Oh yeah! It’s on now. Over night, I’ve become the biggest Mac fan on the planet. Not kidding. I’ve been on Windows (even via Boot Camp) forever, and been quite happy in Microsoft land. But as of last week, when my shiny new Macbook Pro arrived, I’m all about Mac and OSX.
I’ve switched a few times before, but each time I’ve gone back to Windows due to simple issues related to either software compatibility, co-worker compatibility, and application speed. When I switched a year ago, I was on a brand new quad-core Mac Pro, but Adobe CS2 was not native Intel, so it was very slow compared to Windows XP. So I installed Boot Camp and ran XP on a mac for over a year.
This time it’s different. There is a noticeable speed increase in 10.5 compared to Vista, or XP and I really love the updated Finder. Adobe CS3 is super fast, Firefox is fast. After installing a ton of apps and transferring my life over the the Mac OS. Everything just works. Unlike Vista, which has been a constant headache and often slower than even XP.
I’m all hooked up with a Time Machine backup and some fabulous new mac only applications. The transition has gone much smoother than expected.
I’ve got a few blog post ideas about my transition to mac, comparisons to Windows, great mac applications and docking options. So stay tuned for those. But for now, I’d have to say my favorite Mac feature is Spotlight.
Grats! Welcome to the white side.
Welcome to the rest of your computing life.
Let me know if you are looking for specific apps/functions. You probably have found everything you need (based on your tweets), but let me know if you are looking for missing Windows functionality.
Also, if you haven’t already, check out xScope:
http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope
Congrats on the job!
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