I recently sold my mac, i really liked that computer allot but there is a couple of major reasons why i decided to sell my MacBook-Pro 17 inch computer and switch back to a linux system, let me elaborate:

1. Money: The main reason why i switched over back to PC is that i simple needed the money. I sold my Mac while i still could get something out of it.
2. Workflow: The screenon the mac was a great big 17inch screen with 1920×1020 resolution so the work area in it self was great. Tho i really miss the simple solution of having multiple workspaces, something that Mac OSX can do but it does it really ugly and sluggish in comparison.
3. Love for Linux: I really missed using linux and i missed being in control of my operating system. This is a feeling and freedom that i simply can’t get with windows or mac.

Why did i switch to a Mac in the first place

I made the switch for Mac because i needed a better computer (my laptop was just not good enough), i was really tired of the poor service from HP for my Pavillion laptop and the small screen-resolution was really not helping when i needed to work in design environments like Photoshop and Illustrator. The second reason was that i thought i was going to need this computer for work, i was studying to work with advertising and web development in a more graphical way, and the way of the business is to use Mac and so i was desperate to learn how to use it for one of my internship.

What I’ve learned from using Mac

I have really learned allot from my time as a Mac user, the main thing would be that i learned the value of a good system and brilliant thinking when it comes to design, Mac is and will probably be for a long time in the front-line when it comes to designing both beautiful  hardware and user-friendly software. It took a while for me to see this after coming from a Windows user, things made sense for me there because i was used to how it worked but after getting acquainted with the OS X environment i could see that the way i was using my computer back in the windows days didn’t really make any sense, the interface is ugly and not at all user-friendly. Take a good look at how you manage your user settings in Windows, allot of separated software plays a part here, boxes that you need to check that didn’t really belong where it was etc (this is something that most Linux systems really need to have to approve on as well).

Back to hardware, why is it that most PC-manufacturers make this really ugly computers, whats with the plastic “gaming computers” for example, and what about the annoying stickers everywhere!? I know it’s an “nvidia inside” and i know it came with Windows originally, i really don’t want to show that of. The most annoying sticker of them all is the windows license sticker, why would i want to show of my license key on a bloated and ugly sticker that completely destroys the design of my hardware.