Just got my phone yesterday and I love it!
I have to say im a windows guy. For the most part of 15 years I have made my living supporting windows operating systems. I make a very good living at it and I owe Microsoft for providing me with that. I have worked on a few macs in my career but I have never owned anything apple. It just didnt apply to what I did for a living and I had no real need for one. My mp3 player is not an ipod but a dell dj. So I dont even own an ipod.
However I am a gadget freak and I love new toys. I got the iphone on a whim 2 days ago and have enjoyed it tremendously. There are a few things Im sure they will improve but overall its a great little toy. I have a bunch of jealous co-workers and my wife is even a little envious.
Whats even worse is my latest curiousity about macs has not increased. I am even thinking of getting an imac when the new OS is released.
I got to give apple credit this thing is not only very sharp looking but much smaller than I imagined.
I have read alot of bad things about AT&T but I have had really good service with them. I have full bars at work, home and on my recent vacations. I pay my bill online and all seems to be good with customer service. I hope that stays the same during my new 2 year commitment.
SO.. any advice on a new mac out there for a new apple fan?
My friends are going to kill me if I buy a Mac!
Tom
I'm pretty happy to hear something positive too... grin I'm in a similar boat to your own, no significant troubles to date and very happy with my purchase (knowing that I was getting in at the release of a new product I expected more problems).
My first Mac was the 17" G4 PowerBook, but I'm pretty happy with my Mac Mini too... As you can see, I pried it open and upgraded it (I cut my teeth on Windows machines and couldn't resist tampering), but I think for straight out of the box, bang-for-your-buck, I'd recommend a MacBook Pro. Probably the 15" just due to the weight. I lug my 17" around and need a good chiropractor after a cross-country flight. grin
Head on over to your local Apple store, play with all the toys, and bring home your favorite of the bunch... It's pretty hard to go wrong with any of them.
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