any windows users switched to mac?
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bow down to king puffy
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any windows users switched to mac?
I am thinking of buying an Apple MacBook Pro. I am a bit hasitant though since I been Windows user my whole life and not sure if mac is really "better". Anyone have any input? I heard a lot of people are happy with Macs but after playing on one for little bit not sure if performance wise they are faster. Also interested if anyone is running both mac os and windows os on their computers.
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what are you using it for? i used windows most my life but recently got a macbook pro due to some specific reasons. i like it though but i have pros and cons with both. right now im typing on my older vista laptop
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i love my macbook.
i have vista on it, so i can use windows on it, but i hate vista. if i had xp on it, i would probably boot to it every other day or so.
they are expensive, i didn't care about the money.
they are very easy to use and the whole scrolling with two fingers and four fingers down and up are awesome
also... nice job making a normal thread :hi5:
i have vista on it, so i can use windows on it, but i hate vista. if i had xp on it, i would probably boot to it every other day or so.
they are expensive, i didn't care about the money.
they are very easy to use and the whole scrolling with two fingers and four fingers down and up are awesome
also... nice job making a normal thread :hi5:
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I have Vista and XP running with VMWare, and can run them as well as OS X simultaneously. I've never had to do anything on a PC I can't already do with a Mac, but that's me. As far as I'm concerned, the glory never faded.
I work in education as the campus "Mac Guy". From my perspective, it works for most; and I hear more "switchers" praising than complaining where I work. There's like a 1-2% return-to-pc rate over the course of 3 years. I deploy about 120-160 Macs each summer. Half of the ones returning to Windows are from people that get promoted or transferred to a new department that requires a PC. Most are unhappy with that rule, but diverse enough to not care about doing what it takes to get paid.
I work in education as the campus "Mac Guy". From my perspective, it works for most; and I hear more "switchers" praising than complaining where I work. There's like a 1-2% return-to-pc rate over the course of 3 years. I deploy about 120-160 Macs each summer. Half of the ones returning to Windows are from people that get promoted or transferred to a new department that requires a PC. Most are unhappy with that rule, but diverse enough to not care about doing what it takes to get paid.