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<blockquote data-quote="len0475" data-source="post: 1014687" data-attributes="member: 78709"><p>Mr. Daniel,</p><p></p><p>I have been a Windows owner all my life and have switched over about a year ago to Mac. </p><p></p><p>I don't find anything about Windows that I miss whatsoever. I am a full time student and the things that I do are:</p><p></p><p>1. Write papers</p><p>2. Store, edit, and manage photos (photoshop, lightroom, etc.)</p><p>3. Sync calendars, contacts, email with my iPhone</p><p>4. Keep in contact with family</p><p>5. Store, edit, and manage music (iTunes)</p><p>6. Store, edit, and manage movies (iTunes)</p><p></p><p>It has provided me with stress-free laptop. In the first several months of usage, I've not turned the laptop off at all and it has always remained in sleep mode when I didn't use it. At first I was annoyed by the CD initialization after waking up from sleep. But it wasn't long until Apple issued a firmware fix for this. Now it wakes up silently as if it wasn't even asleep to begin with. This is something I could not do with my Dell without having to reboot it a day or two later. It would cause several driver conflicts and eventually it would give me a blue screen of death(BSOD).</p><p></p><p>I have not experience any major issues with my laptop at all. I have not had to deal with updating drivers or accessing my devices like I do on my Dell. If it did have issues, a simple reboot would return the laptop to a working condition.</p><p></p><p>I had one small defect on the screen from manufacturing problems that was addressed immediately when I took it up to the Apple store. The screen was replaced within a week and all was well.</p><p></p><p>Software was very easy to install as the majority of them are self-contained. Meaning that I could just drag the actual program in the trash and it would delete it off my computer. This was something that drove me insane with my PC. I would use the uninstall method on PCs to find out later that there are remaining files left over. On programs that were not self-contained however, there is a utility that I use for my Mac (Appcleaner) that finds all the related files and allows you to move it to the recycling bin to delete. From there it was just a matter of emptying the trash bin to remove it.</p><p></p><p>From browsing the internet I used Firefox. I have two add-ons that I use to block unwanted spam and pop-ups. I have not encountered many any malicious software or pop-ups. Those that slipped through the crack always popped up with a warning telling me that it is not a trusted website.</p><p></p><p>Every time I needed to install something downloaded from the internet, my MacBook would ask me for my password. I love this feature as it is a constant reminder that the computer is working in the background to protect you from unwanted issues.</p><p></p><p>Overall, my experience has been top notch. I would rate it at 9.5/10 with the .5 being some incompatibility issues that I worked around using parallels and a copy of Windows 7.</p><p></p><p>I hope that helps. Good Luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="len0475, post: 1014687, member: 78709"] Mr. Daniel, I have been a Windows owner all my life and have switched over about a year ago to Mac. I don't find anything about Windows that I miss whatsoever. I am a full time student and the things that I do are: 1. Write papers 2. Store, edit, and manage photos (photoshop, lightroom, etc.) 3. Sync calendars, contacts, email with my iPhone 4. Keep in contact with family 5. Store, edit, and manage music (iTunes) 6. Store, edit, and manage movies (iTunes) It has provided me with stress-free laptop. In the first several months of usage, I've not turned the laptop off at all and it has always remained in sleep mode when I didn't use it. At first I was annoyed by the CD initialization after waking up from sleep. But it wasn't long until Apple issued a firmware fix for this. Now it wakes up silently as if it wasn't even asleep to begin with. This is something I could not do with my Dell without having to reboot it a day or two later. It would cause several driver conflicts and eventually it would give me a blue screen of death(BSOD). I have not experience any major issues with my laptop at all. I have not had to deal with updating drivers or accessing my devices like I do on my Dell. If it did have issues, a simple reboot would return the laptop to a working condition. I had one small defect on the screen from manufacturing problems that was addressed immediately when I took it up to the Apple store. The screen was replaced within a week and all was well. Software was very easy to install as the majority of them are self-contained. Meaning that I could just drag the actual program in the trash and it would delete it off my computer. This was something that drove me insane with my PC. I would use the uninstall method on PCs to find out later that there are remaining files left over. On programs that were not self-contained however, there is a utility that I use for my Mac (Appcleaner) that finds all the related files and allows you to move it to the recycling bin to delete. From there it was just a matter of emptying the trash bin to remove it. From browsing the internet I used Firefox. I have two add-ons that I use to block unwanted spam and pop-ups. I have not encountered many any malicious software or pop-ups. Those that slipped through the crack always popped up with a warning telling me that it is not a trusted website. Every time I needed to install something downloaded from the internet, my MacBook would ask me for my password. I love this feature as it is a constant reminder that the computer is working in the background to protect you from unwanted issues. Overall, my experience has been top notch. I would rate it at 9.5/10 with the .5 being some incompatibility issues that I worked around using parallels and a copy of Windows 7. I hope that helps. Good Luck [/QUOTE]
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