“It’s all Macs Fault”

I have been in and out of the apple world for at least 5 years. Now I remember my first computer class we had Apple IIe’s we learned to do basic programming.  So I know they have been around a very long time. I applaud their recent success and just hope as Dell did they won’t let it go to their head. They have always produced a quality product that is intuitive and useful.  After realizing this I just bought a Mac Mini Intel Duo Core.

   My First impression is that I made a great choice.  I have been in I.T. for ten years and as with anything I buy I want to make some upgrades. So I bought my memory from OWC to 2 GB.  I also upgraded the wireless card to a 802.11n card from PowerMax.  I also bought a second antenna just to make sure I got through put better than I was getting.  My next planned upgrade is a bigger hard drive.  I hate giving money to Bill Gates , but with all the documentation I do and send I had to buy Office 2008.

  My only issues I have had is since upgrading the wireless card I have been getting drop outs.  My wireless connection just drops off. I haven’t upgraded my router to an Apple one yet and still have my Netgear which has worked really well in the past until I upgraded this. I am still going to buy an Apple Extreme Base Station. I know everyone is all about the Time Capsule. I just have an issue with a single point of failure. I know I can probably crack it and swap out the hard drive. I would just rather have an external enclosure with a lot of space.  I might just go wired and alleviate the wireless all together with the Mac Mini.

   My future purchases will include the above mentioned Airport Extreme Base Station.  Then my next purchase will be a Mac Book Pro.  Apple knows what they are doing and as long as they continue with their focus on quality products, customer service, and innovation: They will own the computer market.  I hope you will give them a chance to show you what a computer should be.