You know, there’s a certain attitude that comes with owning an apple product; supremacy to say the very least. When I was a senior in high school, the iPhone had just been released. I remember completely loathing any person that had one. Whenever I saw one, it was as if Steve Jobs himself held it front of me, and in the most condescending tone imaginable, whispered, “I bet you wish you had one of these”. The fact of the matter was, I did. I then found myself holding a certain hatred towards anyone who had a Mac; and even towards Steve Jobs himself. But why? He, or his company, had never done anything to me, or degraded me in any form.

Fast forward 7 years and I am now myself using all Apple products. I’m even typing this post on a MacBook Pro. Looking back, I realize my blind distaste for the Apple brand stemmed from the culture I aligned myself with. You see, in high school, especially as a self-proclaimed nerd, it was cool to hate on Apple. It didn’t even really matter whether or not you could afford one, we were just PC people and that’s the way we liked it. Mac’s were for hipsters and old people. This attitude, shared among many people, has continued to this day.

Now that I have experienced what it means to use a Mac, I couldn’t have been any more wrong. I’m a junior in college, studying for Cyber Security. I need a computer that can handle anything I throw at it. My Linux desktop can, however, it’s only because of the massive amounts of money I put into it. And although it can manage about everything (Windows programs through virtual machines), it’s not portable. My Windows laptop can somewhat handle what I have to use. Although, after just one year of use, the integrity of Windows really takes a hit. Enter my Mac. I understand now why all the professionals I see at my job use Mac’s. They are powerhouses. Should I need to run multiple VM’s, Adobe Creative Suite, AND Microsoft Office, it can handle it. It’s quite amazing actually.

So, to get back to my main point. I was a Windows person for so long that switching to a Mac was somewhat of a difficult process for me. And although I practically only use Apple devices now, I have enough experience with both that I can appreciate what each has to offer, without feeling the need to be arrogant.