I’ll admit it; I’ve used PC’s all my life. I’ve been a slave to Microsoft ever since I can remember typing “win” into a dos command line to fire up a brand new installation of Windows 3.11.

Of course it's a Macbook! Can't you see the apple?

But times have changed, and I’ve grown more and more jaded with my relationship with Microsoft. Lately, things have taken a turn for the worse. The relationship has gotten pretty abusive ever since Vista got involved. We’re seeking counseling by way of a hard drive format and bootleg copy of XP.

And though I’m faithful, I can’t help but be jealous of my friend’s Macs. The slick interface, the lack of bugs, the UNIX based filesystem – it all looks so SEXY from this side of the error-prone, “ten-yarder” type of beauty on Vista’s yard. After getting an iPhone, I was resolved to save my money and get a Macbook down the road.

However, the recession hit strong, and now because I have very little credit (good or bad), no one wants to give me a credit card, and I can’t really afford a new Mac off of straight cash.

What’s more is those new windows commercials hits home (aka my wallet) hard. Laptops running windows are just flat out more cost-effective. A thousand dollars gets me a top of the line laptop, as long as it’s running Windows.

What does a thousand dollars get me from the apple store? Well, how about their bottom of the litter macbook. Their lowest tier laptop is the same price of a technological stud running windows.

I just can’t bring myself to buy a Mac now, no matter how cool it is, or how much better of an operating system it runs. It’s just not a good value, and I’ll always regret it. However, if I do spend the cash to get a new Windows laptop, well, I’ll always regret not getting a Mac – at least for the next few years that is.

What can tide me over for now? My PC friends, here’s the rocketdock. While it won’t make the Windows kernel any better, it will make your desktop prettier.

It’s simply a program to emulate one of Mac’s extremely user friendly ideas – the launching dock. That cool thing that hangs around the bottom of your desktop (or side, or top – your choice!) and lets you load programs quickly. 

So while I can’t buy that Mac I’ve always (the last three years) wanted, and I can’t not buy the Mac I’ve always wanted (aka buy another PC), at least I can pretend I have a mac, in an extremely superficial way at least.

Oh, and for those who hate Vista just because it gobbles up resources – the rocket dock only takes up about 5 – 8 MB’s of ram at a time.

Check it out!