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57 Comments

1. 

   Jimithy

   Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 4:49 pm · Reply

   Welcome, Brad! Glad to have you
2. 

   NCIceman

   Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 4:49 pm · Reply

   Coming up on my 2 year anniversary of making the switch. Great to be able to spend time USING my computer instead of maintaining it. I keep a bootcamp partition due stubborn game developers and paying customers who insist on .NET. Otherwise, it’s all mac!
3. 

   rizzior

   Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 4:50 pm · Reply

   Better late than Never.

   “Another Satisfied Apple Customer” Hooraaaaaaaaaaay.
4. 

   Gilby

   Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 4:55 pm · Reply

   Plus he made out a benjamin richer…
5. 

   January 24, 1984

   Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 4:56 pm · Reply

   I’ve evangelized hundreds. Only one act of recidivism.
6. 

   Zeke

   Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 4:58 pm · Reply

   10 years and counting. My corporate IT department recently said I could not use my Mac on the corporate network due to security and auditing considerations. The only option would be a corporate (and therefore Windows only) laptop. I told them, “No thanks. I use my laptop from home and I don’t permit Windows based machines on my personal network for security reasons.” They were speechless.
7. 

   Flackman

   Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 4:59 pm · Reply

   Been almost a year and half with my MacBook Pro. The only windows I have are the ones that came with my house.
8. 

   Mac-nugget

   Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:00 pm · Reply

   With the prize on Mac Pros, I think I might be going the other way, at least to harvest some 3D rendering power.
9. 

   MacRick

   Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:09 pm · Reply

   Summer, 2006. Never looked back.
10. 

    Cubert

    Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:11 pm · Reply

    I’ve always said the same – try to find someone who switched from a Mac to Windoze. I’m sure they’re out there but they’re as rare as a Zune.
11. 

    jaundiced

    Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:11 pm · Reply

    This is good, but somewhat confusing. He already had a 18-month old MBP, so what made him switch for good? I think our comments should be less “welcome” and more “what took you so long?”
12. 

    rhoytink

    Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:12 pm · Reply

    I got Win 7 running on parallels in my MacBook. Parallels runs real good. But Win 7…Well, that’s another issue!
13. 

    Macdoc

    Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:15 pm · Reply

    No SHIT!!!!
14. 

    Cubert

    Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:15 pm · Reply

    Well, while people are telling their stories.

    I was never a computer user at all until I got my Cube on September 5th 2000. So you really can’t consider me a switcher. However, I hated computers up until that point in time because they frustrated me to no end. It was a good friend of mine that pointed out that I wasn’t frustrated with the computer, I was frustrated with Winblows. Now, 10 years later the Cube is still humming along and I’m preachin’ daily!
15. 

    Geo B

    Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:16 pm · Reply

    @Zeke – really? What security concerns – that they couldn’t install not-needed anti-virus on it? What a load of crap your corporate IT has
16. 

    ken1w

    Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:23 pm · Reply

    What is remarkable in this case is that Brad Feld already had a MacBook Pro from 18 months ago. What took him so long…?

    Microsoft relies quite heavily on “inertia” to keep Windows going. Existing Mac users are already “sold,” and they will keep buying new Macs to replace old Macs. It’s not like the Windows PC world, where there is very little brand loyalty (nothing significant distinguishes Dell’s PCs from HP’s). However, Apple’s Mac sales growth comes mainly from NEW Mac users (former Windows users). That’s where the popularity of iPod, iPhone, and now iPad is making Windows users (at least) consider getting a Mac; the majority of iPod, iPhone, and iPad sales are to current Windows users, not Mac users. And “consideration” (the willingness to give it a try) is all Apple needs to double Mac’s PC market share.

    That’s why Apple’s Mac business has been doing incredibly well recently, and will continue to significantly outpace the rest of the industry (as long as there are plenty of Windows users left).
17. 

    NHL

    Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:24 pm · Reply

    But, but, … soon there won’t be anyone left to make fun of!
    What will we snobbish, label-worshipping, Steve Jobs following, Apple-Cultists do when there is no-one left to switch?!

    Won’t somebody pleeeease think of the smug, superior, Apple elite!
18. 

    jackspratt

    Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:25 pm · Reply

    um, a 500 GB SSD in that? well no wonder. i’d like my MBP even better if i could afford one of those.
19. 

    chabig

    Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:29 pm · Reply

    @Geo B

    About twenty years ago, when networked laser printers were common in Mac shops but not in PC shops (every computer had its own laser printer connected to a parallel port), I once tried to plug my early Powerbook into Appletalk port on the printer just to print a few pages. They told me I couldn’t because of “security” concerns. That excuse has been around for a long time and it’s the IT guys’ way of saying “No, because I told you so.”
20. 

    Passin' Through

    Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 5:45 pm · Reply

    I went native Mac in Alaska once but the Grizz didn’t take too kindly to it and the Russians complained to Sarah Palin; said they could see too much from ‘cross the Bering Strait.

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