I long time ago I bought a MacBook Pro and I tried to make the switch to Mac.  I tried very, very hard but I eventually gave up.  I took a lot of heat from my PC friends for trying the Mac and from my Mac friends for giving up. 

Although I’ve been a PC guy for all of my adult life, I’m always up for a change IF it will boost my productivity.  I was a huge palm pilot fan back in the day but I eventually made the switch to a pocket PC (and then a Blackberry pager) when I felt I had reached the limits of what it could do for me.

I’ve said all that to say that I "bought" a new MacBook Pro a couple of days ago at Fry’s to give it a shot yet again.  I’ve been frustrated with Vista and although I’ve been a big fan of tablet PC’s there has been no new compelling software developed for that platform in years.

SO, here I am writing this blog post on a Mac and I’m trying to see if it will boost my productivity like they say.  Thankfully, Fry’s doesn’t charge a restocking fee so I’ve got about 10 days left before I have to decide whether or not to keep this unit.

To make the switch, I’ve got to find some good Mac equivalents of my favorite apps.  I know, I know, I can run parallels and then run all my windows apps but I’ve never quite understood the reasoning there.  I don’t want to run two OS’s and take the performance hit.

Anyway, I thought I’d blog about my journey here.  I’ll let you know how it goes.