Comments on: Is converting to Mac all that difficult?

By: John M. Brown

John M. Brown — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:57:05 +0000

I should probably throw in a couple of additional notes here… to qualify my advice.
I’m a long time PC user… and a Linux Fanatic. I’ve been using OSX since I bought my first mac mini about 3 years ago (when they first came out).
I do like OSX. I’m using it to type this message on my Macbook Pro.
The deal is that with Sue’s situation she has little or no experience with it… and she has EXTENSIVE experience with windows. She’s committed to the Windows platform on her desktop which she won’t be getting rid of anytime soon. The new computer is for travel.
The main trick is that in this example with the experience on the other platform, the money invested in Windows versions of software, and the learning curve for Mac OSX I recommended against it.
If you say there isn’t a learning curve then you obviously have been using it for too long. It may be easier, but having to unlearn the old way and relearn the new way is also time costly… and more frustrating that re-installing the OS to some folks.
I went mac b/c I don’t like Windows, but my primary machine is actually still Linux, not OSX, because the tools I use simply work better on Linux.
Now, bring on the rants.

By: Ged Maheux

Ged Maheux — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:59:34 +0000

The choice really isn’t difficult at all when you factor your time into the decision. If you’re time is worth money, then a Mac is a no brainer. In the over ten years I’ve been using macs, I can count the hours I’ve spent reinstalling my OS on one hand. I’ve never had a virus, never had spyware, never a trojan horse or adware on my Mac. Ever.
I know people who own PC’s who re-install Windows at least 3-6 times a year. Read that again. 3-6 times *a year*. Sorry folks, but there is a better way and it’s called Macintosh.

By: Billy The Blogging Poet

Billy The Blogging Poet — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:12:49 +0000

I admit my iMac isn’t the machine it once was and the old G3 processors aren’t quite as quick as they once were but it’s only 10 years old.