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have i bit off more than i can chew?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ember1205" data-source="post: 1709788" data-attributes="member: 374272"><p>Welcome to Mac, OS X, and the site.</p><p></p><p>I've been building and using PCs since about 1992. Cut my teeth with Linux in 1994 and have run pretty much every version of Windows that's been out there since (for the desktop, not necessarily servers). Well, except Windows ME (never touched it in any form) and Vista (touched it, but only to get data off of it and move to a less problematic version of Windows (7). </p><p></p><p>I had the opportunity about 4.5 years ago to take on using a MacBook Pro as part of my job. It was offered up to my group that there were still a couple of machines available if anyone wanted to use one, so I said "what the heck" and haven't looked back.</p><p></p><p>When I changed jobs, I had my choice of any computing device that I wanted that would allow me to do my job (mostly presentations, some tech demo, and a bit of VMware Fusion usage as part of the demos). I opted for a MacBook Air 13". I have an iPad Pro 12.9" and an iPhone 6S+ and just bought an iMac Retina 27" for the house.</p><p></p><p>Are you going to have questions? Yes. Are you going to need to learn a number of new things about the system? Yes. But... You likely spent well over a decade with Windows, learning as you went. Let's see how comfortable you are with your new Mac six months from now. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Your first area to gain familiarity is around things that you did with Windows that you want to do with Mac like setting up user accounts, installing / uninstalling software, setting up email accounts, etc. Once you've gone through all of this, you'll be well on your way to a happy Mac life. The remaining pieces will be solving specific problems that you might run into with the system. Those should be few and far between, and you should be able to get good assistance here if you need it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ember1205, post: 1709788, member: 374272"] Welcome to Mac, OS X, and the site. I've been building and using PCs since about 1992. Cut my teeth with Linux in 1994 and have run pretty much every version of Windows that's been out there since (for the desktop, not necessarily servers). Well, except Windows ME (never touched it in any form) and Vista (touched it, but only to get data off of it and move to a less problematic version of Windows (7). I had the opportunity about 4.5 years ago to take on using a MacBook Pro as part of my job. It was offered up to my group that there were still a couple of machines available if anyone wanted to use one, so I said "what the heck" and haven't looked back. When I changed jobs, I had my choice of any computing device that I wanted that would allow me to do my job (mostly presentations, some tech demo, and a bit of VMware Fusion usage as part of the demos). I opted for a MacBook Air 13". I have an iPad Pro 12.9" and an iPhone 6S+ and just bought an iMac Retina 27" for the house. Are you going to have questions? Yes. Are you going to need to learn a number of new things about the system? Yes. But... You likely spent well over a decade with Windows, learning as you went. Let's see how comfortable you are with your new Mac six months from now. ;) Your first area to gain familiarity is around things that you did with Windows that you want to do with Mac like setting up user accounts, installing / uninstalling software, setting up email accounts, etc. Once you've gone through all of this, you'll be well on your way to a happy Mac life. The remaining pieces will be solving specific problems that you might run into with the system. Those should be few and far between, and you should be able to get good assistance here if you need it. [/QUOTE]
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