Those who dump Microsoft Windows for Apple Macintosh are inevitably happier

Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 03:14 PM EDT "Maybe it’s because I’m a tech guy, but everyone in my orbit who makes 'The Big Switch' always seems to tell me about it first. Voice low, eyes wide, they confess to buying an Apple the way one admits to robbing a liquor store, or running off with another woman: Having loved their sleek and functional iPods and iPhones for years, they finally broke down and crossed all the way over to the Dark Side. And yes, they are inevitably happier as a result," Marc Stephens writes for The Biscayne Times. MacDailyNews Take: The Dark Side is Microsoft, Mr. Tech Guy. Those people finally crossed over into the light, took the red pill, woke up and finally bought themselves Macs. "And it’s not hard to see why. Both the iPod and iPhone remain the gold standard in personal-service hardware -- two... [read full story]