The iBook and me

About 2 months back, when I decided to finally get my laptop, I was faced with a pretty tough choice. Should I take a Windoze, or should I let an Apple drop on my head, like it did to Newton. For the non-tech-inclined people: BUY MICROSOFT OR MAC?

For the past 12 years of my computer experience, I’ve been a Microsoft user all my life. DOS, to Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and now Windows XP. (Note: Microsoft needs people with more imagination, Doors and Windows are uncool, and now…they call the next generation Windows Vista?!) The only experience I had with OS-X was when I was in college, and they had Macs in the libraries. I almost died using them. So after a decently long period of contemplation, I decided to tie my life to the flying windows, and bought a Windows powered Acer notebook.

If anyone’s lost in this post so far, read on. Cos this is the main point. Uncertainty. I never seemed to be able to put off the fear of uncertainty when I had to decide between the two. The fear of not being able to survive with an iBook. The fear of the iBook giving me problems. I lacked faith. I’m considered pretty much a self-taught tech-wiz in terms of software. I can solve problems, do programming, and do multimedia on a Windows powered machine. But I never seem to be able to tell myself I would be able to do the same on a Tiger system. The leap of faith was just not possible.

And uncertainty is what’s facing me now in my life. I’m going overseas for my studies. A brand new environment: new friends, new weather, new school, new housing, new plants and new life. Would I be able to handle these uncertainties? How can I handle these if I can’t even make a leap of faith like the one above? Heh.

Note: People may thing I’m crazy for comparing the 2, but I’m not. It’s something real. It’s called a personal comfort zone. Lost? Go read some selfhelp books!

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