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Switchers, what do you love most about your new Mac?
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<blockquote data-quote="eric" data-source="post: 278498" data-attributes="member: 22327"><p>switched a couple months ago to my macbook.</p><p>been a semi-power user for some time and am in wintel server support at work.</p><p></p><p>i like the 'solidity' and design of the OS and file layout (not the actual file system, but how finder organizes things). i love how applications live, for the most part in ONE place as packages, rather than spread like a disease all over your hard drive.</p><p>i also like how i can either hunker down with a lapdesk, attached external hard drive and really get serious work done, or i can remove it from all tethers and litterally lay it comfortably on my lap for casual web browsing - something tricker on either of my old HP notebooks with a multitude of fans and grates on them.</p><p></p><p>other stuff i like...</p><p>- mag safe - nice!</p><p>- slot load disc</p><p>- large touchpad with two-finger scrolling<em>anywhere</em> on it</p><p>- battery tricks - the button and lights for battery status are really slick</p><p></p><p>some stuff i think windows does better or i've just seen executed better on other machines...</p><p>- renaming files - why can't i just highlight a few files in osx and rename them all in sequence by renaming the first? this seems like a great place for apple to make some headway since windows/explorer has only one, somewhat ugly way that you can number files (file, file (1), file (2)) - but at least you can do it without resorting to other programs besides explorer.</p><p>- desktop customization - windows has lots more options by default with size and color for lots of items.</p><p>- micro management - there are some things, lots of them actually, that are easier to turn on and off (such as viewing hidden files, or different visual enhancements)</p><p>- topside indicators for side mounted ports on a laptop (both my home HP laptops and my HP and compaq work laptops had these). it does annoy me a bit when i need to feel my way around the left side of my macbook or actually have to go look when connecting my headphones.</p><p></p><p>that's all i can really think of for now... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eric, post: 278498, member: 22327"] switched a couple months ago to my macbook. been a semi-power user for some time and am in wintel server support at work. i like the 'solidity' and design of the OS and file layout (not the actual file system, but how finder organizes things). i love how applications live, for the most part in ONE place as packages, rather than spread like a disease all over your hard drive. i also like how i can either hunker down with a lapdesk, attached external hard drive and really get serious work done, or i can remove it from all tethers and litterally lay it comfortably on my lap for casual web browsing - something tricker on either of my old HP notebooks with a multitude of fans and grates on them. other stuff i like... - mag safe - nice! - slot load disc - large touchpad with two-finger scrolling[i]anywhere[/i] on it - battery tricks - the button and lights for battery status are really slick some stuff i think windows does better or i've just seen executed better on other machines... - renaming files - why can't i just highlight a few files in osx and rename them all in sequence by renaming the first? this seems like a great place for apple to make some headway since windows/explorer has only one, somewhat ugly way that you can number files (file, file (1), file (2)) - but at least you can do it without resorting to other programs besides explorer. - desktop customization - windows has lots more options by default with size and color for lots of items. - micro management - there are some things, lots of them actually, that are easier to turn on and off (such as viewing hidden files, or different visual enhancements) - topside indicators for side mounted ports on a laptop (both my home HP laptops and my HP and compaq work laptops had these). it does annoy me a bit when i need to feel my way around the left side of my macbook or actually have to go look when connecting my headphones. that's all i can really think of for now... :-p [/QUOTE]
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