Comments on: Goodbye Windows. You won’t be missed.

By: jaymeydad

jaymeydad — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:59:24 +0000

I have never made that comparison.

By: Giovani

Giovani — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:00:48 +0000

Hello there, I am interested into jumping to Mac Mini, how does the Viewsonic Display handles the colors in comparison with mac's own monitors/integrated? do you feel a change?

oh and about Linux… well you are going to be suffering, if you think that Mac doesn't have support for some great applications it's gona be hell in Linux…

By: jaymeydad

jaymeydad — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:17:09 +0000

If Linux setup/admin would be as simple as Mac OS, and if the UI would be as intuitive, then I might go for a Linux machine. But I still need to find a PC that is as little in its size as a Mac Mini.

By: chuck

chuck — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:41:48 +0000

If you continue to evolve, you may discover linux. You'll find that the Mac OS is simply a port of linux, made proprietary by apple against the open source agreement that governs the use of linux. In other words, you've bought a product that is free to the linux community from another M$ style west coast con artist.

By: jaymeydad

jaymeydad — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:59:51 +0000

Not really. For home use 90% of the time is spent in the browser (web surfing, Gmail, Google Docs). Add iLife and a few utils and you are pretty much covered.

There are tons of apps for Mac (check out versiontracker.com) and I was able to find utilities (freeware/shareware) that are comparable in functionality and sometimes even better than what I used to run on a PC (I will probably post the list at some point). There are a few apps for the PC that I still miss – Picasa (and not just because it was originally an Idealab company ) and SnagIt which is the best screen grabber and quick photo editor. I also used to use Microsoft Money and now need to switch to Quicken which I hope will be easy.

The Mac is so much friendly for my type of work – I often install new software to try out new services, and then need to uninstall. Doing it on a PC has a terrible impact on the disk, registry and overall performance. On a Mac – installing and uninstalling is much simpler and complete.

BTW, weren't you the Unix guy a few years ago?

By: Eitan Shay

Eitan Shay — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:22:27 +0000

traitor
its true that apple's software requires less maintenance, but dont you find yourself with limited options? (software-wise)
i like the stability, the hardware. still havent got used to the simple interface.
perhaps its trauma from 20 years ago, when i first had to decide between pc & mac.
mac had a better hardware… but less options… the gap is narrowing down, but why limit yarself?