Tuesday 3 March may well become a life-changing day. To make for a smoother publishing workflow, we’ve all switched platforms to Macs in the office. Though it’s still early days, and some of us are still adjusting to the new (and better) ways of working the new hardware enforces, most would agree that the switch has proved successful.
Not just at work, either. Though I’d used the publishing fraternity’s favourite machines in my previous job, that was over seven years ago, and they didn’t like the network at all. Since then, I’ve been an exclusive PC user in the office and at home, but not any more. Goodbye slow operating system and blaring cooling fans and hello faster, prettier working and barely whispering aluminum unibody MacBook Pro.
Living with someone who writes about Macs everyday, the switch was always just a matter of time. The machines’ arrival at work was inevitable and we knew they were coming, but I was unprepared for how fast I would want to ditch the Microsoft way of doing things (even though I did find it terribly frustrating). I’m now proud to be well and truly a Macophile, and can’t see me switching back to a humdrum and anonymous PC again.
This of course, does bring about its own set of problems. Like software programs that need new versions downloading and documents that need converting to work on the new platform. But, my old HP laptop has virtually been stripped of my stuff, and is almost ready to be mothballed. I’ve not missed it at all, and can’t wait to start using the neglected and slightly battered PowerBook G4 that has sat around in the study for ages.
It sounds silly, but an unexpected side effect is that I feel strangely happier and less stressed in my (almost) Windows-free world. And, although I’m still treating the new work machine way too much like a baby, welcome shiny new Mac world. It’s going to be fun.
Tags: Apple, Design, Journal, Mac, Technology