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 25 Jun, 2005 2:18 pm “Switching to Mac Easier Than You Think.” |
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Some key points from an article published today on BetaNews.com
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Switching to Mac Easier Than You Think
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews
June 25, 2005, 12:00 AM
PERSPECTIVE: With Longhorn still at least 18 months -- if not longer -- away from a final
release, I decided now was as good a time as ever to try out the Mac OS X operating system.
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I have not had a lot of experience with Macs, other than in elementary and middle school
with old Apple IIc and IIe's (like most people) and on an old G3 running Mac OS 9 at my
job while I was in college. Even though Apple may have sharp looking desktops and a
highly regarded operating system, I never had a reason to leave the world of Windows.
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Enter Mac OS X Tiger. The fourth revision of the operating system in as many years
brings features that are still a long ways off for Windows users. It just works, really.
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Moving all my files over onto the Mac was not difficult at all. With just the operating
system alone and no installed third-party applications, I could view my Word
documents, PDF files and pictures without a problem.
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Web browsing and instant messaging on the Mac also required no learning curve.
Safari is as fast as IE, with less risk of spyware problems. Tiger comes with iChat,
but I loaded up Adium X, Mac's equivalent to Trillian, but more customizable.
Adium supports all the major IM networks within a single client interface,
and a tabbed message window to avoid clutter.
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For those who like Microsoft Office, Office for Mac looks and works just like its Windows
counterpart - there is no learning curve at all. The same goes for Adobe Photoshop, as
well as many other cross-platform applications. Performance is more than acceptable
on the low-end Mac I used to switch with a 1.0GHz G4 processor and 1GB of RAM.
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Finally, and probably the most attractive benefit to switching, is the fact that Macs are currently
immune to spyware and malware that plagues Windows. And the chances of your Mac catching
a virus are practically nil. If you are getting tired of having to make sure your computer
isn't infected with spyware every day, maybe it's time to consider a Mac.
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If you asked me to switch to a Mac a few years ago, I would have called you nuts. However, with
all of the problems Windows has and the lack of true innovation to the operating system in recent
years, Microsoft has left the door wide open for somebody else to take the reins.
And Apple is taking full advantage of it.
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These quotes are barely half the entire article. Click here to read it all.
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