I Am A Switcher

I am a switcher
From Windows to MacOS

Me
Tom Adriaenssen
@inferis on twitter
http://blog.blergh.be
http://codedump.blergh.be
http://www.inferis.org/kindjes
Freelance developer/architect

Some history
ZX Spectrum
Aged 12, “Sommen”
Atari ST
Installed DOS card
“ Indy3!”
386, Windows 3.1
Pentium
My first own PC
Several laptops (medion, thinkpads, dell)

My Dell Latitude D800

My first Mac
Macbook Pro 17”
First generation

My first Mac
First thing I did?

My first Mac
First thing I did: install windows on it.

Windows, on a mac?
Why? Because I could.

Windows, on a mac?
Plan: use both OSX and Windows.

Windows, on a mac?
Result: I only used Windows.

Windows, on a mac?
Or: A Windows box, with an Apple skin…

Switched?
Nope, I just got another type of machine.

The real switch
30 june 2008

The real switch
30 june 2008: more than 2 years after purchase.

The real switch
Cause: Vista SP1 beta was about to timebomb

The real switch
Bought Leopard, removed Windows altogether.

The real switch
Brought Windows back in a VM. Parallels rules.

The real switch
Bought “a lot” of Mac software…

The real switch
Textmate, Transmit, but also an NTFS driver.

The real switch
PHP development on a Mac is Schweet TM.

The real switch
A developer’s essential on a Mac: QWERTY.

Mac+
What I like about a Mac?

Mac+
It has internet.

Mac+
It has internet. And email.

Mac+
It has internet. And email. And Facebook.

Mac+
And you can use it to watch porn.

Mac+
(comes with the internet)
And you can use it to watch porn.

Mac+
And you can use it to watch porn. Or make porn.

Mac+
Isn’t that what iMovie is for? And iDVD?

Mac+
On a more serious note…

Mac+
She’s got the look.

Mac+
She’s got the look. (Macporn, anyone?)

Mac+
Her software looks good, too.

Mac+
Love the usability aspects.

Mac+
Love the usability aspects (it just works).

Mac+
For example: drag’n’drop app install.

Mac+
It’s stable.

Mac+
It’s stable (kernel panics FTW).

Mac+
“ Hey, this is a UNIX system. I know this!”

Mac+
I love the font aliasing.

Mac-
What I don’t like about a Mac?

Mac-
It’s too fucking expensive.

Mac-
The Finder sucks.

Mac-
The Finder sucks (most of the time).

Mac-
Spaces is nice, but a mess.

Mac-
Hidden dialogs are teh suXX0rs.

Mac-
I sometimes miss real maximized apps.

Mac-
Haven’t found a good place for the Dock.

Windows?

Windows? Meh.
Explorer sucks. It also hangs, sometimes.

Windows? Meh.
Annoying Windows Updates wanting reboots.

Windows? Meh.
IE6.

Windows? Meh.
IE6, IE7.

Windows? Meh.
IE6, IE7. Perhaps IE8. But it looks cool.

Windows? Meh.
Did I mention IE6?

Windows? Meh.
The “need” for virusscanners and anti-malware.

Windows? Meh.
Per app keyboard settings? Really?

A Mac is great
But the hardware sucks.

Hardware woes
Might be bad luck, but…

Hardware woes
The DVD drive is FUBAR.

Hardware woes
Wifi performance has be sub-par from the start.

Hardware woes
I’ve had one battery replaced,
and now need another one.

Hardware woes

Hardware woes
Why do you think I’m presenting this from a Windows Tablet, eh?

Hardware woes
No more 1 st gen Apple hardware for me.

It’s about choice
I can run what I want.

It’s about choice
I can run cool Mac apps in OSX.

It’s about choice
I can do .Net development in a Windows VM.

It’s about choice
I can play PC games in a bootcamp setup.

It’s about choice
I can combine Windows and Mac apps.
Coherence FTW.

It’s about choice
I can combine Windows and Mac apps.
VM and Bootcamp integration FTW.

It’s about choice
It’s also why I don’t want an iPhone.

Ideally?
I’d like to run OSX on “commodity hardware”.

Ideally?
About of the box, without hacks.

Ideally?
I don’t care much about the external aesthetics,
to be fair.

Ideally?
But the software is great.

The future?
I’m getting myself a new Macbook Pro.

The future?
Hoping there’s going to be a new 17” model.

The future?
I need my screen real estate.

The future?
Might break my 1 st gen hardware rule. We’ll see.

Thanks.
Time left for questions? Probably not.

And oh: ban IE6. Please.
This presentation was presented at #barcampgent2.

I Am A Switcher

by Inferis on Nov 30, 2008

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