- Joined
- Jun 7, 2006
- Messages
- 314
- Reaction score
- 11
- Points
- 18
- Location
- NYC
- Your Mac's Specs
- Late 2015 27" iMac, 3.3ghz, M395 gpu, 2tb Fusion, 8gb
My impressions so far:
First, this thing is fast. Blazingly fast. I can't believe how fast it is on native apps. It even loads web pages fast, as if I have a faster line. Did I say it is fast?
Second, everything I've downloaded has worked without problem. I don't usually know what I'm doing in OSX, but everything works with whatever I do. No settings, no adverse interactions, no having to spend 2 hours figuring out why it no longer connects to the internet. Just drag it in and it just works.
Third, I don't like learning keystrokes. A lot of answers here and on the Apple support site involve keystrokes. They're like Masonic handshakes, you got to know them to get in. I don't even know what the symbols are!
Fourth, not everything that you do in Windows is available on the Mac. The most glaring one is WMV support. Flip4Mac is available realsoonnow. The 2nd Ave Subway will be running by 2008, too. (We've been waiting since 1930.) Shockwave too, but at least it'll run under Rosetta...
Fifth, Rosetta is slow. Safari under Rosetta runs about the same as the PC laptop I'm typing on now. Not terrible, but not fast either. I don't use any of the processor intensive apps yet so it doesn't bother me. Word/Excel don't seem so bad.
Sixth, a lot of things need to be downloaded to make it work efficiently. Out of the box everything works, but there are a lot of upgrades that get downloaded, like OSX 10.4.6 and then 10.4.7. VLC, Shockwave, Handbrake, Flip4Mac if it ever becomes available. QT updates, iTunes... I guess there's always something new, whether windows or mac. At least I didn't need to load driver upgrades.
Seventh, OSX is pretty intuitive. It seems to disappear as a factor in how you work. Things are usually where you expect them. I like the dock, except that I would need to make the icons tiny if this were a business machine.
Eighth, iLife is also pretty easy. My kids just started using it without any problem. No learning curve.
Ninth, everybody that's seen it and touched it wants one. It's surprising how few people have actually used a mac in my crowd (40s, 50s). They always look for the box and I have to explain that its just monitor and keyboard and wireless. "It looks like a big iPod."
Tenth, did I say it was fast?
Overall, I'm pretty slap happy with it and would rather work on it in the 96 degree heat than go to my air-conditioned room on my laptop, except that the bottle of wine is in here, so laptop it is.
First, this thing is fast. Blazingly fast. I can't believe how fast it is on native apps. It even loads web pages fast, as if I have a faster line. Did I say it is fast?
Second, everything I've downloaded has worked without problem. I don't usually know what I'm doing in OSX, but everything works with whatever I do. No settings, no adverse interactions, no having to spend 2 hours figuring out why it no longer connects to the internet. Just drag it in and it just works.
Third, I don't like learning keystrokes. A lot of answers here and on the Apple support site involve keystrokes. They're like Masonic handshakes, you got to know them to get in. I don't even know what the symbols are!
Fourth, not everything that you do in Windows is available on the Mac. The most glaring one is WMV support. Flip4Mac is available realsoonnow. The 2nd Ave Subway will be running by 2008, too. (We've been waiting since 1930.) Shockwave too, but at least it'll run under Rosetta...
Fifth, Rosetta is slow. Safari under Rosetta runs about the same as the PC laptop I'm typing on now. Not terrible, but not fast either. I don't use any of the processor intensive apps yet so it doesn't bother me. Word/Excel don't seem so bad.
Sixth, a lot of things need to be downloaded to make it work efficiently. Out of the box everything works, but there are a lot of upgrades that get downloaded, like OSX 10.4.6 and then 10.4.7. VLC, Shockwave, Handbrake, Flip4Mac if it ever becomes available. QT updates, iTunes... I guess there's always something new, whether windows or mac. At least I didn't need to load driver upgrades.
Seventh, OSX is pretty intuitive. It seems to disappear as a factor in how you work. Things are usually where you expect them. I like the dock, except that I would need to make the icons tiny if this were a business machine.
Eighth, iLife is also pretty easy. My kids just started using it without any problem. No learning curve.
Ninth, everybody that's seen it and touched it wants one. It's surprising how few people have actually used a mac in my crowd (40s, 50s). They always look for the box and I have to explain that its just monitor and keyboard and wireless. "It looks like a big iPod."
Tenth, did I say it was fast?
Overall, I'm pretty slap happy with it and would rather work on it in the 96 degree heat than go to my air-conditioned room on my laptop, except that the bottle of wine is in here, so laptop it is.