So, she's the pickiest person on earth as far as gifts go. If she didn't ask for it, don't bother, unless it's something really frivolous. This was a huge risk, but I went and got her a Mac Mini. Tonight was the night I plugged it in. Now, she has barely glanced at it, being that she was exhausted from her day. But I must tell you, as the set-up guy, I'm pretty damn impressed. For one, I took her old hard drive out of her PC, put it in a external cradle, and jimmy'd it up. To my pleasant surprise, it recognized it immediately, and I double clicked on it and all her files were there. If this were the reverse situation (on a PC), something would have gone wrong for sure.
After the transfer of her old files was complete, it was time to format a 200GB drive that she had bought a year ago, and use that as her external. So, I put it in the cradle, closed it up, plugged it in, and then went through the process of formatting the thing. I did this a week ago on my own computer, and it took about 1.5 hours for the formatting to be complete. So, I hit the "Go" button, and was prepared to watch a DVD while this was to happen. To my surpise, it was done in under 10 SECONDS. Let me say that again... 200GB drive, formatted in 10 SECONDS!!!
I'm rarely pleasantly surprised when I get under the hood of a computer. What I predict to be a one-hour job usually requires a half a day's devotion, at best. Tonight was a rare occasion where I got everything done, and have some time to enjoy a beer and write in my blog to top it off. Apple, you have my vote. Were I not invested by the hundreds in my PC, I'd switch back in a second.
Below are two photos commemorating the occasion.
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