It has been about 18 months since we first switched to Mac. We started our switch by purchasing one iMac G5. Today, we own 4 Mac computers: two iMacs, an iBook, and a MacBook.
Yes, there have been some bumps in the road, but overall we enjoy it and have become die hard Mac users. We use our Macs for everything and my wife and I both agree that switching to Mac has made us more productive and made our work more enjoyable at the same time.
As you may have seen, we have had some bad experiences with Mac products - an iMac that needed warranty service, and an iBook (and now a MacBook) that both have become discolored due to what appears to be oils from our fingers turning the white surface to a more yellow-ish color.
We still have to get the discoloration issue resolved, but overall these problems are a drop in the bucket compared to the myriad of problems I had as a PC user. Mac OS X is just such a better operating system when compared to Windows XP, and I can’t even imagine the problems that Windows Vista will bring to the table.
We use our Macs constantly - our iMacs when we are in the office, and our laptops (iBook and MacBook) when we are away from the office. Our computers start instantly every time - compared with the snail’s pace that our Windows PC used to run at.
I know that not everyone will understand why we have switched to Mac, but as business owners we have found that switching to Mac has made our days more productive and allowed us to be more creative as well. It has not been perfect, but I cannot imagine it any other way.
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Fred // Feb 17, 2007 at 8:53 am
Hi,
Loved your story! Hope someday to be a Mac Swichter myself, I am getting ready to chuck my PC out this window…..
Phil // Apr 2, 2007 at 9:25 am
Hi, I switched on the 1st of March 07.
I bought a Intel based 20″ iMac and have not looked back since.
I took one look at Vista and went out and bought a Mac.
Within a week I was learing the ins and outs of the system, its fast, it works, its fun to use.
what more could you want?
Adam // May 19, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Good luck to all switchers. I was a Mac user a while ago and switched to Windows mainly for games and remained so for years but I work with Macs so I never really left the Mac except for home use. Now I don’t play games any more. This plus yeah, freaking Vista, made me go back to Mac. I acquired a used 2GHz G5 for now just to make the transfer. I’m waiting for next generation of MacPros and probably will pick up one by the end of the year. I’ll still keep a Dell laptop with XP on it until Garmin releases MapSource for OSX (if ever). A.
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