Want to shout it from the roof tops!

Question

I don't know if it is allowed to write this in here, but I really need to get it of my chest so here it is:
About a month ago, after always having been a PC Windows user, I bought a MBP 2011. I had very high expectations and was expecting to be disappointed when it would finally arrive.
(Well, not entirely a complete PC Windows user, my first contact with computers was with an Apple ][e, one of those great machines that Jobs had almost made with his own hands.)
But, NOT AT ALL! I was not at all disappointed. On the contrary, today still I am so amazed by it's great power!
I have been a software developer from my first computer until now. I even created my own OS (from scratch, not based on linux or something) when the intel 386 technology came. So I really know what's happening inside the hardware too. I was always mad when I saw how badly the hardware we have today is being used and how the only solution to this seemed to be "make faster processors".
The mac has shown me that there is another world out there.
Because my work is mostly under windows, I had to install a windows. I did so in bootcamp so that I would be able to play a DirectX 10/11 compatible game is I want to, and I installed parallels to enable windows under mac os.
Wow! How great does this work together! And, lol, compiling our huge software takes the least time than everyone else on this company (even though they have recent pc's), and it even takes less time under parallels than running natively (explain that!). Windows seems to be continuously doing stuff on the HD while in parallels this is a lot less or something.
Anyway... I thought that by now I had seen it all, but then I inserted my headphone in this new mac and played some of my favourite music... I have never heard a laptop that plays sound this crisp clear, no hiss, no static, just perfect! And this thing goes LOUD (which is good, because my high fidelity headphone takes more power).
So again, sorry if I shouldn't post this on this forum, but I really had to tell someone and... I know you are all smiling now, so what's the harm.
Dirk.

Answer 1

From the start of your comment, I wasn't sure which direction you were going to go in. It's always nice to hear about people having good experiences. For starters... created your own OS?... even the most basic rudimentary OS created from scratch is quite an accomplishment.
One of the reasons OS X is as efficient as it is is because Apple pretty much abandoned legacy OS support with OS X... and legacy hardware with the into of Leopard. This lets them keep the OS streamlined and efficient. As Windows needs to support such a vast amount of hardware and needs to be compatible with versions going back quite some time, it has tended to get a bit bloated. Frankly, I'm sure Microsoft could manufacture an efficient clean OS (Windows 7, even with it's legacy support, isn't bad... although it does need its resources). The problem is that so many businesses run on Windows... and quite often dated versions... that Microsoft can only do so much while maintaining backwards compatibility. Apart from OS related compatibility issues, things like newer file systems are almost impossible to implement when so many organizations have so many interconnected systems. I started a job about six years ago... and they were actually running NT and they were one of the largest insurance companies in the world. Not being the business OS of choice has let Apple be a bit more nimble in terms of their development path.
The great thing about having a strong PC background is that you can enjoy playing around with OS X and learning how things work and how the OS differs from Windows. Quite often people who just "use" Windows are frustrated when they try any different OS (BeOS, Linux, OS X... etc). They want to be able to do the same thing the same way. For me, learning the differences is the fun part.
I remember growing up... computers didn't really become mainstream until I was in late middle school or early high school. At that time, I thought "Wow... kids being born today will be so much more fluent in this technology than I ever will be since they'll be growing up with this stuff for their whole life". Interestingly, that never happened. Computers pretty much became tools. Most people know how to turn them on, play their games, check out FaceBook, and that's about it. I guess it's sort of like cars. Most people know how to start them up and use them... they might be able to turn on the air conditioning and radio... but they have no idea how anything actually works or the ability to fix anything should something happen. While you can certainly appreciate the Mac ecosystem as a novice user... it's a lot more fun when you can really appreciate what's going on "under the hood".
+*I don't know if it is allowed to write this in here*+
Oh... and technically... I would say it's not allowed
We're usually pretty quick to tell people who complain that it's against the Terms of Use. Positive comments are against the Terms of Use for the same reasons. Of course we all like to hear good things and tend to be a bit reactionary when someone seems to be just complaining... but they're both non-technical rants (either good or bad). No one is ever going to pull a positive comment though and I aways enjoy reading them. I guess that makes me a bit prejudiced as I don't really have a problem with that. But... you did ask.