I ask a lot from life, and my computer is no exception.

I just got myself a new MacBook. And let me tell you, I'm loving it. It's terrific, and after 2 hours of initial hesitation, I now totally "get" OS X. To top it off, I got a Windows XP loaded via Bootcamp, and that's working well, too. Amazing. I can't picture myself going back to Windows-only machine now.

I'm going to buy me a new computer this year -- and I've been trying to figure out whether I'm going to stay with Windows or switch to Mac.

Simple, right? 2 choices.

Well, those 2 choices have consumed me for the last few weeks. There's hardly a day goes by when I don't think about the issue. I won't go into pros and cons of the switch and the two OS. I'm obsessed with making the right choice and find an I-Can't-Believe-You-Found-It bargain solution that'll give me a rocket ship.

A lot of the times, if you solve a problem, that solution can create a new problem else where.

This is something I've known for a long time now, but as a perpetual problem-solver, I always have to watch out for. Computers and health issues are prime examples of this. You implement a new software and it give you a tool to do something, but it may make your system unstable. Or take a medicine to treat one problem, and its side effects can cause problems else where.

I am planning to buy a new computer this year, and I've been contemplating switching to Macs after using Windows exclusively for the last 10 years. I've been really excited about switching to a more stable platform.