I finally ordered my first Mac. My network card on my main PC died for some reason today and well instead of buying a new network card for 20€ I ordered a MacBook pro. Call me crazy if you want but I’ve been looking at them for years now and today 
felt right for ordering one. Hopefully I’ll be able to go and get it tomorrow so I can try it during the midsummer holiday. I don’t know why but I feel like a little kid on Christmas waiting for this one. I’ve been a PC user all my life so this is a big change for me.
It’s also a little scary since they are really expensive and I’m not even sure I like OS X. The few times I’ve sat down in front of a Mac I’ve felt lost and unable to find what I’m looking for. Finally resulting in me using the oh so nice terminal. As a Linux user I feel at home in the terminal.
I’ve been using this evening researching programs to use and I must say there seems to be a great number of choice when it comes to programs. What I really need to get work done is a good IPSec VPN client a good terminal(which is included) and a good editor for scripts and some programing. Also any network security or network debug programs are welcome.
There are also some other things I’m worried about I have a Nokia E90 phone and I really need to connect to 3G sometimes. So I hope I can get it running in OS X . Another thing I’m worried about is that this blog will take a turn to "praise the oh so holy Macintosh". I hope I won’t turn in to one of those people. I do have the multi OS use on my side so let’s hope I keep my feet firmly on the ground while testing this one.
What I will try to write about is my life with this computer, since I have been a PC user. My opinions might still be a little biased since my Linux usage might come to assist me in this first year test drive.
Well the time is now 00:48 local and Verkkokauppa.com opens at 09:00 so I guess I’d better go to sleep so I can get out of bed and drive 200 kilometers to get it in the morning. Meanwhile feel free to give me pointers, links to pages and what software’s are a must for a new Apple user.
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