recently converted to mac os x , and ill tell ya it the best thing , i cent believe iv ebeen using windows for such a long time , im keeping my descktop only for gaming. heres how i learned tgo use os 10.
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If I were starting out now as a new user though I would go with OS X. Things seem to work better out of the box. But I have been using Windows for so long I know how to make Windows work just the way I want it too now, so that advantage is gone for me.
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deathbyevilspoon Notebook Enthusiast
well I hope its the best...I'll be converting here shortly when my MBP gets here on monday...I cant wait
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you really didn't need any sort of book, and that book definitely SHOULD NOT be in the box, haha, that would increase shipping costs a ridiculous amount.
everything that book, is most likely already thoroughly covered on Apple's website. just so you know -
Wow, that book is ridiculously large. I hope you didn't actually read it cover to cover. Now you should sell it on eBay and buy a dictionary to help with your spelling - Just kidding
The Mac OS is very intuitive; that's part of the architecture and appeal.
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masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook
sometimes paper form is more conducive to learning.
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ye paper combined with computer is an ultimate distraction force, if i didnt get that book , i would have been asking alot of thing , on this forum , it just makes alot of sense and saves time , and yes , mac os 10 is amazing i wanna say this again AMAIZING.
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Wait till your apps start crashing, neither OS is amazing but XP and OSX are good, Vista is mediocre
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Eh, beyond the 1 BSOD I got from a IRQ conflict after upgrading to Vista, which was readily resolved, I haven't had a catastrophic crash on any OS in years. I don't think any of the OS's are really as unstable or insecure as people make them out to be.
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you guys are right like i said ive been using windows since 98 and its very good os,and i still have my gaming desktop with xp on it , which i will keep for gaming ,now all my years of using windows i never had any viruses ,im i can say a power user of windows and i never had any problems with windows (but activation problems) and im an IT student ,so ill be using win . All im saying is that os 10 is really good and i love it. love it.(well i actually did say that it is the best)
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os x is teh best.
saz hu?
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Even in Windows, as long as you use common sense and take reasonable precautions (i.e. don't do stuff that'll obviously lead to security breaches), you should be safe from most generic viruses. -
i said i never had any viruses that i can recall, but i did have ###t load of spyware and malware and adware and rooykits though.
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I like Mac's i think the design of the OSX is very elegant and i have owned a few. I don't own one right now and i have been making do with a Dell notebook that has been loaned to me until i buy a new laptop as i sold my computer(s).
At this moment in time i pretty much have no real preference for which OS i use. That may change but right now after using a Windows based laptop for a few days i have to say that right now i couldn't really be bothered with what i use. With Windows you just have to be that extra bit careful with what you download. -
true story
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I came darn close, too. -
For any of the major OSes out there today, you can pretty much configure them to work just the way you want them to with a little bit of time and effort, some more than others of course. Look at it as a unique opportunity to try something new and make a new OS fit you.
No matter how much anyone goes on and on and on in a forum about the supposed advantages of one OS over another, you're only getting a distorted picture unless you take the time to experiment and try stuff yourself. How do you know you can't configure OS X or Ubuntu exactly the way you want it as well? In fact, how do you know that you have your OS set up the best way possible for your needs and wants, if you haven't tried out the other possibilities out there?
A guy who's only ever eaten hamburgers for his entire life might think it's the best food on earth if he's never had filet mignonI'm not saying that the difference between OSX or Linux vs Vista is like filet mignon to hamburger steaks, and I'm certainly not saying that they're better than Windows for everyone...but they are at least worth trying out before you close yourself to all the options.
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Unfortunately, I can't. And trying it out in a store is just not the same as trying it "for real" in your own home.
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The thing is people say that Macs are so simple your granny could partition the HD (Macs have one mouse button, thats how simple it is) but with either OS anyone new will be completely perplexed or feel right at home, Windows ppl however have many more ppl they can get help from.
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For OSX, if it's on the dock, it's easier to access, but I wouldn't expect someone who first touched a mouse 2 minutes ago to be able to figure out where the applications folder was in OSX. -
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os x is teh best
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by the caveman, Jun 30, 2007.