Happy Holidays… I’m a Mac

Call me a malcontent, but now that Google Chrome is officially in “Beta” mode for Mac, I’ve lost all interest. In fact, I’ve returned to using Safari as my primary browser. In a perfect world, I think that’s all I would use.

I use an iMac as my primary computer. I wouldn’t call myself an Apple “fanboy,” as they say, but I do love the whole Mac package. It’s glossy, it’s simple, it’s fast, it’s secure… and there are a lot of little wonderful details that make life more enjoyable.

Because I work for real estate professionals, however, I cannot bask in my “I’m a Mac” elitism on a full-time basis.

Many website CMS’s and other online real estate platforms require me to at least jump into Firefox to access them – if not switch to my PC altogether to boot up the albatross that is Internet Explorer (ahem, Advanced Access!). I’ve been doing this for years, so I’m used to it.

Just about every Mac desktop application I use is somewhat compatible with its PC-counterpoint. I’ve lately switched over to iWork (Pages instead of MS Word, Numbers instead of MS Excel, Keynote instead of MS Powerpoint) because I found that their compatibility with my clients’ version of MS Office seemed to work better than when I used the the made-for-Mac version of MS Office.

As far as browsers go, I generally divide my time between Safari and Firefox. Then, the developer version of Chrome was released, and I started using it – bugs and all. I loved it. I swore to everyone who would listen that as soon as Chrome was released in Beta mode for Mac, I would make it my primary browser.

Well, yesterday it was released. And, I made it my primary browser – for all of about 5 minutes.

Then I opened Safari to start switching bookmarks over to Chrome, and I stopped. I love Safari. Was I just “over” Chrome because it was in public Beta and I no longer felt like I was living on the bleeding edge? Was I hit with a rush of holiday-induced nostalgia for the simpler times? Maybe.

But whatever. I’m back.

My name is Sterling, and I’m a Mac.

Happy Holidays, everyone!