Yep, I make a living out of writing software on the Microsoft platform, but at home I choose to have an iMac.
It does everything I want and it looks really smart on the desk. The wireless keyboard and magic mouse. I've even got a trackpad, and some of the hand gestures are a bit like a Jedi mind trick.
For my MS development I use VMWare Fusion, I have OSX on one screen and Windows 7 on another. My Mac has 12gig of RAM, 4 of which is dedicated to Windows7. Running both at the same time, side by side, and it's really slick. Love it.
Some of the software that comes with the Mac is very easy to use and quite powerful. Take iMovie for instance. Last week, the wifey went out with her friend Charlotte, they took their horses across to Stainsby Grange and she took my camera along.
I've got a Panasonic Lumix G3 camera. It's like a mini-SLR. It's really easy to use, takes nice photo's, but also full HD video. Rachael spent half her time videoing the two horses while Charlotte charged around on the back of them.
One night last week, I'd been out to the pub, totally forgetting that I'd promised Charlotte the video edit of her with Elton. So, I got the SD card out of the camera, stuck it in the iMac and I fired up iMovie. I wanted to create something that was interesting to watch, but something that wouldn't take long to edit or upload.
iMovie comes with a bunch of predefined templates. I decided I'd use the Adventure Movie Trailer template. It ask you for the names of people in the trailer, and then gives you slots to drop your movie clips in to. Within 10 to 15 minutes, by trailer was done.
What do you think of the results?
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