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Want To Switch To Mac And A Lot Of Questions On My Mind..
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<blockquote data-quote="hari.p" data-source="post: 808383" data-attributes="member: 87488"><p>Hi friends, i'm beginning to get closer to getting my mac - funny thing is that in my quest to read and find out, i discovered a lot of new things about windows that i did'nt know earlier.</p><p></p><p>1. SYSTEM - vista vs os leopard - i guess mac wins here hands down but windows 7 is on the way (and snow leopard from mac) and from what i read, windows 7 is a huge revamp. Your thoughts on this? Apart from the virus issues, are there still issues that would make a mac user not try windows?</p><p></p><p>2. SPREADSHEETS - i use excel extensively and i realised that there are many important features / keyboard shortcuts in excel - which are still missing in numbers - so even if i switch, i'll still have to stay with excel.</p><p></p><p>3. EMAILS (outlook 07 vs mac Mail ) - - i felt Outlook to be more time saving because u can view yr to-dos / calender & mail on one screen. However, i disliked Entourage.</p><p>Could anybody who's used outlook 07 let me know his experience - i dont mind to view todo's and mail separately but could someone recommend a good message filer program - so that shortcuts can be used to file messages to folders instead of using the mouse.</p><p></p><p>4. my biggest issue - blackberry - i use a blackberry bold and so far from what i've been reading, 3rd party softwares to sync yr mac data with blackberry sometimes work and sometimes dont. </p><p>Anybody had issues with that.</p><p>How do i go about sorting that out.</p><p></p><p>5. Finally - hardware - i use a thinkpad x200 with a ultrabay dock. I travel v.frequently so when i have to leave, all i have to do is simply remove it from the ultrabay dock and i'm out (i carry an extra adaptor in my bag). No removing the usb cables - no detaching the ethernet cable ... nothing. </p><p>Is any such thing possible with a mac?</p><p>I tried to search but i could not find any usb hub that could connect ethernet cables - audio speaker wires etc. </p><p></p><p>Thank you so much for all your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hari.p, post: 808383, member: 87488"] Hi friends, i'm beginning to get closer to getting my mac - funny thing is that in my quest to read and find out, i discovered a lot of new things about windows that i did'nt know earlier. 1. SYSTEM - vista vs os leopard - i guess mac wins here hands down but windows 7 is on the way (and snow leopard from mac) and from what i read, windows 7 is a huge revamp. Your thoughts on this? Apart from the virus issues, are there still issues that would make a mac user not try windows? 2. SPREADSHEETS - i use excel extensively and i realised that there are many important features / keyboard shortcuts in excel - which are still missing in numbers - so even if i switch, i'll still have to stay with excel. 3. EMAILS (outlook 07 vs mac Mail ) - - i felt Outlook to be more time saving because u can view yr to-dos / calender & mail on one screen. However, i disliked Entourage. Could anybody who's used outlook 07 let me know his experience - i dont mind to view todo's and mail separately but could someone recommend a good message filer program - so that shortcuts can be used to file messages to folders instead of using the mouse. 4. my biggest issue - blackberry - i use a blackberry bold and so far from what i've been reading, 3rd party softwares to sync yr mac data with blackberry sometimes work and sometimes dont. Anybody had issues with that. How do i go about sorting that out. 5. Finally - hardware - i use a thinkpad x200 with a ultrabay dock. I travel v.frequently so when i have to leave, all i have to do is simply remove it from the ultrabay dock and i'm out (i carry an extra adaptor in my bag). No removing the usb cables - no detaching the ethernet cable ... nothing. Is any such thing possible with a mac? I tried to search but i could not find any usb hub that could connect ethernet cables - audio speaker wires etc. Thank you so much for all your help. [/QUOTE]
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