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Want To Switch To Mac And A Lot Of Questions On My Mind..
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 805883" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>For any specific software that you are fond of, (at this point you've only really mentioned an individual voip app) you'll need to check the developer's site to see if they offer a Mac version or they are only developing for Windows. There are tons of developers that only develop for Windows and deny the existence of OS X and Linux. And just because you may favor one app on the Windows side, even if they do have a version for the Mac, it could be a piece of junk (Quickbooks is a good example of this). Not all apps are created equally on different OS's. </p><p></p><p>For specific hardware (your blackberry) you may get lucky and find another Mac owner that hangs out here and can give you advice pertaining to it. But, quite often, the best help will be from the manufacturers own site and forums. Sometimes with technical questions, it can't hurt asking in a couple of different places. </p><p></p><p>You must also realize there is a learning curve. Not a big one, but there is one. Especially, since you will apparently be using this for business. For anyone that has never even tried Linux, there has to be a realization that this is not Windows. You will need a mindset of learning how to do things on your Mac and not bring your Windows ways with you. If you do, you'll end up very frustrated. You're going to find Windows does some things better and OS X does other things better. (Better being a relative term about which I could say more.)</p><p></p><p>There are a ton of Windows folks around here that have changed over to the Mac in the last 2+ years, at least for their personal machines (this site has more than tripled in membership during that time) and there's plenty of friendly and knowledgeable help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 805883, member: 24160"] For any specific software that you are fond of, (at this point you've only really mentioned an individual voip app) you'll need to check the developer's site to see if they offer a Mac version or they are only developing for Windows. There are tons of developers that only develop for Windows and deny the existence of OS X and Linux. And just because you may favor one app on the Windows side, even if they do have a version for the Mac, it could be a piece of junk (Quickbooks is a good example of this). Not all apps are created equally on different OS's. For specific hardware (your blackberry) you may get lucky and find another Mac owner that hangs out here and can give you advice pertaining to it. But, quite often, the best help will be from the manufacturers own site and forums. Sometimes with technical questions, it can't hurt asking in a couple of different places. You must also realize there is a learning curve. Not a big one, but there is one. Especially, since you will apparently be using this for business. For anyone that has never even tried Linux, there has to be a realization that this is not Windows. You will need a mindset of learning how to do things on your Mac and not bring your Windows ways with you. If you do, you'll end up very frustrated. You're going to find Windows does some things better and OS X does other things better. (Better being a relative term about which I could say more.) There are a ton of Windows folks around here that have changed over to the Mac in the last 2+ years, at least for their personal machines (this site has more than tripled in membership during that time) and there's plenty of friendly and knowledgeable help. [/QUOTE]
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