It was already stated that it stands for Information Technology. Basically back in 1999 I worked for a company that did both service and sales for both consumers and businesses. I worked in the service department and was a technician, pretty much straight out of highschool. Back then they were still hiring people who had computer skills but no formal education on the matter. I was a PC guy back then.

Our only Mac tech quit. My boss got mad at always having to hire the 1 Mac guy. So he made all of us techs learn how to repair, maintain, and use Macs so we could all support our customers and also he never had to worry about hiring that one Mac guy.

So I started using Macs around 98 or 99 ish and was repairing them and supporting them. I had previously been dabbling a bit in Linux and liked it, and when OS X came out I was for the first time intrigued by a Mac. I honestly thought the classic OS was rubbish, and I thought it looked horrible.

Come OS X 10.2 I was certified Apple tech for a couple of years now, and had been working on them and decided to get my first OS X Mac. Really started liking them, started posting here a lot more to learn the Unix stuff.

Come 2006 I traded in my PC laptop for a Macbook Pro, and pretty much have not looked back since. I still am a PC user and Linux user and Windows user, but I prefer to do my work on my Macs. My PCs are for entertainment (gaming and HTPC).

@EatsWithFingers: I don't need to Google to do an AppleScript. ;-)
@ArcticStones: It's good that you say that about these Forums. I must agree.
@tlarkin: The typical story of a Windows convert? ;-)

I am not a total windows convert, and there are a few things that still make me like PCs over Macs on certain occasions.

Now, if I could build a PC and then legally load OS X on it, and OS X started supporting more games, I'd ditch Windows in a heart beat.

Well, I wouldn't hold my breath on the first request, but Steam is coming out for the Mac, which should significantly improve things on the gaming front.

Yeah but I can't pick and choose my video cards for Macs, and Macs have no mid range tower. iMac? No thanks! Mac Pro? No thanks.

I don't think Apple will ever enter the market where you can get a serious gaming machine. Unless they finally come out with a mid range i7 tower that allows users to toss in any video card they want.

Just so.
 

Just so.

This is in fact the main reason I joined. I had read the forums many times before joining, because at that time my questions were such common ones that others had asked them before. I have asked for more help than I have dispensed, but I'm glad I've been able to offer at least some.

Well first I found it when googling for some answers when I was new on macs.
Then shortly after I started answering unix questions and still mostly do that.
Background from windows and quite a lot of unix.

I'm in the same boat... my earliest memory is a thread i jumped into back in March 2004. Yet i see "Join Date: Apr 2002" next to my name there, but i don't recall that.

How can we find our first post (if we don't remember any content)? :confused:

Wow, seeing this topic. Just makes me think. I've been here for three years (going on four now).

I joined mainly to help others, and just to have a place to discuss Apple/Macs without getting hit upside the face by Dvorak-like pundits who think Microsoft are gods who can do no wrong.

Search on your name, then go to the last page of those found. Bingo, your first post.