Going from PC to Mac

Ree Fresh · #1 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

Although my mac is gorgouse, alot easyer in the long run, and no more virus fears... im still having trouble getting use to it :(

Anyone out there understand?

dj_soo · #2 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

what kind of mac?

tip: get a 2-button mouse. Makes the transition a lot easier.

Ree Fresh · #3 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

G4 with a 2 botton mouse and scroll :y:

dj_soo · #4 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

G4 laptop or desktop?

check this article: http://www.asktog.com/columns/060MonsterMac.html

gives you links to various shareware/freeware apps that make your mac experience much better.

Asheai · #5 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

ya, i know whatcha mean... i have always used pcs and then at one of my jobs they put me on a mac and expected me to be able to do shit. ha! i never knew they were sooo dissimiliar... but then again, those were old pieces of shit macs.

Ree Fresh · #6 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

Its a tower... im using my old Dell monitor which sucks ass visualy compared to when it was hooked up to my pc :/

Might be worth whiled to get a mac flat screen :D

Ree Fresh · #7 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

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Originally Posted by Asheai

ya, i know whatcha mean... i have always used pcs and then at one of my jobs they put me on a mac and expected me to be able to do shit. ha! i never knew they were sooo dissimiliar... but then again, those were old pieces of shit macs.

I had one of those old old mac's at home when I was a kid... so some of it is a bit familar. Took me awhile to stop looking for the start botton lol and I find things are easyer... however maybe a bit too easy were im finding I can't do as much.

decypher · #8 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

You setup the shortkuts to use Expose? Makes things way easier.

Rytalin · #9 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

If your used to Windows, then using OSX on anything less than a G5 with a blazingly fast videocard can be a real pissoff. Buttons and menus take a bit more time to open when you click them, just enough to make it feel like there's a 10 inch sheet of bulletproof plexiglass between you and the computer. And every program you open adds an inch or so.

But yeah... you get used to it after awhile... and the bulletproof BSD kernel is a nice change from crashy old windows :)

Lenny · #10 (**permalink**) Nov 28, 05

take the time to learn the shortcuts for os x and customize your prefs so your computer works the way you want it to. I found having someone show me around right off the bat helped quite a bit as well.

Grapes · #11 (**permalink**) Nov 29, 05

Watch out for Jobs

nabs · #12 (**permalink**) Nov 29, 05

mac's are wicked, im buying one soon a 15 inch g4 laptop. i need one.

sidekick · #13 (**permalink**) Nov 29, 05

i have the 12" powerbook and i love it.

took me a few days to finally figure out all the odds and ends of OSX, but now that i've got it down pat i'm never going back to windows ever.

Ryan Ross · #14 (**permalink**) Nov 29, 05

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Originally Posted by Rytalin

If your used to Windows, then using OSX on anything less than a G5 with a blazingly fast videocard can be a real pissoff. Buttons and menus take a bit more time to open when you click them, just enough to make it feel like there's a 10 inch sheet of bulletproof plexiglass between you and the computer. And every program you open adds an inch or so.

But yeah... you get used to it after awhile... and the bulletproof BSD kernel is a nice change from crashy old windows :)

I just switched from pc to mac, (a g4 powerbook) and I dont find this at all. It takes pretty much the same amount of time to open apps as it did on my pc. Also, one of the huge differences I found was that no matter how many programs I have going, doing alot of shit I might add, I can still operate like nothing else is going on in the background...

As for the user friendly-ness- It just takes a bit to get used to it, like a few days work on it downloading programs and checking things out and then its easy as hell. I actually much prefer the mac platform now that I know how to use it.

Ryan Ross · #15 (**permalink**) Nov 29, 05

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Originally Posted by (LJF)

take the time to learn the shortcuts for os x and customize your prefs so your computer works the way you want it to. I found having someone show me around right off the bat helped quite a bit as well.

Totally agree, if you know someone with a mac, get them to spend 15 minutes showing you some of the cool features and it'll make things a lot quicker.

Kazuma · #16 (**permalink**) Nov 29, 05

I'm gunna buy the next generation mac laptops. I run a PG at home, but at school we are running dual G5's with like 2 gigs of RAM and 19 inch widescreen mac HD panels. I need a mac really bad.

Ree Fresh · #17 (**permalink**) Nov 29, 05

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Originally Posted by Blunted

I just switched from pc to mac, (a g4 powerbook) and I dont find this at all. It takes pretty much the same amount of time to open apps as it did on my pc. Also, one of the huge differences I found was that no matter how many programs I have going, doing alot of shit I might add, I can still operate like nothing else is going on in the background...

As for the user friendly-ness- It just takes a bit to get used to it, like a few days work on it downloading programs and checking things out and then its easy as hell. I actually much prefer the mac platform now that I know how to use it.

At first it did seem like it was moving really slow or not at all... from what I notice when you click on somthing or want to go into it, theres no real obviouse notivication that its doing somthing. Therefore I can see why it seems like its doing nothing or 'slower'? When really its just the same or faster.

Slowly but surly getting use to it and leanring to costomize. Im sure in a few weeks ill love it to death... however so far it did somthing funny with the colour of my screen and its killing my eyes :(