Switcher Diary: Ben Dinger

“I work for an ISP and go to college. My Mac seems to have been made for both jobs.”

Here’s a Switcher who left Windows after 15 years, having reached a level where he’s comfortable calling himself a “Windows god,” even if having such knowledge embarrasses him a little. Ben Dinger is also a college student and works for a local Internet company.

Like many people, Ben developed an interest in the Macintosh after being introduced to Apple by a friend who already owned a Mac. When we traded email, Ben was just four days away from getting rid of his last Windows machine.

Ben: I have a Windows XP PC that I just didn’t get rid of because, well, I paid a lot of money for it and now find just over a year later that it is worthless. ...

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