I have betrayed my kind. I am in love with my MacBook Pro. And it’s not a fleeting moment of lust.
We’re talking deep, serious, get hitched in Vegas, so totally hot for each other that it disgusts our friends, L-O-V-E.

It’s not as if I just don’t like PCs anymore, I do. I have a Compaq laptop and a Toshiba laptop… that I’m never going to touch again. It’s just … I have a different kind of love for them. (That sounds convincing, right?)

Which leads to the problem that many of the PC to Macintosh converts have. Our friends (or in my case my lame cousin and my know-it-all brother) ridicule us or become increasingly prone to inexplicable bouts of violence when they see us giving our MacBooks the Good Lovin’ in public. They think our affection should be hidden in the shameful corners of the world.

All I want to do is share my joy with all the PC-lovers, who, like me once, have No Idea what they’re missing. And I don’t necessarily want to convert other PC laptop or desktop users to Macintosh, necessarily. I just want them to stop assuming I can’t get YouTube videos to load because I’m on a “widdle baby Mac”.

Here’s what is working so far.

1. Don’t tell ridiculous lies like “the Mac never freezes”. The truth, that it freezes twice a month rather than every three days, is really good enough.
2. Stop pointing out how your MacBook Pro is better, and just show how it’s different. Much more convincing argument, because better is a matter of opinion, where different is a matter of observation.
3. Get Parallels Desktop for Mac, which allows you to run Windows XP or Vista, full screen or in its own window. Also get a Legit copy of Windows to run on it - Parallels doesn’t come with the product key for Windows.

This is way sleeker than the free Boot Camp, in my opinion, because you won’t have to reboot to get back on the Mac side, but you can use that too. Generally “It runs Windows.” quells many an argument about program availability.

4. Demonstrate the slick features and apps as subtly as possible, rather than showing off. Showing off just makes the Laptop PC people hate you more.
5. Don’t talk baby talk to the monitor. It perpetuates the entire cute little Mac stereotype.
6. At your first opportunity, whip out your remote and view some movie trailers, or better yet, a movie. Just the transition from the workspace to the multimedia area will pop their mouths open.
7. Talk about a few pet peeves you have, like how you have to adjust to the unified menu bar, even if it is more intuitive. I find my PC pals are most upset about the claims that the MacBook Pro is perfect.
8. Run down the specs. I like to say, “Intel Core Duo, foo’, 2 Gigs of memory. You and your weak toybox need to recognize me.”

Which, incredibly sounds even More lame when you hear it out loud.

9. Point out that South Park cartoons are made on Macs.
10. Plug and Play something. Your Bluetooth enabled phone, a LaCie brick. Anything.
11. Most importantly, give them a chance to try it themselves. Everyone loves to say someone else is wrong, but it’s so much harder to refute your own first hand experience of bliss.

Follow these tips and you, too, will be forever free of the stigma of the non-PC user. Flaunt your compatibility with the rest of the world and hold your head high.

Of course, about half the time? I just kick my brother and cousin in their respective stomachs instead.
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