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Windows on a MacBook Pro

by tbrooks on October 29, 2008

Six years ago I turned my back on Windows Me (Microsoft's worst product release ever) and dived head-first into Macintosh world and I bought my first Apple, a 12" PowerBook.  It had an 876Mhz Motorola processor and a 40 GB hard drive.  Great machine.

Since 2002, I've owned a 12 inch PowerBook, a white MacBook, a MacBook Air, and now a screaming fast MacBook Pro — not the new build. 

For years I've enjoyed a stable, easy-to-use OS that worked like a dream.  Unfortunately I had to install Windows XP on my Mac and I almost cried.  If finding Apple was seeing the light; installing Windows was like a dog returning to its vomit.  Catch my drift? 

The only redeeming factor of working on XP was Google Chrome.  Google released their new browser a couple weeks ago and forgot to develop a Mac build.  Chrome is cool.  Because of all the great extensions, Firefox is still my browser of choice.  If you're still on IE, God help you…

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