A question for switchers.

I don't really know how to go about asking this question, so I'll just throw it out there.

Do you still have those random moments when you realize you're using OS X and not Windows?

While I admit I still rely on Boot Camp and Parallels to game and program in Windows, I still have those random moments where I'll think "Wow, I'm browsing my favorite website in Firefox... in OS X!" or "I'm cataloging my media... on Journal HSF+ formatted drives!"

Maybe I'm crazy, but the first operating system I owned and got to master was Windows 98se. Than I eventually got to upgrade to Windows XP and mastered it. Now I find myself knowing enough about OS X to comfortably use it.

I remember when I first started using OS X, I had trouble installing programs. I'd download a program, mount the .dmg, launch the program and assume it was installed. So I'd delete that .dmg, only to find my program no where to be found. I assumed that you installed it from the .dmg, like you would from a .exe in Windows. Boy, was I wrong. *laughs*

A rookie mistake, I guess. While I still no little about the operating system and all the programs available, I find myself more comfortable with a Macintosh and OS X than I ever thought I would be. I mean, having been using Windows for 10 years and suddenly switch to a radically different OS? Humans are adaptable, but I always thought it'd be near impossible.

In fact, when I was first considering my laptop purchase, I was considering the MacBook Pro with the sole intention of using Windows XP on it 99% of the time. I did at first, but I grew to love Tiger and it's simplicity and beauty. That and I was looking forward to Leopard since Vista was a bomb.

I can understand why certain Mac fans have a bloated ego about Apple. They are indeed fine machines and the OS is a dream. While it's not without it's problems, especially recently, I love my Mac and would even recommend them to friends and family that have never used one before.

*glees* I wrote this in Textedit, instead of Notepad! *laughs*

 

You're just crazy

 

I have to agree, I do get those moments as well when I thought it would be impossible to do what Im doing on a Mac. I do indeed remember when I first got my Mac, I thought "Oh man, what if my programs dont work, what if Im not as productive, this would be such a waste of money."

I also had XP on bootcamp just incase, but I only used it for gaming. Now, with the fact that I built a PC desktop, I did not bother setting up BootCamp on my Mac when I installed Leopard a couple days ago.

I am definitely happy with my Mac, but by no means am I a fanboy or have a super Apple ego...I rarely brag about it to my friends and whenever friends ask me for laptop advice I usually advise PC laptops because most of those people are looking for best bang for buck.

Anyways, I just boast the fact that OSX is so simple, easy, and elegant, but by no means do I see it as better than other OS's, XP is also a good OS, and is just as simple when you know what you're doing.

 

I do get my moments where I forget I'm using OS X instead of Windows, and then I look back and I think, wow, this is what computing should be.

I've got to say, back a few years, I would think, "Apple OS? Why would I want that?", and the iPod Nano I got two years back really opened up the Apple world to me. I'm no fanboy (and I dislike it when someone thinks I am so), but I really do like Apple's products. They're not perfect, but I find they're certainly better than others.

 

I totally was gotten by the .dmg file thing the first time I installed an app. I actually got REALLY frustrated before I figured out what to do. Hah! Now it's mostly second nature.