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The Cult of the Mac

After years of preaching to friends, family and co-workers the benefits of switching over to Macs, I’ve finally managed to rustle up enough money to join the Apple Elite myself. And I’m stoked. The machine itself (a 12″ MacBook) is an absolute beauty to behold and a dream to use.

I’ve been using Macs through work for a few years now but I’ve always longed for one at home. Now I get to combine the best of both worlds with a portable home and office, and I’m continuing to be surprised by its tweakability.

I’ll be writing my own personal guide to The Switch™ over the next few weeks, and listing the invaluable resources I’ve used to get my Mac to do awesome things like detect if I’m near the computer by the bluetooth on my mobile and enable/disable a password-protected screensaver accordingly. But that’s not half of it, sneak on my baby while I’m not looking, get the password wrong and it’ll take your mugshot via the built-in iSight and email it straight to my phone.

Beware, snoops.

The fun is never-ending, and gimmicky fun aside the Mac has already improved my workflow despite having owned it only a week.I am a little worried though, I’m so taken by this machine that in all likelihood I’ll become another dreaded Apple FanBoy™ by the end of the month, seeking to replace any and all of my mediocre electronic devices with their Apple-branded counterparts. If only they made cars.

My set up’s fast becoming something to envy and you can bet I’ll be keeping this blog updated with its developments. Nothing gets me excited quite like some hardcore geekery and audiophilia.

Apple for Life, yo. 

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