Xiaofan Chen wrote:

> There is nothing wrong with Apple. I am just not so
> comfortable with people feeling superior when they
> say they are using a Mac OS X and how superior it is
> to Windows. Yet at the same time, they have to use
> Windows to do business.

Psychologically, this is part of it for me.

There's a "business" computer in the laptop bag (the work-provided 
laptop running XP Pro) and the "personal" computer in the bag.

The business computer has clunky old Office, and all that "stuff" I have 
to use for work.

The personal computer has a nice interface, looks good, doesn't crash 
(ever) and generally is more enjoyable.

If I can avoid booting the business computer at night/weekends, it makes 
me happier.

If I can avoid having my technology chosen for me by an IT department, 
even happier yet.

Having the MacBook is definitely a personal decision to have something 
different for myself, that's NOT the clunky old work laptop's 
technology.  I get that all day, every day.

Work = Clunker old slow XP laptop with tons of corporate bloatware on it.
Mine/Personal = MacBook.

Nate
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