I think the microchip Microsoft implanted in my brain when I accepted my job offer there has finally blown a circuit. In the last month, I downgraded my Vista machine to XP, lived with that for a while, and was quickly reminded of all the old stuff that used to drive me crazy. So, I finally broke down, and bought a Mac.. a Mini, to be precise.

It's going to be the email/web/music PC^H^H computer for my wife & I - so my wife can finally have at least one computer in the house she can count on not being junked up with beta stuff, and reinstalled every 6 months.

So far so good, though I imagine the way I feel now is about the same way my father feels when he tries to use a PC. Relearning the keyboard shortcuts is proving the most time-consuming, for reasons not the least of which is the fact that my keyboard is still Windows-centric, and I'm forced to mentally translate between Windows/Alt and Command/Option, never mind that the Delete key does nothing, and the Enter key doesn't do much good either. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and pick up a Mac keyboard.

Hell isn't freezing over quite yet though - I do have a new Windows Server 2008 box running, and my Vista laptop is still here, and going to be my main development box now - we'll see how that goes. So, if all else fails, I'll have the latest trials and tribulations to blog about.

At least iTunes will know how to synchronize my iPhone's contacts and calendar correctly now.