Windows expert to Redmond: Buh-bye

[bwana]

After a three-month Macintosh trial, Scot Finnie says "sayonara" to Windows, but his search for Mac software goes on

February 07, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Editor's Note: This is the third installment of a series in which longtime Windows expert Scot Finnie gives the Mac a three-month trial as his primary machine for work and home use. Be sure not to miss Part 1 and Part 2 of the series.

Bye-bye Windows! My three-month Macintosh trial has ended, but my permanent gig with the Mac is just getting started. Apple's MacBook Pro and Mac OS X are now my computer and operating system of choice.

If you give the Mac three months, as I did, you won't go back either. The hardest part is paying for it -- everything after that gets easier and easier. Perhaps fittingly, it took me the full three-month trial period to pay off my expensive MacBook Pro. But the darn thing is worth every penny (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9010759&pageNumber=1)As seen on digg.com (http://www.digg.com/apple/Windows_Expert_Jumps_Ship_Switches_to_Mac)

[LandyMan]

Interesting read!

Where are all those Dell boys? :D

[bwana]

Interesting read!

Where are all those Dell boys? :DThey're all dellusional anyway :p

[LandyMan]

lol @ bwana

[kingrob]

The guy obviously don't play any games.

DirectX 10 for the Mac, anyone? ;)

[bwana]

The guy obviously don't play any games.

DirectX 10 for the Mac, anyone? ;)Thats why most mac owners are adults :D

Besides - bootcamp - DirectX 10 on the Mac :)

[Amida]

Thats why most mac owners are adults :D

Besides - bootcamp - DirectX 10 on the Mac :)


What do you mean by the bootcamp - dx10 on the mac?

[bwana]

What do you mean by the bootcamp - dx10 on the mac?Bootcamp lets you dual boot osx and windoze on a mac. You set up the full version of the OS on it's own partition and it is 100% native.

BTW - You can also use that same install with parallels inside OsX but you do have to sacrifice a few things.

[Amida]

Ok that's cool but that means mac are'nt any different from pc's anymore.

I remember they were using risc processors on the mac that's why you couldn't install windows.

[bwana]

Ok that's cool but that means mac are'nt any different from pc's anymore.

I remember they were using risc processors on the mac that's why you couldn't install windows.The cpu's these days are intels but there's still a fair bit of difference above and beyond hardware similarities. Pick up a macbook pro and there is an obvious sense of quality.

I also see a Mac and the ability to run OsX as a complete package as well as a defining characteristic that isnt easily duplicated on a generic pc.

I rarely use windows but if I wanted to I could do so easily. :)

[Amida]

you get what you pay for

[bwana]

Exactly :)

[adsl3g]

I also see a Mac and the ability to run OsX as a complete package as well as a defining characteristic that isnt easily duplicated on a generic pc.

I am getting there - starting to wonder if i shouldn't have taken the iMac instead of the Macbook. The price was the same, same specs except the iMac has a 17" lcd and 160g HDD and a dedicated screencard..... hmmm! :rolleyes:
Later this year maybe!!!

[bwana]

I am getting there - starting to wonder if i shouldn't have taken the iMac instead of the Macbook. The price was the same, same specs except the iMac has a 17" lcd and 160g HDD and a dedicated screencard..... hmmm! :rolleyes:
Later this year maybe!!!Nah - you should have got the MBP though :)

cos this thing flies! :D

[LandyMan]

Nah - you should have got the MBP though :)

cos this thing flies! :D

Yep, and it comes with a built-in 17" :p

[bwana]

Yep, and it comes with a built-in 17" :pIn fact if you have a look the specs of the 17" mbp are almost identical to the mid to high end range iMacs.