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Weighing a Switch to a Mac

There’s a great article (reqistration of first-born child required) over at NYTimes about switching to the Mac.

Believe it or not, I’m sometimes a bit over enthusiastic on advocating my platform of choice.  Here’s a nice balanced review by someone who obviously hasn’t drank the Steve Jobs cool-aid.

Ten years ago, if you were a windows user, the idea of switching to a Macintosh might not have seemed enticing. An abundance of new windows software was arriving on store shelves, while the selection available to Mac users seemed to be falling behind, often relegated to a back corner of the same store.

Today the calculation is different. Apple Computer, through a series of transitions, has reinvented itself. With a new operating system, its own chain of retail stores, the iPod and now a new line of computers that run on Intel processors, this new and more mainstream Apple is catching the attention of windows users, and many are curious about switching.