Nervous About Making the Switch

[Unkei]

macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2011 Nervous About Making the Switch

Quite frankly I am completely frustrated with the software that comes on PC especially Windows, it is complete garbage. I am nervous however to make the switch to an iMac27. I already have an iPhone 3GS and plan on getting the new 5 if it comes out on Tuesday. I also plan on getting some sort of tablet albeit the iPad 3 or the Kindle Fire (apples and oranges I know). I figure I might as well get the entire ecosystem if I get the iMac and once the iPad 3 comes out I will scoop it up. The only problem that I see is that I live in fairly rural area and the nearest Apple store is 3.5 hours away. So what do I do if I need to have service on my products do I have to drive the 3.5 hours? Secondly, PCs are so familiar to me it is slightly unnerving thinking of changing although I complete despise the software. Anyone have any words of encouragement? TIA

Don't be nervous! And except for gaming, Macs are much the better computing platform. This is from a Windows user since they first made PC's (yes..I'm an old guy). As for Kindle Fire, just returned 2..they are crap! No battery life, constant shutdowns, too small screen for decent web browsing. An iPad, on the other hand is intuitively easy to use, you can get the free Kindle app for it. If you get a wireless keyboard case, you can do almost any computing chore that needs doing! I've owned 3 iPads now, one of each as it was released. Also have a 21.5 in iMac.
Unkei