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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: 807619" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>43? - pshaw - just a youngster - I was 53 when I got my first Mac.</p><p></p><p>Sounds like you're the type that still enjoys reading, studying and learning about new things. If so, you'll like it. </p><p></p><p>My MBP is the 2nd best computer I've ever owned (thanks to OS X). Have a Windows box I built that sits in my office that still ranks as the best computer I've ever owned (thanks to it's hardware), although, it's pretty lonely now. It hasn't been turned on since '07 except to help troubleshoot friend's machines. (Senility setting in and can't seem to recall how to tell them where to go to fix stuff without sitting there and following along with them any longer.<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Angry-Tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Angry-Tongue:" title="Angry Tongue :Angry-Tongue:" data-shortname=":Angry-Tongue:" /> )</p><p></p><p>For me the best thing with OS X is the no tweaking aspect. On my Win machines, as a hardcore gamer for many years, I spent at least 10-20% of my time on the box keeping the thing running at it's fastest capability. The first couple of months after getting my Mac, I went through tweak withdrawal. Yeah, there are settings to be made to get the machine functioning the way you want. That only took a few days thanks in part to a few of the old timers around here. But, I just sat there thinking there had to be more. But no, I had to learn to start using my computer during that time normally devoted to keeping my machine running at it's peak efficiency.</p><p></p><p>While there is some maintenance to do on a Mac, there's no more sitting down on Saturday mornings and emptying all my temp folders, internet files, extraneous cookies, checking to see what that new program had installed to begin at startup and putting a stop to it, running a system scan with my anti-virus, then Spybot, then AdAware, and then the defragger before I could get back to using the darn thing. No more re-installing the OS to get it back up to speed because all that just wasn't enough any more either.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind, there more than likely will be an issue or two to raise it's ugly head. It is a computer after all. But, it seems that OS X, for the most part, really does just work. And there are still a ton of software and hardware folks out there in denial that OS X is here to stay for awhile.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 807619, member: 24160"] 43? - pshaw - just a youngster - I was 53 when I got my first Mac. Sounds like you're the type that still enjoys reading, studying and learning about new things. If so, you'll like it. My MBP is the 2nd best computer I've ever owned (thanks to OS X). Have a Windows box I built that sits in my office that still ranks as the best computer I've ever owned (thanks to it's hardware), although, it's pretty lonely now. It hasn't been turned on since '07 except to help troubleshoot friend's machines. (Senility setting in and can't seem to recall how to tell them where to go to fix stuff without sitting there and following along with them any longer.:Angry-Tongue: ) For me the best thing with OS X is the no tweaking aspect. On my Win machines, as a hardcore gamer for many years, I spent at least 10-20% of my time on the box keeping the thing running at it's fastest capability. The first couple of months after getting my Mac, I went through tweak withdrawal. Yeah, there are settings to be made to get the machine functioning the way you want. That only took a few days thanks in part to a few of the old timers around here. But, I just sat there thinking there had to be more. But no, I had to learn to start using my computer during that time normally devoted to keeping my machine running at it's peak efficiency. While there is some maintenance to do on a Mac, there's no more sitting down on Saturday mornings and emptying all my temp folders, internet files, extraneous cookies, checking to see what that new program had installed to begin at startup and putting a stop to it, running a system scan with my anti-virus, then Spybot, then AdAware, and then the defragger before I could get back to using the darn thing. No more re-installing the OS to get it back up to speed because all that just wasn't enough any more either. Keep in mind, there more than likely will be an issue or two to raise it's ugly head. It is a computer after all. But, it seems that OS X, for the most part, really does just work. And there are still a ton of software and hardware folks out there in denial that OS X is here to stay for awhile. [/QUOTE]
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