Switching from PC to Mac
The Juggler
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any words of advice? sick and tired of my old dell cpu. 7 years old and a relic at this point. wanna get a laptop. and am leaning towards the macbook.
anyone else make the switch from pc to mac? how was your transition?
anyone else make the switch from pc to mac? how was your transition?
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why would they take time to get used to if they are what i have been using for years? do they work differently on a mac?
Not perfect though, the hard drive on my MacBook crashed, but I'd backed everything up on an external hard drive.
i thought macbooks didn't have a port for those things?
As a PC user I don't think MAC's are any easier to use. The iphone however is the greatest thing since the interwebs.
bought windows xp with the idea of running bootcamp ended up just giving it to my bf 2 years later unopened because his windows vista kept making his life miserable!
never needed it the transition was so easy.
smooth like butter
plus mr. jeagler will look extra trendy with a macbook pro
ooh ahh!
http://www.theonion.com/video/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no,14299/
The actual transition will take you no time. It's like getting a new phone or something. Once you find out where things are its a breeze.
I watched it to read the news ticker at the bottom..
"studies show that horesriding is an expensive form of sitting down"
and
"to get up to the minutes news, sport and weather log on to basically any news network site"
and
"man hopes addition of LOL in text message will appear less creepy"
Agree with this 100%.
My kids both had pc's growing up but have since moved to macs. They love them, less virus trouble....???
Every smartass makes that comment, only reason they have less chance of catching an internet virus is because hardly anyone is using Macs.
The display is better? That has everything to do with your monitor not the machine itself, except Macs come with a DVI port however they have so many standards you gotta go buy the specific adapter.
Sound? That's just the same as any onboard in a machine. Unless you talking about actual sound as in quieter, then in that case you can make any machine silent.
actually your post is the reason people should buy a mac...
The Virus thing always makes me laugh. I have never caught a virus in my life on a pc.
uhmm.. why the 'smartass' retort? and of course thats why they have less chance but then isnt that a good thing? but another reason is that spotty virgins can't or don't know how to write a virus for a Mac.
I dont think Jeagler gives a fuck about DVI ports and what not... anyway the display has to do with more than just a monitor. look it up.
not true. Base model macs are almost silent... of course you could 'make' your PC silent but again i don't think the Jeagler or anyone who doesnt masturbate to Intel's theme tune could really give a fuck about spending hours 'making' their PC sound quieter by spending money on fans and stuff.
dude.. you're always so fucking angry and aggressive... you irritate me with your manner of condescension.. lighten the fuck up sometimes.
hmmmm.. really?
clearly you havent been looking up the correct porn... or is that the incorrect porn?
I just switched over this summer. Got a new job and had the cash to spend. Best decision I made in a while.
I had a Dell, but got the Macbook Pro 15inch. (Im a student, so I got a student discount. they didnt verify it, so you can just go to the education store probably :? )
Still in the process of transfering files etc. The useablility of a mac is very intuitive. I love the trackpad, so much better than a Dell trackpad. I find the trackpad is better than a mouse. Took me a little bit to figure everything out, but it comes to you easily. You need to get use to the name/command changes, but once you do I can do so much more with my mac.
iChat feature is awesome. Also garageband!
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I'm not being angry or aggressive.
Well no point writing a virus for something that has such little use.
I know it does, and Mac motherboards have the standard on-board graphics like any other machine. If you referring to iMacs which has the screen inbuilt to the machine then yeah they are nice displays cos your paying a silly amount for them in the first place. So if you wanted one of those glossy screens then there are loads of TFT monitors you could get.
They aren't that quiet, I've dealt with loads of Macs and sometime they are frickin noisy, sporadically sounds like a plane is taking off. Also to note that the casing on a Mac is very thick and heavy which disguises it. You could so easily just go out and buy a silent computer easy..
I guess at the end of the day if the only thing you are doing is surfing the web and the other basic shit people do then its the same shit but in a different package. Once you get to the nitty gritty and try to actually do stuff with Macs like if you are using them in industry or if you just are an heavy computer user then you will understand how ridiculous Apple are.
fixed
Hell I'll even go with any smart phone. I only use my laptop for copying CD's and documents now it seems like.
i agree for the most part.
i do use my pc still a bit, since i get tired of using a small screen at home. however, i still use the evo as the modem
Other than that it was a breeze to move things. iWork 2009 is very compatible with Office programs. You can start a file in Pages and save it as a Word doc. Same with Numbers and Excel, etc. I thought about getting Office for Mac but now I don't see a need for it.
It boots up in about 20 seconds.
The only thing I am still trying to figure out is the file structure and sharing files between multiple accounts on the same computer.
Garage Band is awesome.
The best part is I don't have 3 anti-virus programs constantly running and various anti-spyware programs going. And having to download drivers for this that and everything. And you don't have to go to a porn site to get a virus. Trojans exploit extreme weaknesses in Windows programs. Especially if they are older like XP or older versions of Office apps like Word, etc. Avoiding viruses by avoiding sketchy web sites is a myth.
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Haha! Thats my favorite part too! The aardvark this or the aardvark that, awesome!
Starting to see more and more Macs here at the hospital. (We get an educational discount when we buy them due to the Harvard affiliation.) Some clinicians in the area are starting to integrate iPads into their work.
Had PCs since the mid-90s. Had viruses on every single one. The last time I finally gave up and almost threw it out the window. Went to the Apple store, haven't had a virus yet.
I do not surf porn sites. I delete without opening emails from people I don't know, or with questionable subject lines. Spam filter set to Paranoid. But I always did that, so I'm not sure what's different, I just know it's been great with the Mac.
Only problem I have... I do a lot of physician education that's formatted from PowerPoint. When I edit on my Mac, then download and edit on the PC at work, I find odd formatting problems. Fonts are a little different, bullets indent differently. Small but annoying issues.
That's my experience, for what it's worth.
Go for it, The Jeagler.