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That’s right. I, Tom Myer, lifelong Windows user, can now be counted among the MacGeeks. Just received a new 17″ macbook pro. I thought I’d have a lot of trouble with it, but I’m not at all. In fact, the speed at which I pick up things makes me wonder why I didn’t switch over 5 years ago when the Windows aggravations started.

Let me give you an example of something so natural on the Mac that you wonder how you ever lived without it after only being exposed to it for a few minutes. That thing is SmartFolders. On the Mail application, you can create a Smart Mailbox, basically a bunch of rules for sifting your mail. For example, you can look to see if any recipient is at a certain domain AND the subject line contains a phrase AND there’s an attachment. This smart rule will forever build a virtual folder of mail, no matter where it really is and give you a view of it in one handy place.

Same concept in iPhoto. I was able to quickly categorize hundreds of photos using this technique, and I’m only just now scratching the surface of this invaluable tool.

Something else that’s cool on the Mac? Just about every single Windows tool I use is available. For example, within 15 minutes of googling Mac tools for Blackberry, I had installed a free Blackberry synching tool for Mac and was happily synching back and forth.

So, please, tell me if Hell has frozen over, but I love this Mac! It’s amazing. And yes, I’ve already bought a couple books on AppleScripting and other geek stuff.

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