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When I asked David Metzener to write his story I didn’t know he had such vast experience with computers and a unique chance to work on the Apple ][ back in 1979. He runs and amazing blog - Weblog of a Switcher and just yesterday his re-switch story was published on this website - Vista was the last straw!.
David is passionate about technology and working as a Software Test Engineer makes him look deeper into the hearts of computers and operating systems.
David, it looks like that after many years you had a big come back to Mac platform as your computer journey began with Apple ][ and the first Macintosh. How was it like, from today's perspective to work on these machines?
It's actually amusing to think that an Apple ][ running at 1MHz with 48KB or RAM could be considered a "fast" computer. However, the Apple ][ was a darn fast computer and very efficient with it's clock cycles. When you consider the first IBM computers were running at 4MHz and when compared side by side, the two computers pretty much ran at the same speed.
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What really kicked it for me was having to “prove” that the Dell Re-install version of Windows was a Genuine copy of Windows. To be told I was a pirate just because I was re-installing Windows due to the lack of security that Microsoft has in Windows was pretty much the final straw.
There is always some story behind each switch and Dave Metzener was happy to share his experience and reasons for choosing a Mac. Checkout his story and find out what happened in 1979: Vista was the last straw!.
One of my friends couldn’t understand why I didn’t just buy a cheaper HP. I tried to explain that it was not about cost, but rather about what I wanted in a machine. I didn’t want to buy a laptop that I could just afford, I wanted to buy one that I “wanted”.
I am a big fan of SEOMoz.org, a Search Engine Optimization community where I learnt a lot about SEO from great content they publish at the website. When I found out that one of the SEOMoz staff members switched to a Mac, I got in touch with him to ask about his story. What is interesting, Mel Gray has not switched from Windows. Here is what happened: Switching from Linux to OS X.
