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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1552660"><p>I would not recommend a dual-boot environment, as that will act as a crutch to hobble your ability to learn OS X.</p><p></p><p>The number one mistake switchers and Windows users make is that they assume that OS X is just Windows as designed by a different company. It is most definitely not -- it has not only an entirely different underpinning (UNIX), it has an entirely different "operating philosophy." While there are many surface similaries (thanks mostly to Windows copying Mac concepts, I might add) -- the graphical interface, files/folders metaphor, where user data is largely stored and so forth -- are roughly the same, the approach is as different as that of the different approach taken by cars and airplanes on the question of getting somewhere. <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>So unless you're going to go into this with an open mind, you may encounter some frustration that OS X isn't Windows, since that's obviously what you're used to. Just FYI.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1552660"] I would not recommend a dual-boot environment, as that will act as a crutch to hobble your ability to learn OS X. The number one mistake switchers and Windows users make is that they assume that OS X is just Windows as designed by a different company. It is most definitely not -- it has not only an entirely different underpinning (UNIX), it has an entirely different "operating philosophy." While there are many surface similaries (thanks mostly to Windows copying Mac concepts, I might add) -- the graphical interface, files/folders metaphor, where user data is largely stored and so forth -- are roughly the same, the approach is as different as that of the different approach taken by cars and airplanes on the question of getting somewhere. :) So unless you're going to go into this with an open mind, you may encounter some frustration that OS X isn't Windows, since that's obviously what you're used to. Just FYI. [/QUOTE]
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