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I haven’t checked this out yet… but can’t help wondering before I do.

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A devout PC user actually taking the time to really use a Mac and find out at first hand what the platform has to offer?

Well, wonders never cease. Anand Lal Shimpi of AnandTech has done just that in a few articles, each of which are well worth reading:

• A Month with a Mac: A Die-Hard PC User’s Perspective:
  An in-depth look of Anand’s experience with Apple’s Mac platform.
• A Month with a Mac - Part II: The Mobile Experience:
  As a desktop, the Mac is a tough sell for most, but what about as a notebook?
• Apple’s Mac mini - Tempting PC Users Everywhere:
  A look at (and in) the new Mac mini, iLife ‘05 and iWork.

Given the length of the reviews and the depth of issues they address, the best quotes are the most general:

Within the first three days of publication, that little Mac article skyrocketed to becoming one of the all-time most popular articles ever published on AnandTech.
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The flood of emails that came in as a result of that article is greater than the response to any single product launch that I’d ever seen. Even to this day, I get tons of emails from users just now stumbling upon the article, searching for PC user experiences with OS X as folks contemplate trying out OS X for the first time, thanks to the release of the Mac mini.
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In fact, I’d say that the Mac article resulted in the most positive email responses that I’ve had from an article to date. I introduced the original article by talking about how difficult of an article it was to write, but after the overwhelming response to it, a sequel didn’t seem that difficult.