transitioning from PC to MAC

[Vintage Paw]

I made the transition nearly 3 years ago. I was never in-depth competant on Windows anyway, just a normal home user and student user. I didn't even use shortcuts! So the transition wasn't difficult for me at all. The hardest thing was working out how you installed programmes. I was like, is that it? I kept expecting things to be more difficult, but they aren't.

There is lots of help online about transitioning, so have a good read around. If you don't know anyone who can lend you a mac or let you play with one for a while, just keep going into the shops and play with them for a couple of weeks, see if you can have a demo (sometimes they're not connected to the net in stores, you might want to see how surfing is, how Mail works etc).

I can muddle through with a bit of online help with most techie things, but I'm pretty hands off and not very knowledgable, and I had no problem at all going from Windows to Mac, so I really don't think you'd have a big problem.

As for CS3, everyone has answered really. Try it, if it doesn't work there are loads of torrents out there for Mac versions you'll be able to find. These days, having a Mac is less and less of an obstacle to using most, if not all, of the software that is out there (with differing results, obv.).

 

[sim667]

I did a swapover 6 years ago, although I have worked with XP at work since......

Swapped because when using photoshop and workflow programs the macs where purely and simply more stable.

If you do swap dont become a mac fanboy whatever you do, 4 of my freinds swapped following my example and their all fucking fanboys now.... they twitter on about their macs and im really fucking bored of them talking incessantly about mac stuff which is trivial and doesnt fucking matter..... there is one who is particularly bad for this.

The mac os x does have some little quirks which can be quite annoying but are normally very very easy to solve, in comparison to windows which just grinds to a halt every thrity seconds mac's quirks are trivial. For your first mac I would suggest getting the applecare package, and I would definately go to a store and have a look at them.

Im not so keen on apples company ethic, but then Mr Billy Gates aint exactly my fave person ever.

The only things that you will miss out on not having a PC is that WMV3 files will not work (Windows media video files from a coupla years ago)..... Hasnt caused me too much of a problem, just a couple of downloaded pornos that didnt work...... there was something else I was going to say...... but that was also very trivial (ive forgotten what it was)

 

[sim667]

oh yeah new software takes a little longer to come out for mac...... I want google chrome now!

 

[ChrisFilter]

I'm a PC just like BG. Macs are nice, but they don't play games and they cost too much.

 

[sim667]

I'm a PC just like BG. Macs are nice, but they don't play games and they cost too much.

they do play games, the games just come out later..... (or you have to partition your drive and install windows).....



I do agree one problem with macs is they do cost too much....... but then quite often pc's cost too little

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

in comparison to windows which just grinds to a halt every thrity seconds

i just want to say


this simply isn't true


not even ME was that bad



well ok maybe ME but 98SE 2k and xp have all worked fine for me for masivly expended periods .... i can't rember the last time i had a bluescreen

 

[UnderOpenSky]

well ok maybe ME but 98SE 2k and xp have all worked fine for me for masivly expended periods .... i can't rember the last time i had a bluescreen

This. Haven't had a crash that has required a restart at all on this PC in the 9 months I've had it and maybe two on my laptop in 4 years. Both on XP.

 

[Crispy]

Most repetitive windows errors are down to a)cheap hardware b)bad device drivers or c)virus

 

[dervish]

or d) user stupidity. (downloading crap usually)

 

[Crispy]

yeah, but that's not really windows specific

 

[Structaural]

You can run both if get an Intel mac, Bootcamp XP for games and any favourite Windows apps (with Parallels for less intensive XP work), and OS X for everything else - gaming is shit on OS X. I'd suggest getting a new mouse though.

If you install rEFIt you can install/boot from Ubuntu disks too.

(The latest Photoshop CS4 works better in XP-64 than OS X btw, Adobe are lagging OS X wise at the moment).

 

[ChrisFilter]

they do play games, the games just come out later..... (or you have to partition your drive and install windows).....

Na, they really don't play games. Well, Football Manager is out for the Mac, but most non-strategy titles never see the light of Mac.

Yes, you can partition the drive, but then you're using Windows.

If they started having A-grade titles out for them, then I might consider them.

 

[revol68]

Na, they really don't play games. Well, Football Manager is out for the Mac, but most non-strategy titles never see the light of Mac.

Yes, you can partition the drive, but then you're using Windows.

If they started having A-grade titles out for them, then I might consider them.

yeah but to get a Mac as powerful as a proper gaming PC would mean shelling out an absolute fortune, plus you can'tinker with it's hardware much.