So I just got my new toy…a shiny new MacBook Pro, 2.5 GHz Core 2 Duo with 4 GB of RAM. Love it. But here is the really cool thing…one more reason I love Macs and am glad I made the switch a little over two years ago. I had an older MacBook Pro that had all my applications, documents, music, pictures, etc… I was concerned about how I would get all that stuff over. My past experience with changing laptops was an arduous task of burning all my documents to DVDs or putting them on an external drive. Then I’d have to round up all my product keys and install files for all the applications I use. I needed to make a list of all the apps I’ve downloaded and then re-download. I needed to reconfigure everything. Just an absolute pain in the butt. So I was a bit concerned with the upcoming transition to the new MBP.

However, it couldn’ have been easier. When I pulled out my new MBP, I turned it on for the first time, chose the language and keyboard layout. It then asked if I had data on another laptop I wanted to transfer. I said I did. I connected my new laptop and the old one via a Firewire cable. I then rebooted the old one holding down “T”. It was recognized as a target disc. About an hour later, all my docs, photos, music, AND applications had been transferred to the new machine. Absolutely beautiful!!! It couldn’t have been easier. On a Windows machine that never would have been possible. Again, people ask me on a regular basis why I would recommend a Mac. My answer is always the same…”It just works.” This is another example of how well it works.

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