Remember this hilarious commercial? 

The Mac vs PC debate was fun to watch back then, but now that I'm caught in the agonising transition from using a PC to a Mac... well let's just say it's hard to laugh when you're internally haemorrhaging from the stress. 

To start the bitching session off on an even, neutral footing, lets keep in mind that I have been a PC (Microsoft. Microsoft, damnit, why the fuck did the commercial have to harp on about PC vs Mac? That's like saying TV vs Viera, for fuck's sake) user all my life, and the Macbook Pro I'm using belongs to my dad. My 3 year old Acer Aspire netbook has been giving me grief with its lags, which is entirely my fault because I didn't update many of the programs I installed over the years... and not clean up after the many other programs I never bothered to use... blablabla what's done is done and there's no use crying over spilt milk.

Ahem. So yeah. I might have just the teeniest weensiest preference for Microsoft to start off with.

Even so, I was excited to learn how to use the Macbook Pro. At first. I quickly learned that it is not as user friendly as Apple (and many of their consumers) repeatedly go on about. The simplest example I can give is Safari's inability to comply with my basest desire to maximise a window without having to drag a corner- and even then, it appears I can't pull it down low enough to cover the bottow apps icon. That's okay though, at least I managed to cover 4/5 of my screen now. The thing I can't stand though, is the fact I had to google 'how to maximise' and get a shitty answer from Mac support like, 'no wasted screen space with Mac \(^.^  )/' (source: http://www.macyourself.com/2011/02/06/why-doesnt-mac-os-xs-green-zoom-button-maximize-windows/).

Fer flyin' fuck's sake, yeh gotta be shittin' me! Maximise when I want you to, and be done with! There are many other minor issues I have (shortcuts, programs, where my files are, that download finder thing gets annoying quickly as well) that accumulate into a gastric pain. I wanted to try gaming on the Macbook as well but apparently it's not as gamer-friendly as it should be, but that's not such a big deal to me seeing as how I'm used to netbooks and their fondness for crashing (all them open windows using up the RAM and shite).

On a personal note, this Mac is hardwired with my dad's security settings so I can't exactly tamper with it without blowing something up. And I can't exactly reformat it either because he still has a few of his projects here. Ugh. I need to clean this place up and make it MINE. We'll start by replacing that galaxy wallpaper with something more Sakinah-like.

Like this.

Sexy hips. 

So yeah. Mac vs Microsoft? We'll opt for the more comfortable, familiar, and clunky Microsoft. This verdict is brought to you by the girl with the glasses typing on her Macbook. 

On another note, I need to finish reading Les Miserables. 90 pages more and I am done! I want to hurry up and finish so I can mull over my next pick of reads. It'll be a close battle between Crime and Punishment, Kokoro, or a A Farewell to Arms. Better yet, we'll buy a new book between now and then and add that to our reading frenzy!