Today I watched my new co-worker as he tried to install OS X on his new Mac mini. Cute little box it is. After struggling for about an hour with single input field (a phone number text field, requires 10 digits) which only allows 8 characters, he decided it was time to see what Google has to say about it. Nice catch, Apple. :-)
He somehow found the way to get pass that screen and went on trough the rest of the installation procedure. About 15 minutes later, the process hanged. Not sure why, he started reading the manual. You know, after trying few times and failing it's wise to look up the answer in the manual. Only he found nothing. Another 15 minutes later, he looked at installation CD (or maybe DVD...) and found big patch of grease on it. And it was originally packed within the cardboard box. Go figure.
About two hours later he was finally ready to do some real, money bringing work. And from this point on his Mac was working flawlessly. He was smiling again.
I (still...) have no first hand experience with Apple computers. After seeing this guy struggle for at least three (3) hours with his brand new Mac mini, I must say I have some doubts about buying one. I mean, for a 12 year Unix/Linux veteran, installing and working with Mac should be like being on a vacation. And since I'm leaving for San Francisco in a few days, not buying one will probably be a huge temptation.
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