From the moment I took it home from the Apple store, I loved my MacBook Pro. It had everything I ever wanted in a laptop. Still, the road was bumpy at times. It eventually needed a new battery and a power cable. I replaced both of those without complaint. It would be the video controller that did it, though, almost five years to the day that I brought my brushed aluminum baby home. It wasn’t just that my MacBook was a great computer. It was more than that. Things just worked. All the time.
As a former PC user, I was used to crashes and lock-ups galore. I had all of the Windows hot keys and shortcuts down. Then I booted up my new MacBook and for me, it was pure bliss. Working was essentially effortless. Until a couple of weeks ago on a Tuesday when I found out the part my old friend needed would cost me $500. Given that the average lifespan of a laptop is 3-5 years, I didn’t see the point in an upgrade. Yes, I’d once had visions of running my MacBook forever, like the old beige Chevette my Dad used to drive. It was not meant to be.
I needed to think through such a daunting purchase. True, I could keep working on my iPad, but it had only half of the resources I needed. Plus, there were so many more things I’d need to do, like video editing and web page design, that I couldn’t do on the iPad. Buying another PC would no doubt result in endless frustration and more expenses because I’d have to buy all new software.
Mr. Keyes’ logic? Buy what you want–you’ll only end up replacing it anyway. And he was right. Any time I’ve made a purchase that I didn’t like, I ended up replacing it. After being spoiled by a Mac could I live with a PC? I didn’t think so.
The choice had been made.
An hour later, because buying a Mac is like buying a car, I walked out with my new laptop. I didn’t think I’d get over my old one–we went way back. Now, with a new MacBook on my lap and an incredible retina display making even this blog post appear magical, I think I’m gonna be okay. Onto a new era.
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