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Recent PC to Mac switchers, help me out
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<blockquote data-quote="Meyvn" data-source="post: 78756" data-attributes="member: 7539"><p>I just switched over Christmas. I had a custom-built 1.6 GHz Athlon XP that always ran excellently for me. I never had a blue screen as long as it was my computer (It's had one since transfer of ownership to my mother). It always ran relatively fast, and had very few bugs in it. However, I just got tired of the way the system worked. The OS is not elegant in the way it operates at all. The processor is not tailored to handle certain complicated processes like graphics editing nearly as well as Macs do it. Each program on Windows XP had a different apperance and different GUI. It was like learning an entirely new system every time you got a new program. Additionally, you had to be one smart cookie and fight for your life against spyware and viruses if you wanted to keep it clean. I served my PC as much as it served me. Then, this December I got an iBook G4 14". Being a computer person in general, I dove right into OS X, head first. I do not regret it even one little bit. The biggest pain I have dealt with thus far is my CS:S obsessed friend who has insulted Macs and made fun of me for switching, and that's about it. Everything runs smoothly and beautifully in OS X that I have seen thus far. When you're worrying about problems with PC programs, the all-encompassing problem always seems to be "program/OS conflicts." It's like the techonological equivalent of 'the consumption.' In OS X you just don't have that. Most programs, with the exception of a select few badly done ports, run beautifully with the OS, and you can get Cocoa (proprietary, Mac-original) programs for most functions anyway. I just really enjoy using this computer. It's like driving around a car that's not only nice, gorgeous and fast, but the car does not break down, and fixes ITSELF.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Meyvn, post: 78756, member: 7539"] I just switched over Christmas. I had a custom-built 1.6 GHz Athlon XP that always ran excellently for me. I never had a blue screen as long as it was my computer (It's had one since transfer of ownership to my mother). It always ran relatively fast, and had very few bugs in it. However, I just got tired of the way the system worked. The OS is not elegant in the way it operates at all. The processor is not tailored to handle certain complicated processes like graphics editing nearly as well as Macs do it. Each program on Windows XP had a different apperance and different GUI. It was like learning an entirely new system every time you got a new program. Additionally, you had to be one smart cookie and fight for your life against spyware and viruses if you wanted to keep it clean. I served my PC as much as it served me. Then, this December I got an iBook G4 14". Being a computer person in general, I dove right into OS X, head first. I do not regret it even one little bit. The biggest pain I have dealt with thus far is my CS:S obsessed friend who has insulted Macs and made fun of me for switching, and that's about it. Everything runs smoothly and beautifully in OS X that I have seen thus far. When you're worrying about problems with PC programs, the all-encompassing problem always seems to be "program/OS conflicts." It's like the techonological equivalent of 'the consumption.' In OS X you just don't have that. Most programs, with the exception of a select few badly done ports, run beautifully with the OS, and you can get Cocoa (proprietary, Mac-original) programs for most functions anyway. I just really enjoy using this computer. It's like driving around a car that's not only nice, gorgeous and fast, but the car does not break down, and fixes ITSELF. [/QUOTE]
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