“When I married and my husband asked me to convert, it was a pretty big deal. I was set in my ways. My orthodoxies were profound. But if I didn’t abandon the personal computer for the Mac, he warned, the marriage wouldn’t have a chance,” Alex Kuczynski writes for The New York Times. “We should not inhabit separate computing universes, he argued. I held my breath and jumped. Upon reflection, it was the best hardware decision I ever made. The Mac is easy to use, the technology refined. Most people get a watch or a piece of jewelry when they marry; I got an iBook G4 laptop and a honeymoon with five kids.”
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thats sooooo sad!!! get a freeeekin life!
Though this is humorous, it does convey the more mysterious and mystical experience us Mac users have in that our zealous natures could lead one to believe we have actually found Nirvana, and are willing to lay down our lives for that ideal…
What a pathetic story. Marriages ought to be built on more memorable emotions.
The things we do for love.
umm…ok?
So Cheyney shot a guy, right?
Made my wife switch, too.
“best hardware decision”
Kinky.
did some one say something? – s-l-o-w day
Why is this story pathetic? I made my wife switch and am proud of it. I am NOT going to spend my precious time supporting Wintel when Macs literally require little to no support.
I am proud to say that our home is now Microsoft Windows free (still kept the PC hardware for Linux though).
I’d do the same thing.
the saddest marriage story I’ve read. But it’s far from the worst.
The kids went on the honeymoon?
For shame!
Mac users are going to hell!
I was in a similar situation when I got married. My wife had an aging HP tower and monitor that took up a lot of space and was very slow. So rather than buy another PC, we bought a G4 17 inch PB. She didn’t like the idea at first and probably still favors a PC cos that is what she is used to. After using IE for a year she finally switch to Safari and Firefox. She’s just switched to Mail from Entourage because the spam filter is better. Doesn’t like iCal much or the address book.
It’s taken a long time to get her to adjust. For non-power users, switching can be a pain.
should’ve made her tattoo an apple logo on her forehead. now thats commitment. (and attractive)
ok maybe not the forehead, maybe perhaps the bung-hole.
that would really be like an apple computer that was running windows. one second there would be an apple, and then there would be a big worm coming out of it.
hahaha!!!!!!!!!!
My husband got me to switch by buying me an iBook for Christmas. That was 4 years ago. I’ve had a G4 tower, an iMac and a Powerbook (my current baby) since.
For those deriding the shared computing experience as a foundation for a solid marriage: All I can tell you is it’s great when the couple are having a nice laugh together at all the friends/relatives who are still using PCs. It’s you and me against 94% of the world, baby.
Me, my wife and 2 kids have a ‘mac home’.
We use 2 macs on a virus-free adsl wfi network.
Had no troubles – and no windows pcs either – thank god!
Giving her access to your sack and your Mac would surely convert her?!
If not, and she stuck with Windows -and her previous boyfriend- she can’t be the one for you..(genders switchable of course).
No-one I know who’s spent any time on a Mac hasn’t converted.
I’d rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy anyday.
This just highlights how difficult it is to get people to switch.
Some people just don’t realise that the ‘ways’ they’re ‘set in’ are ones plagued by viruses, unintuitive UIs and other such random and glaring omissions by lazy MicroShaft programmers.
I guess we should just feel sorry for them.
Those of you bagging on these people need to lighten up. I highly doubt that platform choice is the cornerstone of their relationship. I highly doubt that they wouldn’t have maried because she decided not to switch.
What this is, is a funny side story that someone is sharing and all you knee-jerk armchair marriage counselors need to take a pill and relax.
…story. For those of you without any common sense or reading skills, the marriage was not based on computer choice, nor was it a precondition. The husband “asked” and said they “should” both use Macs. Also, it is pretty clearly a humorous intro – a grain of truth, but hardly anything more.
Well, I’m with those who have pushed their partners to switch. After an absolutely awful relationship with a devout Windower, I vowed never again to get involved with another. Well I did get involved with another, but she was soon converted and now is very happy, very married and very pregnant. For names, we’re considering Mack (boy) or Lisa (girl).
MW word; MEMBER, as in… You member the day we met?
Hey, it’s quite romantic to sit on the couch on in bed together, both reading the web on your Powerbooks and looking over each others’ shoulders. Her laptop is a 12″, mine’s a 15″–guess I have to worry that she might find another guy with a 17″ ….
:-0
Congratulations…
MW -no kidding- is father How about that.
Switched my wife as well from her dying thinkpad to an ibook. True computing bliss including daily ichats between Beijing and Seoul when we were separated. She thanks me at least once a week for avoiding all the windows crapola. Great for our marriage!