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<blockquote data-quote="TerenceW" data-source="post: 1282701" data-attributes="member: 211509"><p>I have two questions - I'm sure they've been asked before but what I've found doesn't exactly answer either question <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>My computer history: Built a Compukit UK101 in 1982 (I was 41 then so you can work it out...) progressed through Amstrad, Apricot, Win 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 7... and about 2 years ago bought a 13" Macbook Pro which I struggled to get to grips with so run Windows 7 in bootcamp most of the time... but I have become severely disenchanted with the W7 platform over the last few months, esepcially after a clean reinstall, seemingly a million updates and 4 blue screen crashes. Played with the Macbook for a while and began to understand it more.</p><p></p><p>SO, I have almost bought an iMac 27" (hovered over the 'buy now' button several times!)... There are some Windows programmes that I HAVE to use because there's nothing similar for the MAC as far as I can discover, so bootcamp/fusion 3.1 (which I have on the Macbook Pro) looks to be a good option.</p><p></p><p>OK, here's my two questions:</p><p></p><p>1. Is there anybody in the forum who can tell me how long it took to get used to the MAC OS and if they still feel that switiching was a good thing? (Especially in my 70 years age group!)</p><p></p><p>2. My W7 installation is on a 1TB partioned hard drive - is there anyway I could use that without going through the whole install/upgrade process again?</p><p></p><p>I do need to use some Windows programmes on a daily basis, unfortunately. </p><p></p><p>Any advice, encouragement, discouragement or other comments will be most welcome!</p><p></p><p>Terence</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerenceW, post: 1282701, member: 211509"] I have two questions - I'm sure they've been asked before but what I've found doesn't exactly answer either question :( My computer history: Built a Compukit UK101 in 1982 (I was 41 then so you can work it out...) progressed through Amstrad, Apricot, Win 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 7... and about 2 years ago bought a 13" Macbook Pro which I struggled to get to grips with so run Windows 7 in bootcamp most of the time... but I have become severely disenchanted with the W7 platform over the last few months, esepcially after a clean reinstall, seemingly a million updates and 4 blue screen crashes. Played with the Macbook for a while and began to understand it more. SO, I have almost bought an iMac 27" (hovered over the 'buy now' button several times!)... There are some Windows programmes that I HAVE to use because there's nothing similar for the MAC as far as I can discover, so bootcamp/fusion 3.1 (which I have on the Macbook Pro) looks to be a good option. OK, here's my two questions: 1. Is there anybody in the forum who can tell me how long it took to get used to the MAC OS and if they still feel that switiching was a good thing? (Especially in my 70 years age group!) 2. My W7 installation is on a 1TB partioned hard drive - is there anyway I could use that without going through the whole install/upgrade process again? I do need to use some Windows programmes on a daily basis, unfortunately. Any advice, encouragement, discouragement or other comments will be most welcome! Terence [/QUOTE]
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