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BONG! Welcome to Macintosh
Am I the only person who still whispers, "Welcome to Macintosh" upon hearing the Mac start-up sound, even though that message stopped appearing on our screens years ago? It's Pavlovian, I swear. Hello, TUAW readers, I'm Christina Warren and I'm a new member of the TUAW (and also the Download Squad) team. My excitement over Leopard's impending release is only tempered by my genuine geek glee at the opportunity to blog about it, and other Apple products, here at TUAW.
I'm a reformed hardcore PC/Windows/Linux advocate turned Mac fan girl and though my status as a full-time switcher is still pretty new, I have been using the Mac since 1995. I'll admit, I was tentative about the transition at first; I told myself I would never be one of those people who espouses about Apple and the Mac like it is a religion. Cut to 48-hours after I bought my MacBook: I'm on the phone with my mom, plaintively telling her that her next laptop will be a Mac, no ifs ands or buts. I've even had to start biting my tongue, lest the dreaded "well if you had a Mac, it would just work" roll out, when I get a frantic phone call from some friend or relative (ahem, DAD) who somehow broke their networking protocol - and cut off the rest of their house from Wi-Fi, leaving the other computers, printer, and TiVo in a state of confusion.
And my specs, for people that are interested:
Black MacBook 2.16 C2D, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB HD, two external drives, including one set as a Boot Camp/Fusion/Paralells partition that I look forward to reconfiguring on Friday, or as it is known in iCal - "Leopard Day!"
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Micah Neumark said 7:09PM on 10-22-2007
Allow me to be the first (or second) to welcome you here to TUAW. Sadly, I'm not sure how much Friday will be Leopard day since its two days before my sister's wedding. Oh well, maybe I'll find some time to unwrap the box and use it some days after the box arrives...
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jbird said 7:20PM on 10-22-2007
Welcome!
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Mitch said 7:10PM on 10-22-2007
Welcome to TUAW!!!
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TR said 7:14PM on 10-22-2007
*BONG* Welcome to TUAW. =)
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Patrick McCarron said 7:17PM on 10-22-2007
Welcome to TUAW.
And thanks for the memories, I had forgotten about the old "Welcome" screen. Been a while since I booted up a legacy Mac.
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face said 7:25PM on 10-22-2007
Frankly Christina, I'm dissappointed. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I get the impression that your first mac is a current-generation macbook. As an avid apple user since the Mac Classic, I just don't know if what you have to say will as informed or reliable as what I already know--and I'm not a mac blogger. That is not to say that Tuaw shouldn't have hired you. Hopefully you were a convincing choice for the job. I just want to let you know that for at least a while, I am going to read all of your articles with a few grains of salt.
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Matthew said 7:34PM on 10-22-2007
Yah, I love ur name just like my aunties name! lol Just like me then i tell all my friends "No you are getting a mac and thats the end of it" although i am only 17 lol Are you the first girl poster? you may not be but its first i have seen that someone has introduced themselves, they should do it more. :D
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cory said 7:43PM on 10-22-2007
Hi Christina, and welcome to TUAW. I cannot wait to see what you write about!
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Rafe H. said 7:49PM on 10-22-2007
Wow, face (#6) and Matthew (#7) really span the spectrum of readers. Are you sure you're ready Christina?
:)
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Olde_Fortran said 7:54PM on 10-22-2007
Nice first post :)
Is this the long awaited winner of the Next TUAW Blogger contest?
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Ian said 7:59PM on 10-22-2007
Christine, welcome to TUAW! I think this article is fantastic. I'm a new Mac user (since May 2007). I don't Digg that many and unfortunately I don't see a Digg button above but Digg it I will. I'll refer Windows users to it when they complain of something going wrong, they might even then understand the pressure of trying not to say how great Mac is!
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mentalsticks said 8:01PM on 10-22-2007
welcome, and great article. you have a fine style of writing.
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Steve Dixon said 8:31PM on 10-22-2007
@ face
I'm quite certain Christina Warren stated, "I have been using the Mac since 1995" and it is only recently she has become a full-time switcher, thus meaning she's using OS X as her primary operating system. Hopefully you'll not pinch too much salt otherwise you'll misread all of Christina has to say.
Welcome to TUAW, Christina. Enjoy yourself!
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Frank Furter said 8:12PM on 10-22-2007
Yeah, hi there, blah blah blah, welcome to idiotville. I'm the mayor.
Anyway, so BONG. Maybe a link to the sound would've been appropriate for those who a) don't know what you mean, and b) use a PC.
Best of luck.
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Kyle Hance said 10:35PM on 10-22-2007
Welcome to TUAW Christina! I can't wait to be reading your posts!
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Dorkus Malorkus said 8:31PM on 10-22-2007
>Am I the only person who still whispers, "Welcome to Macintosh" upon hearing the Mac start-up sound, even though that message stopped appearing on our screens years ago?
No, I still whisper (1996-era), "BONG! Thanks for calling Apple. Your call is important to us. We answer calls in the order in which they were received. So stay on the line, and we'll take your call as quickly as possible (dreadful guitar-rock hold music)
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Luigi193 said 8:41PM on 10-22-2007
"6. Frankly Christina, I'm dissappointed. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I get the impression that your first mac is a current-generation macbook. As an avid apple user since the Mac Classic, I just don't know if what you have to say will as informed or reliable as what I already know--and I'm not a mac blogger. That is not to say that Tuaw shouldn't have hired you. Hopefully you were a convincing choice for the job. I just want to let you know that for at least a while, I am going to read all of your articles with a few grains of
That sums up the internets for ya!!!
Best of luck, you'll need it with the world of morons out there!!!
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Seahawk said 9:39AM on 10-23-2007
So now the real question - how do we hack leopard to show "Welcome to Macintosh" :)
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Ben the Dog said 9:57PM on 10-22-2007
"I just want to let you know that for at least a while, I am going to read all of your articles with a few grains of salt."
In these parts, this person is what we like to call a 'bellend'
- Welcome to TUAW! Like your good self I have used Macs for about 10 years but only took the plunge of buying my own three years ago - and I've never looked back. I'm assuming that this means 'face' will be reading my comments with a grain of salt too :-)
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imatt said 10:02PM on 10-22-2007
The first girl poster? If you read the names under who publishes each article on any given day, I don't care which one you pick, but you're bound to see Erica's name pop up. I'll admit to just having started reading TUAW within the past year, but she's been a fairly prominent part of the site for...ever. And she's something of a UNIX guru to boot.
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