It’s Official - I’m Making the Switch from PC to Mac

November 25, 2006 at 5:42 am · Filed under Mac

Well, after many years of being a PC owner, I’ve finally decided to make the switch to the Mac world. I’ve had enough of the security problems, the crashes, and the many other issues that go hand in hand with using Microsoft Windows.

Now, I understand that Macs have a reputation for being very user friendly but nevertheless, I’m still a bit nervous about making the transition. The Windows-way is all I’ve ever known, so making the switch over to Mac OS X is going to be very interesting to say the least.

Tomorrow’s a big day indeed.

I’m heading out first thing in the morning to pick up a brand new MacBook Pro (15.4″, 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB memory, 120GB hard drive). I’ll also be buying a copy of Parallels because there are still a few Windows programs that I need to run now and then.

So what’s the deal with the blog?

Well, I thought it might be a good idea to blog about this whole experience in the hope that it might be helpful for others who are considering a move as well. I’ll be blogging every day so it should be quite interesting considering I know next to nothing about Macs at this point!

Stay tuned…

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Miah said,

November 29, 2006 @ 9:49 pm

Congratulations, I have also recently switched over, and there are a few things that are to be learned about the new system… but not as much as you would think. I have already transitioned everything I do to the Mac with the exception of pc games. so if you have any questions of how to do something you would normally rely on windows for, hit me up and I might be able to answer it for you. I have found that everything I could di in a windows machine I can do on a Mac as just as well if not better so it is a good choice, and often times more fun as I have found out in the past two weeks.

have fun and welcome to being a newbie again!

-Miah

George said,

November 29, 2006 @ 11:53 pm

Congrats and welcome. A couple of words…think simple…it takes a while getting used to straightforward operation (seriously). Also, take a tour through system preferences and program prefs (finder included), you’ll find a lot of easy customizations to make things more famliar and last, create a folder, call it “launcher” or similar and drag it to the dock. The put aliases (shortcuts, made with apple key and L) of your favorite files and apps in the folder. When you need one, click and hold on the “launcher’ icon in the dock and a quick list will appear. Very convenient. Include an alias to your drive in that folder and you can “drill down’ to any file very quickly.

Steven said,

November 30, 2007 @ 11:55 am

Great blog on your switch to mac… I’m currently planning my switch over (When the Jan ‘08 MBPs come out) and wanted to thank you for all you’ve written here. I’ve found a few gems that will make my transition a little easier.

Steven

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