Mac attack
I've recently requested and received an eMac for use at work in "assisting" me with supporting our handful of Mac users. I admit I've always been more of a Wintel kinda guy, but I've been impressed with the eMac and OS 10.3...so much so that I wouldn't really have a problem using it as me my primary computer over the PC, if only I could use all our systems on the Mac...which I can't....and that being the case I'll keep using my PC as the primary system. I have a lot of fringe benifits with the PC that I won't admit to publicly, like downloading from UseNET.
Now I have been using a trial version of Hogwasher to access my UseNET account and it is a nice little program. I wish it had a PC equivalent; which, it may have, but I haven't really looked for it...I'll stick with Agent.
One thing that chaps me about OS X, and this isn't Apple's fault, is that Microsoft hasn't created a native OS X Exchange client. Sure they've doctored up Entourage to access an Exchange server, and it is better than it was, but it's a far cry from the full featured Outlook on the PC. That one factor alone is a huge hitch in using the Mac in our environment.
Overall though, the eMac has been a fun little computer to use. One sad and unexpected side effect of having it on my desk is all the cretins who come by and gawk at it. I'm so tired of hearing, "woah, what's that" or, "wow, that's weird looking, what is it", or "is that a computer?" or the other myriad excruciating comments I get. I should have gone for the tower G5, but I was price concious and went for the cheaper option, and considering how much the G5 towers are I don't feel bad about it.