Rewind to Valentine's Day 2007. My h-band drags me to the Apple store. He proudly says, pick out your new Mac for your Valentine's gift. His excitement is barely controllable. Why you ask? He has his new Macbook Pro and of course he loves it. He has "switched" our entire house over to Apple gear. I considered fighting, this unnecessary change and disruption to my life, but know in the end this change is happening with or without my cooperation. I select a nice MacBook and off we go with our big white boxes with the happy fruit on the side.
The next day I head into the office, where there are several "fruits"- affectionate nickname for Apple users. They have already heard about my new purchase. Is there some sort of underground notification system among Mac users that let's them know when one of "the others" has been converted? Anyway, they are overflowing with the same excitement my h-band had, this is strange. Each one offers to help me "get adjusted" to this new way of...

