I love mine, because it's so much nicer to look at. Just staring down at my computer keyboard makes me smile a little...
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This is true for me too, though i feel this is a bit on the decline as 'every man and his dog' start to get a mac.
Because this tosser doesn't pop up every three minutes FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER
Ready, aim.....
Because this tosser doesn't pop up every three minutes FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qK35JXX-xLQ
I have two, so I'll make this in two parts.
1) 17 inch PowerBook G4 Rev E purchased March 13, 2006
I love this computer because it is thin, and quite portable for a 17 inch laptop. I like how it doesn't get really hot like some of the newer MacBook Pros do (not dissing MBP owners). The battery life is awesome, I can get 4 hours on a charge. It has never crashed, and has been nothing but a pleasure to use. I did however have one problem.
2) 17 inch iMac Core Duo
I love this computer because of the attention it grabs when guests are over. I can very quickly show off family photos and play music from the remote. Its design is absolutely breathtaking. One cord to the wall, that's it.
Mac OS:
Oh where to start. Neither computer has ever crashed, and I can download whatever the heck I want without worrying about a virus or spyware. It is beautiful and intuitive. It feels a lot more 'human' than Windows or even Ubuntu. Expose is a stroke of pure genius, and dashboard pretty much is my window to the world, especially when I first wake up in the morning, roll over and press F12 on my PowerBook. The Automator and AppleScript utilities yield infinite power.
One beef though, I don't like the way my PowerBook handles USB devices. Some seem pretty much incompatible, and the system will hang often when I use my 4GB Kaser drive.
So that, my friend, is why I love my Macs.
1) 17 inch PowerBook G4 Rev E purchased March 13, 2006
I love this computer because it is thin, and quite portable for a 17 inch laptop. I like how it doesn't get really hot like some of the newer MacBook Pros do (not dissing MBP owners). The battery life is awesome, I can get 4 hours on a charge. It has never crashed, and has been nothing but a pleasure to use. I did however have one problem.
2) 17 inch iMac Core Duo
I love this computer because of the attention it grabs when guests are over. I can very quickly show off family photos and play music from the remote. Its design is absolutely breathtaking. One cord to the wall, that's it.
Mac OS:
Oh where to start. Neither computer has ever crashed, and I can download whatever the heck I want without worrying about a virus or spyware. It is beautiful and intuitive. It feels a lot more 'human' than Windows or even Ubuntu. Expose is a stroke of pure genius, and dashboard pretty much is my window to the world, especially when I first wake up in the morning, roll over and press F12 on my PowerBook. The Automator and AppleScript utilities yield infinite power.
One beef though, I don't like the way my PowerBook handles USB devices. Some seem pretty much incompatible, and the system will hang often when I use my 4GB Kaser drive.
So that, my friend, is why I love my Macs.
It took me a while to get used to it too, but now I just can't use a PC without the features. I love exposé (F9, F10, F11), Dashboard (F12), the Dock (put your Applications folder in it and right click to see all your apps), the effects, the interface, iLife, multitasking that lets me keep a million apps open on a 1.25 Ghz machine, the list goes on and on...
I love macs so much because they just work! everything that you need, such as changing a system preferene is right in front of you and easy to find and change.
Ive changed from pc's to macs during the last 3 months and ill never look back. Mac Osx just feels more stable to the touch and more secure unlike windows where sometimes you just want to give up.
Where tasks used to take ages in windows and annoy you, macs offer a more efficent way of doing things. Basically they are a pleasure to work with and fun with little trouble if any. when i switched i didnt know what to expect but know i can not imagine going back.
You will love your mac because it just works and looks fantastic
Ive changed from pc's to macs during the last 3 months and ill never look back. Mac Osx just feels more stable to the touch and more secure unlike windows where sometimes you just want to give up.
Where tasks used to take ages in windows and annoy you, macs offer a more efficent way of doing things. Basically they are a pleasure to work with and fun with little trouble if any. when i switched i didnt know what to expect but know i can not imagine going back.
You will love your mac because it just works and looks fantastic
because after i install something i do not have to restart my computer.
Seamless integration with all my programs.
Looks Amazing
Seamless integration with all my programs.
Looks Amazing
From what I've read you are struggling with trying to force your Mac to work like it was a PC... if you are going to continue with that mind set, you're doomed to fail.
I've worked on a ton of different platforms and the one thing that you have to remember when approaching a new platform is that it isn't your old one. Windows is an okay copy of the Mac, but it isn't an exact copy. Thinking that things on a Mac are going to work like on a Windows system is asking for problems.
The people who have the hardest time moving to a new platform are ones who were very experienced on their old platform.
You can either step back and realize that you are completely new to the Mac environment and start learning how and why things work on a Mac... or you can fight your Mac at every turn, get frustrated, and eventually go back to a PC.
Really there isn't a single thing that anyone can say to help you. You have to be willing to help yourself first. And the first step down that road is to stop fighting your Mac.
Macs, they aren't PCs, so don't treat them like they are.
It's interesting: all the things for which Windows gets criticised in this post are things which I have never have a problem with in the Windows environment. I spent 10 years in Windows, starting in 1997 (after abandoning, I think, System 7.5.5). I used to own an LC II, a IIci and a PB160. I gave it all up because Apple was just not in a good place at the time and the world was moving toward Windows fast. Not once in the past ten years did I get a virus or a nasty worm. Lots of nasty cookies, yes, but nothing serious. Crashes, especially with XP Pro, were rare. And I mean rare. I've been back in the Mac environment for 2 months now with a MB C2D and I've had at least a dozen application crashes in that time. And not just the smaller shareware programs that you might expect to throw a hissy fit every now and then (and we can all, I'm sure, live with those), but iPhoto and Office 2004 (yes I know the former is Microsoft).
To put it bluntly, I've had more crashes with this Macbook than I ever had with my IBM Thinkpad X40 running XP Pro. There is a good chance, I'll admit, that I'm not doing something right (like repairing permissions, which I do after every application install), but time will tell as I learn more.
Bottom line is this: Windows XP Pro was no less stable, productive or intuitive than OS X, at least for me. And in several areas, the Mac environment is actually lacking. Desktop search is one. IMHO, Spotlight is perhaps the most pathetic excuse for a search tool (at least for documents) I've come across, especially compared to the various freeware options available for Windows. And Mail and iCal are downright embarrassing compared to Outlook 2003 (even Outlook 2000), again in my opinion (and I'm a so-called 'power' user who manages lots of email, contacts and appointments).
My Thinkpad X40 used to (and still) gets just as many looks as my MB, and that Thinkpad is almost three years old. It traveled around the world with me five times, plus numerous other business trips, and never missed a beat. When the hard drive started to make funny noises one day, IBM sent me a new drive overnight (and I live quite a distance from a major metro centre). It was quieter, smaller, lighter and thinner than the MB, and probably about 80% as fast for common Office applications and OS tools (except startup - god Windows is slow...).
So why did I switch (and to get back on topic)? There is an elegance about the Mac environment that you just don't find in Windows. It's definitely user-friendly, but also allows you to 'tinker' if need be. Installation of applications is 100% cleaner (er, what's a registry?) and managing OS X overall is heaps easier than XP Pro. I switched because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I'm definitely glad I did, but I certainly do not feel like I any more productive, enamoured or secure.
I was all three under Windows, and now my computer just makes a different startup sound.
To put it bluntly, I've had more crashes with this Macbook than I ever had with my IBM Thinkpad X40 running XP Pro. There is a good chance, I'll admit, that I'm not doing something right (like repairing permissions, which I do after every application install), but time will tell as I learn more.
Bottom line is this: Windows XP Pro was no less stable, productive or intuitive than OS X, at least for me. And in several areas, the Mac environment is actually lacking. Desktop search is one. IMHO, Spotlight is perhaps the most pathetic excuse for a search tool (at least for documents) I've come across, especially compared to the various freeware options available for Windows. And Mail and iCal are downright embarrassing compared to Outlook 2003 (even Outlook 2000), again in my opinion (and I'm a so-called 'power' user who manages lots of email, contacts and appointments).
My Thinkpad X40 used to (and still) gets just as many looks as my MB, and that Thinkpad is almost three years old. It traveled around the world with me five times, plus numerous other business trips, and never missed a beat. When the hard drive started to make funny noises one day, IBM sent me a new drive overnight (and I live quite a distance from a major metro centre). It was quieter, smaller, lighter and thinner than the MB, and probably about 80% as fast for common Office applications and OS tools (except startup - god Windows is slow...).
So why did I switch (and to get back on topic)? There is an elegance about the Mac environment that you just don't find in Windows. It's definitely user-friendly, but also allows you to 'tinker' if need be. Installation of applications is 100% cleaner (er, what's a registry?) and managing OS X overall is heaps easier than XP Pro. I switched because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I'm definitely glad I did, but I certainly do not feel like I any more productive, enamoured or secure.
I was all three under Windows, and now my computer just makes a different startup sound.
In fairness, it does take some time to get used to the mac way of doing things rather than the PC way.
I struggled for about a year trying to find the little apps that did the same as the PC counterparts (and they are out there, just search) and dealing with the whole "Woah, the window doesn't maximize...stupid MAC" etc etc.
You'll get used to it if you work a little at it. And then prepare yourself for blissful computing thereafter! I would struggle to do what I do now if I wasn't using OS X.
I struggled for about a year trying to find the little apps that did the same as the PC counterparts (and they are out there, just search) and dealing with the whole "Woah, the window doesn't maximize...stupid MAC" etc etc.
You'll get used to it if you work a little at it. And then prepare yourself for blissful computing thereafter! I would struggle to do what I do now if I wasn't using OS X.