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<blockquote data-quote="andrebnu" data-source="post: 394560" data-attributes="member: 28649"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>welcome to the forum. As a recent switcher, I'm willing to drop down some lines from MY personal experience.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I believe you meant switching from windows to OS. If it's that, then I have to tell you...****...I'm feeling like an idiot.....for not having switched earlier!!! It's a wonderful experience. OSX is much more simple and effective to use. It's a **** of a operational system, and it surprises me every day, as I'm getting more used to it, and it's down and dirty "tricks".</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've never meant to install windows throught a bootcamp partition on my Mac...simply because I wanted to take the plunge definitely. A few days ago, I've installed it through Parallels, just because I'm a MS Money user since 1999, and didn't find a OSX application that could give me all features that I have with Money.</p><p></p><p>And that's the ONLY reason I'm using Xp. For all the rest app, I've found good OSX substitutes, in most cases even free, what was a good surprise to me.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Parallels is a full VM. The only reason I could imagine going for bootcamp instead parallels, is if you need to run some hardcore, memory hog and 3d video hungry apps, which is not my case. Have never used Ubuntu.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm using windows XP and it runs very smoothly! But I assume it will depends on how much RAM do you have in your system. I have 2GB, so I couldn't go wrong.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It seems ok for me. Nothing expectacular. But I really don't care.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have a so called professional level macbook pro. Never even touched a macbook, so maybe I'm not the one to address this question. I couldn't be happier.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What do you mean? Hardware? Network?</p><p></p><p>I've worked with my mbp on windows-based network, sharing and transfering files. No problem at all. Not much experience beyond that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not yet. I talked about Money above, but that was my personal choice. There's lots of good financial apps for OSX, for instance.</p><p></p><p>So far, I'm able to do everything I've been doing with my PC.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have my Mac for 2 months so far. Couldn't tell anything yet. I'm loving this experience.</p><p></p><p>Although, as every switch, you'll to get used to it. For some things, it's simply different. For most things, it's more entuitive and easy, user friendly.</p><p></p><p>Take care. Hope it helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="andrebnu, post: 394560, member: 28649"] Hi there, welcome to the forum. As a recent switcher, I'm willing to drop down some lines from MY personal experience. I believe you meant switching from windows to OS. If it's that, then I have to tell you...****...I'm feeling like an idiot.....for not having switched earlier!!! It's a wonderful experience. OSX is much more simple and effective to use. It's a **** of a operational system, and it surprises me every day, as I'm getting more used to it, and it's down and dirty "tricks". I've never meant to install windows throught a bootcamp partition on my Mac...simply because I wanted to take the plunge definitely. A few days ago, I've installed it through Parallels, just because I'm a MS Money user since 1999, and didn't find a OSX application that could give me all features that I have with Money. And that's the ONLY reason I'm using Xp. For all the rest app, I've found good OSX substitutes, in most cases even free, what was a good surprise to me. Parallels is a full VM. The only reason I could imagine going for bootcamp instead parallels, is if you need to run some hardcore, memory hog and 3d video hungry apps, which is not my case. Have never used Ubuntu. I'm using windows XP and it runs very smoothly! But I assume it will depends on how much RAM do you have in your system. I have 2GB, so I couldn't go wrong. It seems ok for me. Nothing expectacular. But I really don't care. I have a so called professional level macbook pro. Never even touched a macbook, so maybe I'm not the one to address this question. I couldn't be happier. What do you mean? Hardware? Network? I've worked with my mbp on windows-based network, sharing and transfering files. No problem at all. Not much experience beyond that. Not yet. I talked about Money above, but that was my personal choice. There's lots of good financial apps for OSX, for instance. So far, I'm able to do everything I've been doing with my PC. I have my Mac for 2 months so far. Couldn't tell anything yet. I'm loving this experience. Although, as every switch, you'll to get used to it. For some things, it's simply different. For most things, it's more entuitive and easy, user friendly. Take care. Hope it helps. [/QUOTE]
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