Mike hit the nail right on the head. The first question, as always,
is what you want the computer for. Do you want a computer to use it
or to abuse it. Personally, I like computers for what they can do for
me. While I'm very good at hacking hardware and software I find that
a chore. You have to pay me to do it. Hence, when I have a choice I
use Macs.
I know a newly-wed Mac user who switched to Windows because that is
what his wife insisted on, he wanted to save money, and he figured it
could not be as bad as the stories he had heard. Shortly thereafter
he was screaming about how much worse it was than he had imagined. He
switched back to Mac and has just bought a Mac for his wife.
Other than that the only other Mac to Win switches I know of were at
the instigation of evil IT managers. In a couple of cases the switch
were made over the weekend with no notice to the Mac users.
About once a year I get a job to switch from Win to Mac. So far this
year I've had two such jobs.
On Jul 18, 2009, at 12:03 PM, mike wrote:
I did. I switched at the time because of pricing mainly. I'm also
more
inclined to the pc side because the mac side is not for hobbyists
in any
way, I like taking apart my tower, putting in new parts, moving
things,
checking out what works and doesn't. Changing CPU's and
motherboards. I
felt hamstrung by the mac hardware, limited space for expansion
unless you
paid a LOT of money for a tower.
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