HP Won Me Over From Mac

I'll be honest, Macs are cool. Very cool. And all the cool people have Macs and seem to be able to do a lot with them.

So it's with this caveat that I enter this blog.

I've wanted a Mac since I was about 14. They had come out with those colorful all-in-ones and I was intrigued. My dad, who read magazines like PC Shopper was keen on saying no to the world of Macs because "there's no software for them."

Even if he were right, I was 14. I wanted it to type papers on and surf the web. How hard would THAT be to accommodate?

Now there's a wealth of software for the Mac and everyone is very impressed. My dad put a toe in the water and bought an iPhone and is turned off from Apple all together now. He hates it. He is the first person I've ever heard say so about their iPhone.

I personally think this has a little more to do with the user than the system.

Anyway, So I've wanted a Mac for about twelve years.

In particular, I'd like a laptop. I'm on the road more than I honestly want to be, sometimes for long stretches of time and I want the portability of a laptop. So I've been PLANNING on getting a Macbook for about ever now, and to this day, I'd like one but I'd like the Macbook pro because of the illuminated keyboard and minimum 250gb hard drive.

I type in the dark often and the lit keys would help immensely.

However, the cheapest Macbook pro is 2,000.00 which is a little steep. About 1,000.00 too steep for our family (and probably steeper still).

So I started poking around HP's site and built a laptop with 3gb of ram, something like 300gb of hard drive space, and an illuminated keyboard all for just under 1,000.00.

I'm impressed that HP is able to offer this kind of stuff and these kinds of prices and I'm a little sad I'll have to hold off yet AGAIN to get a Mac.

But mark my words, one day I'll get one, just not anytime soon. I'm not too bummed either because the computer I'd be settling for is still pretty impressive. Yes, it isn't housed in an aluminum shell with a fancy touchpad or cool keys that are far enough apart to increase accuracy while not increasing TOO much travel, and the size is a bit bigger and there's always the fact that it's Windows, not OS X, but I'll definitely live.