I'm not going to promise that this decision wasn't a direct result of their brilliant marketing and the "I'm a Mac" ads. Although I have been a PC and Windows user since I was 12 (longer than almost anyone else I know), I'm now done with it.
A little less than two years ago my Windows based PC had to be replaced because it was freaking out in a variety of ways.
Last night my Toshiba literally started melting. (Toshiba sucks! Toshiba sucks! Toshiba sucks!)
My tech savy friend John Roberts then worked actively to "turn me" (which is funny, cause I have been actively working to "turn him" for ages... but in a whole other manner). In the end, the question was not "why" to go to a Mac but rather, "why not?"
So I have a brand new white Powerbook. Its taking a bit of adjustment. I miss my two button mouse with its scroll, and I now need to replace my printer and some software, but the adjustment is moving along quickly. I love the battery. I love the simplicity. It's my new little baby.
And, while I am not thrilled to have had to dump a good deal of money on a new machine, there's a certain reality that there is nothing I could do about it: the melting wasn't my fault, there was no recessitating the Toshiba, and I can't function without a computer. So thank God that my student loans came in and that I am in the privileged position that I can just run out and buy another.
And it was a Mac.
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You mentioned 'scrolling' with your mouse.. well if you mean the track pad, try sliding up and down with two fingers on the pad..
Also, you can plug in virtually any two-three-four button mouse that uses USB. . the mac will automagically recognize the right mouse button...
(Billie - Soniq.org)
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