Thinking of switching from PC to Mac?
Grace | Nov 07, 2009 | Comments 8
I’ve heard it among my girl friends and random people around, “the great Mac experience”. What is it? What makes it great? Is it worth my time and money?
I’m interested in technology, gadgets and new stuffs creating buzz around the market. I’ve changed phones, printers, PC models in the past and my transition from one brand to another mostly didn’t take that much time and effort. I start with doing research for the functionality, price and user reviews then if all’s well in my book, I go ahead and make the change. No sweat.
But can that be said with changing from a PC to a Mac?
My friends who have taken the plunge, switching their PC’s to Mac rushed to the stores in time for the MacBook Air release. While some of them are just plain brave and adventurous (or rich!), others have done their research first and decided. A handful of them, however, have jumped solely out of curiosity wanting to “get into the new groove” kind of thing.
These curious cats who plunged head on were on the verge of drowning at first, going through the differences (there are a lot – even the keyboard and mouse is different!) like someone walking in the dark without a flash light or guide stick. They have stumbled and cursed but now, all of them have survived and enjoying their Mac experience.
It’s a relief for everyone and now they are calling out to me.
The adage, what you don’t know won’t hurt you might be true but in this case, what I don’t know can be scary and intimidating. There are a lot of differences between a PC and a Mac. The keyboard, mouse, file organization, accessing and opening programs, closing. Who knows what else! On some days, it really sounds discouraging.
But honestly? I’m still interested. Aside from the cool, smart look of a MacBook, I’m curious with its virus invulnerability. Didn’t you know? Mac OS X isn’t plagued by constant attacks from PC viruses and malware. Mac is secure right out of the box which is a big thing because I am tired at how constant security alerts and sweeps slow down my PC. This and its gorgeous style, cool widgets and that mysterious ”great Mac experience” makes me want to make the move.
I’ve done my little research and weighing the possibility of being a Mac user soon. If you’re contemplating on the same thing, it’s best to start reading the support documentation called Switch 101 you can find at the Apple website. It explains the process and hopefully take you through the whole experience so you won’t have nightmares thereafter. If you’re not satisfied with the documentation at the Apple website, you can google your woe spelled out “switching from PC to Mac” and find lots of resources to save you lots of headache pills.
Any change can be challenging and can be a frightening experience but it really doesn’t have to be. With ample research time, dedication to learn the ropes and lots of practice, anyone can proudly share their own “great Mac experience”.
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One of the main reasons I haven't made the jump is that I need Windows for my games (avid gamer here). I have been told of the dual boot so I will probably make the switch – though it's hard to find a MacBook with a strong enough gfx card!
New blogger as well? Welcome Grace.
Great article, actually Shufflegazine (called Shuffle, that time) helped me a lot.
If i recall well, one of the themes was Switching to Mac, lots of articles and useful information.
In the begining it might seem hard and a little frustrating since you dont know anything, while you know almost everything in Windows.
But with time you will get used to the new platform, and it will become your best friend.
One of the things i love about my Macbook is, its not just my computer. Its like my best friend, it have all the information organized in the iLife suite, it encourages you to put all your photos, movies and music in there.
I have another Windows laptop for work, but i cant wait to finish work to return to the Mac, the Toshiba laptop seems so official and so “work centric”. While on the other hand the Mac is about entertainment and life style.
After more than a year now, i can really tell, i forgot what “format” means. I dont know whats the best Antivirus out there, because i dont care!!
I used to have the same fear, but its gone long time ago.
Most of my games are outdated (from 2005 and 2006), they run on my lowest end White Macbook very well, not on BootCamp, but using Virtual Machine (VMware) under Mac.
My fear was not games exactly, it was 3D design, i used to work on 3D Studio Max, and just the idea of not be able to play with Max was freaking me out.
This is where dual booting become useful. restart the Macbook, boot in XP and everything perfect.
About the graphics card, i dont know what game you are playing, but the Nvidia Geforce 9600 should be able to run it easily!!
Also the new iMacs come with very good ATI Radeon options
“One of the things i love about my Macbook is, its not just my computer. Its like my best friend, it have all the information organized in the iLife suite, it encourages you to put all your photos, movies and music in there. “
medopal, I can empathize there – a day without my MacBook is pretty much the most I've gone since I've gotten it….
New games are insane, though I do have an X360 some of the games just go on PC. I am sure no Mac can run Crysis, though it is an exceptionally heavy game.
9600 is a superb GFX card definitely
New games are insane, though I do have an X360 some of the games just go on PC. I am sure no Mac can run Crysis, though it is an exceptionally heavy game.
9600 is a superb GFX card definitely
New games are insane, though I do have an X360 some of the games just go on PC. I am sure no Mac can run Crysis, though it is an exceptionally heavy game.
9600 is a superb GFX card definitely
My reason choosing Mac is better security:)