like “volumes”, “boot drives”, “partitions”, etc. mean so reading on-line manuals wasn’t difficult at all but I really do feel that Macky (I’m not very creative when it comes to coming up with names. It’s a “Mac” so I gave it the name “Macky”, which, my McMonkey insists, is short for Macario. Hehe.) has given me less grief. And It isn’t that my PC experience was at all that bad. I’ve never really had any major problems with spyware or viruses. The Mac’s just a lot easier to deal with.
He’s certainly faster that any PC that I’ve ever used before. I can run LimeWire while I’m converting video and even have iTunes running at the same time. I suppose you can buy a really souped-up laptop that would perform at the same level but it’d be more expensive.
I was a little worried about not being able to use the software that I’ve gotten used to using over the years but I can even install Windows XP on this if I wanted to. That’s actually what sold me on the idea of getting a Mac but I don’t think I really need to do that anymore because I found a lot of free and legal software on the net that would let me do the things that I want to do so I don’t really need the old software anymore.
Anyway, for anyone out there who’s thinking of switching, I suggest that you go for it because the transition will be a lot less painful that you are probably imagining. The best place to get a Mac in Metro Manila is Ynzal Marketing. They have the best deals for Mac systems and they even do trade-ins.
*Update(as if anybody cares...): We renamed the mac. It's now a she and is called Carrie.