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PC user considering purchasing an iMac
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LOL...The first week I had my Mac Book (wife's) last Spring, I was going nuts, totally frustrated trying to uninstall a program. I finally went back to the store I purchased it from and asked the dude that sold it to me.
"Just drop the program in the trash"...Salesman
"That's it?"...Me
"Yep...might want to empty the trash too, but that's it!"...Dude that knows Mac
"No uninstall programs, no dialog boxes, no "add/unistalll programs" in the control panel like XP" Me
"No...just throw it in the trash...makes sense, right!" Mac Guru
"Yes, sure does....huh...I'll call you soon
)" Me
Just drop it in the trash stkflot. Any remnants you find, throw them away too. Kind of easy if you ask me. ESPECIALLY compared to Windows. I have been a convert for 15 months. I bought the yellow/black book, OSX for Dummies....read it over a weekend in front of my Mac. You don't need to read the whole thing....as you get deeper into the machine, you'll find it to be more and more intuitive. Obviously, there is a bit of a learning curve, but like the Mac Guru told me....Everything is dyslexic on the Mac compared to PC. Enough to get me started. Setting up peripherals in my world has been just as easy. Course, I bought a new printer at the same time I was doing my Mac purchases....a nice Wireless HP that was recognized immediately on the network by all of my machines (including PC's)_ Again, we (wife, I and a couple of P/T creative employees) share a (our) Home office My Macs immediately recognized the network with my Linksys Wireless b/g router (about 3 years old), my 8 year old Microsoft Sidewinder joystick. A game pad controller, etc. You get my point. I have never had issues with my Macs, especially compared to the PC world. The only time I have EVER received a kernel panic was when I unplugged something that the directions specifically told me NOT to unplug while in operation. 14 months, 4 Macs (two notebooks, iMac, and Pro) and a 23"ACD and not ONE problem.
I did drop my iPhone at 2:30pm last week and they had me a replacement FedEx'ed to my office at 10am the next morning.
I find my experience with Apple so far, again, being completely ignorant as a 20 year PC user....my experience has been fascinating! Seriously...I cannot believe how everything I have purchased has just "worked!" They don't even send much of a manual with their gear...Hell, the iPhone only has a 8 or 10 page color pull-out
Good Luck for me, for sure. I am (obviously) sold 100% on Mac products. The commercials got me to try, why in the world did I wait!
Jeremy
"Just drop the program in the trash"...Salesman
"That's it?"...Me
"Yep...might want to empty the trash too, but that's it!"...Dude that knows Mac
"No uninstall programs, no dialog boxes, no "add/unistalll programs" in the control panel like XP" Me
"No...just throw it in the trash...makes sense, right!" Mac Guru
"Yes, sure does....huh...I'll call you soon
)" MeJust drop it in the trash stkflot. Any remnants you find, throw them away too. Kind of easy if you ask me. ESPECIALLY compared to Windows. I have been a convert for 15 months. I bought the yellow/black book, OSX for Dummies....read it over a weekend in front of my Mac. You don't need to read the whole thing....as you get deeper into the machine, you'll find it to be more and more intuitive. Obviously, there is a bit of a learning curve, but like the Mac Guru told me....Everything is dyslexic on the Mac compared to PC. Enough to get me started. Setting up peripherals in my world has been just as easy. Course, I bought a new printer at the same time I was doing my Mac purchases....a nice Wireless HP that was recognized immediately on the network by all of my machines (including PC's)_ Again, we (wife, I and a couple of P/T creative employees) share a (our) Home office
My Macs immediately recognized the network with my Linksys Wireless b/g router (about 3 years old), my 8 year old Microsoft Sidewinder joystick. A game pad controller, etc. You get my point. I have never had issues with my Macs, especially compared to the PC world. The only time I have EVER received a kernel panic was when I unplugged something that the directions specifically told me NOT to unplug while in operation. 14 months, 4 Macs (two notebooks, iMac, and Pro) and a 23"ACD and not ONE problem. I did drop my iPhone at 2:30pm last week and they had me a replacement FedEx'ed to my office at 10am the next morning.
I find my experience with Apple so far, again, being completely ignorant as a 20 year PC user....my experience has been fascinating! Seriously...I cannot believe how everything I have purchased has just "worked!" They don't even send much of a manual with their gear...Hell, the iPhone only has a 8 or 10 page color pull-out
Good Luck for me, for sure. I am (obviously) sold 100% on Mac products. The commercials got me to try, why in the world did I wait!
Jeremy
Read Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual.
You can preview it at Google books: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Kq-Eqmvb8B8C&printsec=frontcover
The general rule however is this: don't use a Mac as if you were using Windows. I'm guessing many of the problems switchers have is trying to do things the 'Windows way', and when that does always work, think the Mac isn't very good. Once you figure out the 'Mac way' you will usually find it much easier.
You can preview it at Google books: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Kq-Eqmvb8B8C&printsec=frontcover
The general rule however is this: don't use a Mac as if you were using Windows. I'm guessing many of the problems switchers have is trying to do things the 'Windows way', and when that does always work, think the Mac isn't very good. Once you figure out the 'Mac way' you will usually find it much easier.
Windows users can't see the wood for the trees. I had the same trouble upon getting my new iMac. I thought installs were too simple, surely I needed to do more than just copy/drag them to the apps folder. I quickly learned the Apple way.