Dumping a windows pc that still has good hardware for mac....
Hello All!
I am and have only ever been on a windows (and dos) based pc and with the switch to intel cpu's I have become extremely interested in making the switch from windows. More really from seeing how fun/cool/stable the Mac OS seems to be and the growing frustration I have been having with windows (virus, spyware, crashes, hardware issues).
I have a pc that I built 3 years ago. With the exception of the video card (and i can upgrade it), it is still a great computer and would easily last me another 2+ years.
My question is this. Would you dump a windows based pc that is still considered "current" just to move over to OsX? Has anyone done this? If so what are your thoughts?
I have no real requirements to do gaming at this point, or pro apps, and by and large what I am doing on my windows pc looks to be available with new iMac. And anything that is not, I would not miss.
My obsession with this probably dictates I should just do it (and I know my wife would be happy to talk about something else). However, I'm trying to be practical about it all as I could live with whatever heartache comes my way by sticking with windows until it is absolutely necessary from an aging hardware perspective to get a new PC.
Regards,
Leonard
Windows XP
About a month ago, I was in the same boat as you. I have been building my own PC's for years. Before I bought my iMac on Jan. 20th , I was running an Athlon64 3200, eVGA 660GT, 2MB of high end RAM, dual DVD burners, 500MB RAID 0+1 and some premium sound. I mainly used my PC for music editing, WoW, web development and some graphics design and of course modding! My computer has looked and acted like a MAC for the last two years through the use of programs like WindowsBlinds and StyleXP. But what a pain! Along with the usual Windows issues, everytime I re-installed the OS (about every 6 months due to installing/re-installing a lot of apps for development) I had to go through the process of setting EVERYTHING up again. This took me up to 3 days sometimes to get it all working.
So why did I switch? PRODUCTIVITY. In just a short month, and without ever having actually tried OS X, I feel like I get tons of more work done when I sit down at the keyboard. Installing programs is a breeze, file management is godly and even under Rosetta all of the "pro" apps I used on the PC are amazing. I still use the PC for web site checking and programming in .NET, so I know I will never be able to get rid of it.
Oh yeah...there is nothing like streaming songs in iTunes from the 2nd floor of our loft to the stereo downstairs while I'm working. Flawless.
Don't be worried, I am confident that OS X and the Macs themselves offer enough so that anyone who is remotely fed up with Windows will find something that suits them.
Ron
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