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Pondering a conversion to Mac
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<blockquote data-quote="didymus" data-source="post: 1207348" data-attributes="member: 98293"><p>For what it is worth: if you've been accustomed to Word, you'll probably find Pages rather clunky by comparison and there's a learning curve because the two programs do things rather differently. Of course, you can have Word on the Mac, but my experience is that Office software is the only stuff that falls over on my iMac <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> As for Aperture and iPhoto - I've ditched both of them because they work by taking control of your files and, in effect, hiding them in their own databases - I like to keep control of my pics myself, even if my directory structure is a bit of mess. Both Ap and iP need a lot of work on naming and tagging files if you are going to get the most out of their organizing capabilities - life's too short and I have too many images!</p><p></p><p>Given what you do, I have difficulty in figuring out why you would want to switch, and switching simply because you like the look of things, etc., isn't a very good reason. You'd be letting yourself in for a lot of learning and, potentially, a lot of hard work to achieve something that is not likely to be much better than what you have now.... and I'm an enthusiast for the Mac <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="didymus, post: 1207348, member: 98293"] For what it is worth: if you've been accustomed to Word, you'll probably find Pages rather clunky by comparison and there's a learning curve because the two programs do things rather differently. Of course, you can have Word on the Mac, but my experience is that Office software is the only stuff that falls over on my iMac :-) As for Aperture and iPhoto - I've ditched both of them because they work by taking control of your files and, in effect, hiding them in their own databases - I like to keep control of my pics myself, even if my directory structure is a bit of mess. Both Ap and iP need a lot of work on naming and tagging files if you are going to get the most out of their organizing capabilities - life's too short and I have too many images! Given what you do, I have difficulty in figuring out why you would want to switch, and switching simply because you like the look of things, etc., isn't a very good reason. You'd be letting yourself in for a lot of learning and, potentially, a lot of hard work to achieve something that is not likely to be much better than what you have now.... and I'm an enthusiast for the Mac :-) [/QUOTE]
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