Longtime Windows expert Scot Finnie gave the Mac a three-month trial as his primary machine for work and home use. After 3 months, he concluded: "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."
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Member since:2006-06-24
Wow. That's the same experience I had. I'm just happy I can afford both.
But I have to say, there is lots and lots of good software for the Mac, but it rarely seems to match up to the Windows counterpart in terms of functionality, even though it often looks ten times better.
I wonder if the WPF will affect the landscape very much?
Member since:2005-07-06
But I have to say, there is lots and lots of good software for the Mac, but it rarely seems to match up to the Windows counterpart in terms of functionality, even though it often looks ten times better.
I think the mac apps tend to be better from a usability standpoint and they tend to look nicer. However, they also tend to be more simple and less flexible for the power users (like me). In most cases that is fine though. I think it's an issue with the mac platform as a whole though. In an effort to maintain quality, most of the software tends to keep things as simple as possible (which I can understand). But in the process, it kills flexibility.
I wonder if the WPF will affect the landscape very much?
It should, if Microsoft really pushes it.
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2005-07-06
After reading this article, I'm convinced that no Windows poweruser in their right mind would switch to a Mac. They just require too many stupid little application, and they find too many ways to nitpick the functionality of the Mac alternatives.
Damn is that true. I guess I'm a "Windows power user" and what you said about so many little apps is true. There is so much software available for windows that over the years I've collected my favorites and have really grown on them.
When I got my macbook it was hard for a while, and still kind of is. There is so much less software available for it, and a lot of it seems to cost money, which I'm not willing to spend for *most* types of software. For windows, there is almost always multiple free choices for any type of software.
But I am starting to like my mac, I could just never use it as my main system. It's working ok as my mobile machine though.