Apples

Before moving to the States, I had never owned an Apple product. Coveted them maybe, but never owned. So of course it must go without saying that the first thing I bought when landing on these shores was a shiny new iPod. I've used the little piece of kit a lot since then, and must confess to being caught up in the "iPod Halo" effect described on some media websites. I've long being eyeing-up Apple's range of computers, so I finally purchased a mac mini and display, with an aim to maybe completing the switch from PC fully one day. I've had the machine for about 3 months now, so will i be discarding my Windows machine for a white shiny piece of industrial design?

Nope.

I really like the Apple machines, but both of my purchases have had problems, and which are proving to be somewhat tiresome. The power adapter for the display is faulty and requires replacement, whereas the battery for the iPod is, and has ever only been, around 4 1/2 hours. Contrast this to a decade of non-Apple use, in which I have had not one problem.

I'll continue to enjoy using my little mac for web browsing, iTunes etc, but there'll always be a PC around for all of the other stuff, (and when the little white box just doesn't want to play at all).