Are You A Switcher

[Zedsdead185]

So Steve said in keynote that the market for selling macs has increased by 50% due to switchers from pc's.

Who here is a switcher and who has always used apple macs?

Also what made you switch?

[Scarlet Fever]

i have been a mac user since birth (in 1989). The first mac i would have used would probably have been the SE30. I've never considered, nor used, a Windows PC as my primary computer; I've tried to keep my workplace as mac-friendly as possible.

[iW00t]

I am a switcheur :rolleyes:

[Queso]

Don't know how to categorise myself. I "switched" to the Mac in 1996 at home after using it at Uni since 1992, but it was only when OSX 10.1 came out that I started using the Mac for both work and personal stuff. I still use Windows and Linux a lot, although both the computers I own are Macs and I see no reason to change that.

So technically yes I'm a switcher, but from a lot longer ago than most would use the term for.

[amiga]

Non of the above really... I've had a Mac since 2004 but I wanted one for a long time before that I just couldn't afford one... I did use them at college though if that counts. Then of course was my beloved A1200! ;)

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Been using Macs since 1994.

And then I "switched" from an Amiga 500... so, no, I'm not your average switcher... :)

[Queso]

And then I "switched" from an Amiga 500... so, no, I'm not your average switcher... :)
Same computer I "switched" from. Well, a 500+ :)

[furcalchick]

thought there should have been a fourth option: yes, i primarily use my mac, but still use my pc for some tasks.

i've been using a mac for three weeks, and it's been better than a windows computer. no stupid crashing or having to be a nerd to figure out how things work. they just do. windows expects you to learn everything, while the macs know about you. of course you can learn more about them, but that's deeper in.

[BoyBach]

I ordered my first, and only, Mac (an iMac) on the 13th of October 2005, and officially 'switched' when it arrived on the 1st of November 2005.

And I'm not going back. :D

[valdore]

my first mac is this white macbook i'm posting from. I also own a Dell desktop machine, but will be replacing it with a mac desktop sometime over the next year. I switched from Windows because not only do I own stock in Apple, but I heard good things about the OS, and recalled all the headaches and hoops I've jumped though in trying to deal with windoze.

[clevin]

well, i switched, but still use my PC for HoMM3, and i can't say i "recently" discovered macs. know it for a long time, have been using G3 OS9 for a month 2 years ago.

[After G]

Thought there should be a "switched, but not recently".

I switched in 2002, hardly "recent". :)

[SMM]

I am a switcher, although I manage IT, and develop SW in a MS-based corporation.

[zephead]

I just switched after wanting to for about a year. For the last few years or so, I had a PC and I've learned almost everything there is to know about Windows. So many things that I found out why Windows sucks so much. Someone in the "Worst Windows experience that forced you to switch" thread said a PC was a glorified tamagotchi and the damn thing always needs to be taken care of, and I couldn't agree more. My MacBook takes care of itself quite nicely. :D

[xUKHCx]

I switched from Windows 98 to Panther (on the day the iMac G5 came out Sept 04)

So yes i am a switcher but it has now been well over 2 years now.

Does this mean i am a switcher all my life ?

[bbergie]

Thought there should be a "switched, but not recently".

I switched in 2002, hardly "recent". :)

My situation, exactly.

[NotFound]

yes- I am a switcher. The only computer I own and primarily use is my C2D Macbook.

[wordmunger]

I "switched" from a Commodore 64 in 1987.

[eluk]

Switched but still have three PCs one of which I'm on now. Likely to get another when Leopard is released.

[tominated]

I saw the imac online when i was home after a break from radiotherapy (for my brain tumor) and fell in love. i ended up putting it in for a wish with tthe make-a-wish foundation. I would switch my laptop to a macbook, but it is a school one. i am currently trying to get my parents and grand-parents to switch

[HawaiiMacAddict]

Aloha everyone,

I finally switched in September last year, after years of putting up with Windows. I also bought into their FUD hook, line, and sinker. Now that I see how good life is with the Rebel Alliance :D I wonder why it took me so long to make the switch. I also work in IT and have recommended my organization purchase Macs, but as we support a US government facility, that won't happen. The government is in bed with Dell, and the Army in love with Microsoft in general, and Active Directory in particular. I have been bringing my MacBook Pro to work, and quite a few people have been impressed with its capabilities, but none to the degree where they would seriously buy a Mac.

HawaiiMacAddict

P.S. As Victor Cajiao says in his podcast, "I've switched to the Mac, and I'm never going back." :D

[Cassie]

I dont know where I fall in. I've always had a PC and a Mac at the same time. Of course, I used the Mac more at first, but after a while, that iMac 233 was getting a little long in the tooth.

I almost use my Mac and PC equally (Well, I have 12 PC's, but one is my main PC) In fact, I'm posting this from my PC right now. Dell Optiplex 300 MHz, Windows 98.

Sort of switcher, sort of not.

[technicolor]

Switched October 2005. I have owned 4 macs since.:D

[bousozoku]

If 1993 was recent, I recently switched.

5 machines before the Mac and 4.5 since then. (I hated my Wallstreet so much, I got rid of it quickly.)

[Nermal]

Thought there should be a "switched, but not recently".

I switched in 2002, hardly "recent". :)

Same here, although for me it was Jan 2003 (basically as soon as I figured out how to order from the US and save the "international tax").

[DMBGuru]

I've always been a hardcore PC guy. I know windows and PC computers inside and out and my main desktop is a custom built PC.

I just recently ordered a Macbook which should be coming later today, but I haven't decided if I'm gonna make the full switch or not. I got the Macbook to do work on the go in college because it's small and has the features that I need/want.

However, for gaming and other such stuff I don't think I'll leave my PC far behind. Mac Pros are simply too expensive... I can build a comparible machine for $1000 that on a Mac Pro would be around $2100.

I mean, come on.

[bousozoku]

I've always been a hardcore PC guy. I know windows and PC computers inside and out and my main desktop is a custom built PC.

I just recently ordered a Macbook which should be coming later today, but I haven't decided if I'm gonna make the full switch or not. I got the Macbook to do work on the go in college because it's small and has the features that I need/want.

However, for gaming and other such stuff I don't think I'll leave my PC far behind. Mac Pros are simply too expensive... I can build a comparible machine for $1000 that on a Mac Pro would be around $2100.

I mean, come on.

In the past, I'd agree with being able to go much cheaper but to use the same quality components, dual Xeon dual-core processors, etc.? What's comparable to you?

[SC68Cal]

I work with all different types of computers and operating systems, but I personally use a Macbook Pro. Switched from running Linux on a old PC laptop

[hopejr]

see sig...

My first mac was a 12" iBook G4 rev b.

[UserofMacOSX]

I prefer my Mac to any computer I have used. It's not the fastest computer now, but when it was new it would blow any other computer I'd used away. I don't have a thing against PCs being slow, I just don't like the way Windows operates and is so unstable. I have yet to encounter something I don't like on my Apple. I do wish there was a better way to brows through windows than with F9. I'd also like a scrolling-text screensaver.:)

[gothiquegirrl]

if here was an option that said.. " I always knew about mac.. but never took the plunge til now..." I'd be all over it!

Ang..
Slowly chugging her way to 500 posts!

[wozzlewoozle]

I've used may different machines, but for my personal computer I went from Windows to Linux to Mac, and am quite happy with my choice.

[imacdaddy]

Aside from my Vic 20 and Commodore 64, my first personal computer was the Macintosh IIsi. Left that for a 386 PC and have been using Windows up until 2005 when I bought my iMac G5.

Ya know, I've got my Winblows certifications and use to build my own PCs so I consider myself to be very computer literate. My experience with the new Macs and OS X has been nothing but...amazing! No viruses, crashes, long startups and shutdowns and installing drivers, etc...etc...etc..etc...

[mark88]

No one asked me whether I was a switcher when I bought any of my Macs, so how they found out this data is beyond me.

[Teh Don Ditty]

Achieved enlightenment in May 2005. I bought an iMac G5 (Pre-iSight) 2Ghz, 1GB Ram, 160GB HD to replace my P4 3 GHz Dell (which is now my parents computer and my headache when something is wrong with it). But yea it's been about 2 years since I switched, not really recent.

[darkanddivine]

Worked on both from age 16, this year have gotten the hump with windows and taken my ball back! It's a PC at home until that dies and after that all is going to be macish round here. Use a G4 at work until I make my mind up what iMac to get (see random stupid questions dotted around the forums!)

[heehee]

I never switched, still use both. I really don't mind windows, I don't find it that much different than OSX.

[theman5725]

I switched this summer to a MacBook, so I'm probably in that 50%.

[Zwhaler]

I switched last september when I ordered my iMac :)