{"id":158,"date":"2007-08-17T13:43:17","date_gmt":"2007-08-17T21:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=158"},"modified":"2007-08-17T13:43:17","modified_gmt":"2007-08-17T21:43:17","slug":"mac-is-where-its-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/158","title":{"rendered":"Mac is where IT’s at"},"content":{"rendered":"

As anyone who knows me (or has read this blog) knows, I am a Mac user and pretty serious fan. Some would go so far as say “fanboy<\/a>” but I like to think that I am honest enough to see the warts, too.<\/p>\n

Having said that, one thing that has been quite interesting to me is the adoption (conversion?) rate of OS X and Macintosh hardware in my department at work recently. I work in IT and in my “section” there are sixteen of us. When I first transferred in about two years ago I was one of only two Mac users (the department was only 11 then). As our department grew, OS X improved, and products like Parallels<\/a> came about, Apple hardware started showing up. At this point, nine of thirteen laptops are MacBooks and as I write this, my manager is anxiously awaiting his MacBook (updating to ten of thirteen).<\/p>\n

I work with a lot of smart people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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