Comments on: Why You Should Ditch Your PC and Switch to Mac

By: Bart

Bart — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:25:43 +0000

Josh,

Okay. I’m interested in learning more about macs. I have NEVER used one, but I am always up for trying something new.

My questions…

I have 300GB of info on a portable drive that I normally use between work and home (MS Office files – all types, pictures, old scanned documents, etc, etc). If I get a mac, can I plug this portable hard drive into it, will it work, and will I be able to access and use all these files I have?

I have 120GB of pictures…can I view them on mac without converting them?

I’m a software junkie…will any of my old Windows software operate on a mac?

Things like my Nikon DSLRs…can I plug them into a mac and will they be recognized, without software?

Where is a good reference source for all these types of “I am converting from windows to mac” kinds of questions?

THanks!
Bart

By: Realist

Realist — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:46:18 +0000

Hey Zkmetroid? To hell with your God. Who are you to tell me I cannot have any other Gods but the one you choose? God does not exist, never did. Neither did Jesus. The bible is fiction, not fact.

By: Zkmetroid

Zkmetroid — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:35:52 +0000

Hey King,
R U a Christian? I know I am! Well, whether U R a Christian or not, U need to believe the Christian God and have absolutely NO other gods but Him.

By: Zkmetroid

Zkmetroid — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:33:17 +0000

Thank you sooo very much, I am gonna get a laptop for Christmas this year but I wasn’t sure which one but now I am sure I want a MacBook! I think that by the information you gave, which i believe completely, my Macintosh that I will get will last a really long time, longer than 15 years, cuz I have a Windows 98 in my upstairs desk and it is 9 years old now, but you said that a Mac will last alot longer because it won’t get any bugs or viruses! I am getting a Mac for sure now.

Thanx,
Zach D.

By: KING

KING — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:07:25 +0000

I want more information about MAC and why mac is good; just because of it’s high power proccessor or it cant catch a VIRUS. The only thing is that on which you believe not the one on which they believe. You understan what i’m saying you can never be satisfied of what you have within your self but satisfied by the one which is better than you and it’s true that what god has given to us is much less tahn what we need.
(In this world, there is every thing to fill up your needs, but not for your greedyness.) Now also the MAC is best than the PC.

By: GreenCracker

GreenCracker — Thu, 05 May 2005 00:47:33 +0000

Ditch Your PC and Switch to Mac
Josh Sowin has a nice post about why you should ditch your PC and switch to Mac. I have tons of reasons myself why someone should switch to a Mac, but Josh actually posted a list which is pretty simple…

By: Ed Hidden

Ed Hidden — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:56:53 +0000

Josh... I had to post something! One opposing view point This one relates more to my industry On most of your points, I do agree with you though. I've been tempted to do the Mac Mini thing as well. I gotta tell you though, I just built up a P4 HT 3.2GB and I'm FLOORED with how fast that machine is. (and for those that don't know me, I used to be the biggest mac evangelist I know.)

By: Judi Sohn

Judi Sohn — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:10:46 +0000

The grass always looks greener when you first step on it.

Truth is, you’re all right. I have a G5 and a Dell PC sitting here and every praise and every criticism of both operating system has merit. Yes, there are less security hassles with OS X but I’ll take Outlook over any Mac email client anyday, especially Mail which I really can’t stand. There are things that work better on OS X and there are things that work better on XP. Just depends on what you want to do. And Dreamweaver does *not* run better on OS X, that I can promise you.

Stability is a draw. If you know what you’re doing and you follow good preventive maintenance both platforms are stable 95% of the time. I’ve had one kernel panic on my Mac, I’ve had one BSOD on my Dell. I’ve never had a problem with spyware or viruses because I use Firefox and I’m careful and I use antivirus and antispyware utilities that protect my machine.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:24:59 +0000

Sure you could build your own PC from scratch… but why when you can buy a well built and very stylish Mac? I just don’t see why people make a big deal out of being able to build their own PC.

As far as free third-party software. Have a look at VersionTracker.com and you’ll find TONS of awesome free apps to use with OS X.

Jeff H said “For the additional cost, they should come bundled with a Jaguar.” What? $500 gets you a Mac Mini which already has all of those apps included! You know you’re going to spend far more than that when you build your own PC and try to get it to do everything the Mac will do right out of the box!

I’m happy that Josh has decided to test the Mac waters and has seen the light. I use a PC at work everyday and, well, it just SUCKS! Even an IT department in a large company can’t keep PCs working as flawlessly as a Mac running OS X.

Thanks for the post Josh!

By: Josh S.

Josh S. — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 20:42:57 +0000

That doesn’t make any sense.