I think my girlfriend is making the Switch.


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Sorry, but I just had to share my enthusiasm...

After years of being a PC person herself, I think my girlfriend is finally making the switch to Apple, all thanks to a little fellow called the MacMini.

I really think for a person like her this is a no brainer.

Her and her friend are in the process of starting a Wedding Invitations company, so my girl is just getting into working with all of the Adobe apps full steam, and her friend works on a Mac already, which will make it just that much easier for them to share files.

Other than that, all she really does is Organize her Music (I just got her a 20gb iPod for Christmas so she currently uses iTunes on Windows), Organize her Digital photo Library (iPhoto), chops up Video Clips and makes little movies (iMovie), and surfs the web.

With the spyware and ad-aware alone I have had to play tech support for her more than once thanks to all of the spyware and ad-aware floating around for Windows comps. I myself am excited just about the fact that I will really not have to worry all that much about any of that stuff anymore. Me being selfish that is a perfect reason alone for her to make the switch.

I must say as a Mac man myself for the past 7 years, I personally thought the MacMini was a pretty stupid idea at first. After seeing now that in all actuality it is a perfect computer for someone such as my girlfriend, I really feel it was a great move on Apple's part.

She is still in the decision making process, but I keep pestering her to do it, so it really does look like it will work out, especially if we can sell her current comp to her brother who desperately needs a comp himself. The only negative thing is these things have an estimated ship time of 3-4 weeks.

glad to hear that the mac mini will be useful to some! i hope your girlfriend's company does very well. when i get married, maybe i will have to contact her to make my invites, could be difficult though, i live on canada's west coast :p

congrats on your GF switch :) (no pun intended). but it's really cool. i'm saving up for one of those myself.

btw, it's not "ad-aware". "ad-aware" is the name of a anti-adware program (hence "ad-aware" - "aware of ads"). but the malicious software in itself is called "adware" :). just a heads up

congrats on your GF switch :) (no pun intended). but it's really cool. i'm saving up for one of those myself.

btw, it's not "ad-aware". "ad-aware" is the name of a anti-adware program (hence "ad-aware" - "aware of ads"). but the malicious software in itself is called "adware" :). just a heads up

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Thanks for the correction, but for the record I do know this, I myself am a Cross Platform user, and on my Windows comp I use "Ad-Ware" in combo with Spybot and the new Giant, oh I mean MS's app.

The reason for the misspell is I have Safari (I am on my Mac right now) set to "Check Spelling As I Type," so whenever I see a little red squiggly line I always just right click and choose what it suggests as the correct spelling, this way I seem like I know how to type really well, and for some reason when I try to write adaware (and there is the red squiggly line as I just typed that LOL), Safari recommends I should write it is ad-aware.

@ [hxc] PM when you are going take the plunge get married. Their stuff is really good and very much "hip" and for people who are younger. The beauty about the digital age is it could still be done via email and I am going to probably set up a nice web back-end interface for a client preview and all of that, although I do know women like a more hands on approach to those type of things. ;)

@ [hxc] PM when you are going take the plunge get married. Their stuff is really good and very much "hip" and for people who are younger. The beauty about the digital age is it could still be done via email and I am going to probably set up a nice web back-end interface for a client preview and all of that, although I do know women like a more hands on approach to those type of things.  ;)

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sounds good DL, i have the girl in mind :wub:, i'm going to wait until finances are secure though lol.

i was thinking something else  :shifty:

i am such a pervert (sp)  :cry:

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I really must admit, although it is totally correct, I named the topic that way because I thought it would be interesting to see how many people like you from the home page would think it meant something else!!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

,Jan 14 2005, 15:34]sounds good DL, i have the girl in mind :wub:, i'm going to wait until finances are secure though lol.

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(Y) Sounds Good. Good Luck.

And Believe me my Man, I definitely hear you about about the finances.

Me and my girl are ready, it is just the finances are not. It really sucks things that money even reveals it's ugly head and plays a part in something like getting married. Unfortunately money does make the world go round, or at least thats what they say. ;)

Funny enough though, even with finances being rough, a thing like a MacMini which probably should not be purchased, will be. LOL Go Figure.

Lol yeah. I thought something else too. I thought she was like.. going to have surgery... if you know that I mean. :p :whistle:

Guess I'm dirtier than you :laugh: :blush:

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ROFL.

Keep in mind my friend, Dirty minds think alike, and the Thread Name was definitely strategically chosen. :shifty: ;)

But yeah, honestly, all of you preverts that came in here are obviously dirtier than me. ;)

I have not seen a normal Mac related thread (not related to new hardware releases or the iPod at least) get this so many views so quickly, I don't think ever.

Shame on all of you preverts. :rofl: :rofl:

anyways.... congrats on the buy DL, I was thinking of buying one also :)

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Thanks bro. (Y)

The purcahse was made today. :woot:

She also took my advice and got the "higher" model and added a stick of ram as well.

Should be here within 3-4 weeks it claims.

I am going to ease her in by setting her up a user account on my Powerbook, so she is not completely blown away by the Switch.

The only downside to this story is she is going to have to wait to play the only game she plays, and that is The Sims 2, which in my quick research I have not found any type of release date, so does anyone know if this is definitely coming out for the Mac? I have a feeling it is since all of the others have, but I would like to be able to add her that comfort and let her know it is. (Y)

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