Question:
have you considered a switch to mac...which way did you go and why?
I've always owned PC..I know them and understand them. I like that I can find applications, lots of hacks and work arounds for my particular way of working or current needs, lots of freeware...and with that comes lots of wait, freezes and reboots.
I'm going to buy a new laptop. It will be Core 2. It will have 2 gigs of memory and a lovely 17" monitor. The biggest question for me is, is it time to give up rebooting and switch to mac.
The reasons I wouldn't switch:
- I know PC, Mac is unknown...this will be my only machine and it will be used for work (graphic designer)
- I can't use 2 external monitors...the only reasonable workaround is a large widescreen, I currently have 2 19" monitors.
- It will be a bit more expensive. This only comes from the software, the hardward initially is pretty even. Though I can imagine adding things will be more expensive on a mac.
- I've heard some things can be a pain in mac that are flawless in XP. For example something as simple as reading from a thumb drive.
The reasons I would switch:
- I hate how slow my OS is. It crawls, freezes and I know that I need to reboot at least every other day. My friend who has a mac forgot his password because he hadn't rebooted in months!
- It's fast. This was a 2 or 3 year old macbook and applications opened quickly, I could bounce back and forth. Things that would take my 3 year old desktop a while to go back and forth between.
- I don't play games which seems to be the only downfall I can find.
So all that too say, if you've considered or made or decided not to make the switch what did you find out? Am I missing any pros/cons?
Thanks a ton!
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Re: have you considered a switch to mac...which way did you go and why?
My brother made the switch recently and then switched back. It's not that the Mac wasn't a good machine; it was just that he knows Windows inside out and backwards. He quickly realized that he didn't have a lot of time to really learn a new OS and know it as well as he did Windows.
This was before Mac's use of Intel processors. Now you can buy a Mac and dual boot Windows. Best of both worlds.
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Re: have you considered a switch to mac...which way did you go and why?
I'm not sure what the difference is between a Mac and a PC nowadays. If you installed OSX on a PC and plugged in a one button mouse, you could call it a Mac, right?
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Re: have you considered a switch to mac...which way did you go and why?
"you'll wish you had done it years ago, it really does work better"
Working better is subjective.
is that morally subjective? or is it subjective on an objective basis?
:D
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Re: have you considered a switch to mac...which way did you go and why?
If i could do it all over again, i would have a MBP 15" in front of me right now. Get a mac, you can put any OS you want on it. If you are so afraid of change, then dual boot XP on it.