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This post is part six of the series, completing my about page with more than just short paragraphs.

Now it’s about 1 and a half year ago since I switched from PC to Mac and I am completely happy about that decision. But her I want to write down the way I actually went and why I decided the way I did.

In the beginning, I used a Windows machine. Since I started playing with computers. Through my interest in the field, I got interested in Linux and wanted to switch often. The problem with that was that I was not straight enough to really stay consistent at that decision. I switched many times from Windows to Linux, at the time I wanted to use Suse, but every time, I switched back to Windows 2000 or XP really fast so that I could use the programs I was used to and could play my games.

In early 2007 I made the decision — again — to switch to Linux. This time I was about to use Ubuntu and already had searched alternative software which I could use on all three platforms, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. These programs had been Gimp for picture editing and design work as well as Eclipse / Aptana for web-development, plus some other tools. At that point, I already had in mind that I might switch to a Mac soon which was the reason that I searched applications which I could use on each of the three platform.

The reasons why I chose a MacBook instead of a ‘normal’ laptop are pretty obvious and spread all over the net. The machines run faster, look better, the available applications are much nicer and the OS looks and feels much better than the Windows platform. Linux is not an alternative if you just want a simple life, at least in my eyes and I have tested that for me!

In summer 2007, I finally did it. I bought my white, 13″, MacBook with 2.16GHz Dual Core 2 Duo, 1GB of RAM and 120GB hard-drive — which was replaced by a 320GB hard-drive and the RAM was replaced by two 2GB bricks, which adds up to now 4GB — the operating system is Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard. The switch itself was pretty easy for me cause I had planed everything, especially which applications to use.

Now my setup looks like this: My MacBook which is my main machine hooked up to a 23″ LG display, which is also connected to an old Windows XP machine just in case I need one.

Like I already wrote, I’m still happy with my decision to go Mac and plan on buying my second Mac machine in the end of the year caused by the need of more GPU power but for now I’m able to do what I want to and everything works just fine.

Next is ‘My Way to Blogging’. Stay tuned for part six of the series. If you want let me know your feedback or maybe tell your story.