Who are you (who, who)?

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What I'm curious about is this:

Who are you people? What do you do? What kind of Mac do you use? Do you think I'm pretty? Did you catch the Who reference in the subject?

Leave a comment (no registration required!) and tell us (and your fellow readers) about yourself, your Mac(s) and what you'd like to see on BGM in the future.

I'll start:

I'm Scott. I'm 37 years old and have three kids (all girls). I have a full time job as IT Manager for a global company. In the US, we're about a 50/50% Mac shop (all WIndows back-end and servers though).

I got into Macs via Linux...for a while I was with a Linux company that made commercial software. I really got into the command line and alternative GUI stuff. When OS X was released, I was enthralled. A CLI back-end and a cool looking front-end? Sign me up!

Over the past five years, I've been steadily moving toward a Mac only existence, but my job and all it entails keeps me grounded in Windows also. I'm no evangelist, and I've been known to say that I see computers as tools...whatever does the job works for me, and right now, the best tool for my job is a Mac. For many years, I wrote software for Windows as a hobby...not much these days though.

I can do anything and everything I need to do with one machine. One glorious, beautiful, well designed machine. :)

I also love the underdog aspect of the Mac community. 5% marketshare? Sign me up! Why? I don't know...something about being on the upswing of a massive battle against mediocrity and insecurity I guess.
Not to mention that when I need to get something done, I don't get sidetracked adjusting settings and changing things before I can use an app.
Oh, and did I mention not worrying about bugs and spyware and viruses?

Anyway, that's me. So, who are you? I really want to know...

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