Comments on: Using a Mac…why oh why?

By: KBG

KBG — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:46:31 +0000

Great piece. My thoughts exactly when I became a former Windows user, ie “Switcher”. It truly is a completely different life and I’m so glad I’m apart of the Mac family and welcome to you too! camxso

By: Jauhari

Jauhari — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:13:21 +0000

Welcome to the Mac World ;)

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:35:57 +0000

Curious L: And by the way, you may find this link interesting…

http://www.macenterprise.org/

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:33:29 +0000

“Chris: I love shiny marketing pages as much as the next guy, but didn’t find the answers I was looking for. Got any white-papers or case studies? And you don’t get to claim UNIX as a Mac network, sorry.”

Curious L.: Sure he can! As per Apple’s website:

Leopard is an Open Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product, conforming to the SUSv3 and POSIX 1003.1 specifications for the C API, Shell Utilities, and Threads. Since Leopard can compile and run all your existing UNIX code, you can deploy it in environments that demand full conformance — complete with hooks to maintain compatibility with existing software.

Mac OS X Leopard *is* UNIX.

By: Eugene

Eugene — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:43:51 +0000

Very nice post! The story is quite similar to mine. For myself I figured out that PCs are mostly for those guys who love work with computer, spend hours playing with settings etc, and Macs are for those who use computers for something else - to get a result in their work or hobby, be it a photo, blogging etc.

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By: Brad Jasper

Brad Jasper — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:06:36 +0000

Greg,

I had a similar experience a few years back. I was a long time PC user who never gave Mac’s a chance.

I finally decided to take the plunge and I’ll never go back.

Sure, Mac’s have their set of problems–they’re just much less frequent and annoying than in my PC days.

I found the Mac community was very passionate and willing to help switchers get to know their Mac’s.

Good luck with your endeavor.

- Brad

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