Well as a recent switcher I have to say I love my Mac. I have had some problems, and a few disappointments along the short path.
The day I got it I had to call apple support twice to have them help me find the apple loops for garage band (I hear that's pretty common).
After I installed the security patch awhile ago I got random disconnects from my router, and it would only reconnect when it wanted. Sometimes an hour sometime the next day there was no rhyme or reason. After two calls to apple support I had to reset the ram permissions or something??? I had to hold (ALT+COMMAND+P+R) while resarting not sure what it was but it worked.
I also found that you can't plug a microphone into the mac so if you need a headset get a USB headset. I know there are other ways,but the USB is a good fix.
Also yesterday somehow my desktop expanded so I had to scroll around the screen to see it all.
After those few whines I have to say overall my Mac experience was the greatest computer experience I had since the first computer I used; which was an apple IIc...let the circle be forever unbroken I have to say I have experienced all the great things about Macs that everyone posts about ease of use, eye candy, and the such. I also getting into video editing, and made my website the first day I had my Mac (thx iWeb). I guess I can say that if you tried to make me go back to PC's I would say "from my cold dead hands". I thought I had it all then it happened...QUICKSILVER
If you don't use this already take the time to get to know it. In it's simplest form it is an app launcher, in it's full form it does everything. I love it
Few tutorial pages
http://theappleblog.com/category/screencasts/
Quicksilver document page
http://www.43folders.com/topics/quicksilver/
And Merlin Mann from 43 folders did a podcast on Macbreak about quicksilver edisodes 12 and 17.
Podcasts page
The day I got it I had to call apple support twice to have them help me find the apple loops for garage band (I hear that's pretty common).
After I installed the security patch awhile ago I got random disconnects from my router, and it would only reconnect when it wanted. Sometimes an hour sometime the next day there was no rhyme or reason. After two calls to apple support I had to reset the ram permissions or something??? I had to hold (ALT+COMMAND+P+R) while resarting not sure what it was but it worked.
I also found that you can't plug a microphone into the mac so if you need a headset get a USB headset. I know there are other ways,but the USB is a good fix.
Also yesterday somehow my desktop expanded so I had to scroll around the screen to see it all.
After those few whines I have to say overall my Mac experience was the greatest computer experience I had since the first computer I used; which was an apple IIc...let the circle be forever unbroken I have to say I have experienced all the great things about Macs that everyone posts about ease of use, eye candy, and the such. I also getting into video editing, and made my website the first day I had my Mac (thx iWeb). I guess I can say that if you tried to make me go back to PC's I would say "from my cold dead hands". I thought I had it all then it happened...QUICKSILVER
If you don't use this already take the time to get to know it. In it's simplest form it is an app launcher, in it's full form it does everything. I love it
Few tutorial pages
http://theappleblog.com/category/screencasts/
Quicksilver document page
http://www.43folders.com/topics/quicksilver/
And Merlin Mann from 43 folders did a podcast on Macbreak about quicksilver edisodes 12 and 17.
Podcasts page