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<blockquote data-quote="ToddG" data-source="post: 283334" data-attributes="member: 23228"><p>As someone who switched about a week ago:</p><p></p><p>You will <strong>not</strong> achieve nirvanna overnight by switching to a Mac.</p><p></p><p>If you had your Wintel box running exactly the way you wanted, every possible configuration set to your personal taste ... OS X out of the box will <strong>not</strong> be as pleasant. You will have to spend time customizing it just like you customized your Wintel.</p><p></p><p>If you understand the simple steps necessary to keep viruses, spyware, and the like off your Wintel box, OS X is not going to be a very big difference. However, one nice and noticeable difference is in startup time ... OS X starts up much faster from a cold boot because it doesn't have umpteen billion background programs (like virus scanners, spyware scanners, etc.) running. From power button to password screen on my MBP is perhaps 15 seconds. From entering the password to having the desktop in front of me able to go (as opposed to waiting for the computer to start responding as it loads all those programs) is maybe another 5-10 seconds.</p><p></p><p>If you know every nifty keyboard shortcut and trick in WinXP, OS X is going to make you pull your hair out for a while. Getting used to different keystrokes will take time. There are still instances when I want to select a word but instead go to the end of a line, or vice versa. </p><p></p><p>If fiddling with IRQs and registry settings is old hat, then OS X isn't going to run better for you. But you'll be amazed how pleasant it is when you <strong>don't</strong> have to fiddle with that stuff. That's the real beauty of a Mac ... it just <em>works</em> without you having to do all the stuff required by a Wintel system. </p><p></p><p>I look at it this way. I know how to change the oil in my car. But if someone came along with a new model that changed its own oil, I'd buy one in a heartbeat. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>With Windows, the OS does things that frustrate you but you can figure them out and fix them.</p><p></p><p>Mac OS X just doesn't frustrate you to begin with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ToddG, post: 283334, member: 23228"] As someone who switched about a week ago: You will [b]not[/b] achieve nirvanna overnight by switching to a Mac. If you had your Wintel box running exactly the way you wanted, every possible configuration set to your personal taste ... OS X out of the box will [b]not[/b] be as pleasant. You will have to spend time customizing it just like you customized your Wintel. If you understand the simple steps necessary to keep viruses, spyware, and the like off your Wintel box, OS X is not going to be a very big difference. However, one nice and noticeable difference is in startup time ... OS X starts up much faster from a cold boot because it doesn't have umpteen billion background programs (like virus scanners, spyware scanners, etc.) running. From power button to password screen on my MBP is perhaps 15 seconds. From entering the password to having the desktop in front of me able to go (as opposed to waiting for the computer to start responding as it loads all those programs) is maybe another 5-10 seconds. If you know every nifty keyboard shortcut and trick in WinXP, OS X is going to make you pull your hair out for a while. Getting used to different keystrokes will take time. There are still instances when I want to select a word but instead go to the end of a line, or vice versa. If fiddling with IRQs and registry settings is old hat, then OS X isn't going to run better for you. But you'll be amazed how pleasant it is when you [b]don't[/b] have to fiddle with that stuff. That's the real beauty of a Mac ... it just [i]works[/i] without you having to do all the stuff required by a Wintel system. I look at it this way. I know how to change the oil in my car. But if someone came along with a new model that changed its own oil, I'd buy one in a heartbeat. :) With Windows, the OS does things that frustrate you but you can figure them out and fix them. Mac OS X just doesn't frustrate you to begin with. [/QUOTE]
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