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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jonnyd" data-source="post: 392527" data-attributes="member: 31029">I'll give you my 2 cents worth - I use both XP and OSX all the time, and with all respect to other posters, haven't felt that either of them stand head and shoulders above the other.You'll find as a long time Windows user that OSX will both please and irritate you. For the first moth it'll be mostly irratation, as you try to find out how to do things you're used to doing on Windows. You have to persevere.From a purely functional point of view they're pretty much the same. If you're a typical PC user, you'll get the same out of the machine. The myth that there's no software for Macs is long out of date, if it was ever true. I haven't found anything except very specialised apps that you can't find an equivalent for, if not a Mac version of. Same goes for Windows of course.OSX has a big upside - although if you're carefull, viruses and spyware shouldn't be an issue with Windows (I run a Windows network, we haven`t had a virus for 5 years), with OSX you simply know it isn't an issue. There aren't any, other than a few macro viruses etc that can do dumb things with office apps. You can relax.You'll hear people saying Windows needs constant patching, but in fact OSX does too. It might not be for the same reasons, but don't expect it to never happen. So what's the draw?For me it's simple. It's the reason Apple has gone in the last 10 years from being a virtually bust curiosity with effectively no market share to a real contender - they make nice kit. OSX is as good as Windows, in my opinion. It doesn't do much that Windows can't, but the hardware is just very satisfying. A Mac is beatifully engineered (which you pay for), and they look good. Same goes for stuff like the Ipod. It's the biggest selling MP3 player by miles because it's simply better than anything else. Do it. You won't be unhappy.</blockquote>

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