Last week I decided it was time for me to get me myself a Mac. I went for the cheapest MacBook available (which in itself is still quite nicely specced).

Being a Windows 'die-hard' for years, running Vista for I don't know how long already, I thought it would be good to know about the 'other' side of the spectrum (I didn't forget Linux, which I'm running on servers also).

I wasn't really ready for the experience...

Things are beyond smooth. Everything 'just works'... it really does. Putting the machine into sleep mode is nearly instant (less than a second...) shutting it down, same thing. Starting, couple of seconds.
I do have to get used to the user interface, and also to the fact that clicking the close button of an application doesn't exit it, but merely closes that window within the application. The application itself stays active.

I actually use keyboard shortcuts much more on Mac OS X than I do in Vista. Another weird thing: there is no delete key. Only a backspace key. If you press Fn+Backspace it will act as a delete key though.

All in all: I am very impressed, but I am not converted. I use windows professionaly, and I totally love .NET, which is still not available on to the full extend on Mac (there is Mono of course and there is also Silverlight but both are not up the levels of the official .NET implementation).