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SWITCH!

Switching to a Mac was the best decision I ever made.  You will see the difference your first day messing around on it.  First of all, unless you get a new PC, you are going to have issues with Vista.  They are trying to build a Mac like system not on Unix.  Did you look at the Microsoft site where it talks about Vista, all they talk about are music, photos, videos, and stuff like that, hmmm sounds like they are trying to be more like a Mac to me.  My boyfriend works for a huge credit union in their IT department.  He does crazy security stuff and works with major SQL stuff.  They aren't even updating to Vista, at least not anytime soon.  I absolutely will never go back to a PC.  Matt is trying to save for a Mac now, he has always wanted one and I feel kind of bad that I got one first, but every night when he has to reboot and I am still going strong, we both laugh!  No regrets switching to Mac.  Matt also does web stuff on the side and he uses my Mac for it  a lot.  I don't know how many detailed questions about some of your programs I will be able to answer about web design, but I will tell you right now, I use mine for a lot of stuff and even if I was only using it for surfing the net and email like some people, I would still get a Mac.  Hope this helps!

Jennifer

It can be as far as I'm concerned but other mods may or may not have over ideas. They'll probably only move it and leave a redirect, if they do. Please feel free to continue using this topic for as long as you're continuing to have thoughts on the subject and it's been under a couple months since you last posted in it.

Anticipating a bit, you'll be happy to know that we have all those apps on our platform (though Dreamweaver didn't make it in either platform's version of Creative Suite 3), unfortunately I regret to inform you Adobe doesn't seem to offer crossgrade pricing.

sturner wrote:

This programs are all on the Mac, and all function identically to the same version on Windows. The files, of course are cross-platform compatible.

WHAT?? I always thought they functioned a damned sight better?

ScifiterX wrote:

all those apps on our platform (though Dreamweaver didn't make it in either platform's version of Creative Suite 3).

It did on the Web Premium and Web Standard versions.

Anyways, welcome, Soloran. You won't regret switching.

Picky picky picky. I will categorically state, that the interface is system interface is cleaner and easier to use.

And using Applescript or Automator you can easily automate some repetive, cross-functional, cross-application activities to save you time and effort. And you don't have to be a real expert in programming.

Last edited by sturner (2007-04-26 2:57 pm)

This probably belongs in CB, but since the CB mods left it here, so will i.

justine wrote:

This probably belongs in CB, but since the CB mods left it here, so will i.

we's helping him switch

One important thing: If you find something hard, you aren't doing it the easiest way.
(e.g.: navigating through the finder for a pic in iPhoto VS dragging the pic from iPhoto to where you want it).

Last edited by FutureDreamz (2007-04-26 5:09 pm)

...and 2GB RAM is well worth the small price. Make sure you compare apple's price vs others. RAM is RAM.

I used Entourage in place of Outlook but have recently ditched em all for Google Apps. Alls I need is email and calendars. I have no idea about syncing.

Sonoran wrote:

I use it a lot & want to be sure that the Mac version will synch with my Treo 650 (Palm OS).

http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_palmos.php


You'll need that.

After I switched to Mac at work, I did kind of miss waiting a week or more for IT to get around to my HP/Compaq/Dell/Micron to straighten out whatever the latest problem was, or if the PC were more than two years old, just junk it for a new one.

No more goofing off around other people's desks, no more one hour coffee breaks with two hour lunches. OTOH, working became a pleasure. Just not having to fight the windows file manager was a time saver.

I always felt that Macromedia's programs seemed snappier on windows. The rumor I heard was that MM simply paid some hacks in India to recompile the PC versions for Mac, with a resultant lackluster finish. Text shortcut keys were windows equivalents, not the familiar Mac ones, lots of little things like that. Anyway, Adobe won't pull that kind of crap, so good riddance to MM, AFAIC.

Sonoran wrote:

I m making a chart of all the misc. hardware/software things I use on the PC.
Want to see what Mac equivalent there might be.

Post that list here, or down in the Software Search section http://www.maclife.com/forums/forum/22

ScifiterX wrote:

unfortunately I regret to inform you Adobe doesn't seem to offer crossgrade pricing.

luvgop - in 'Desktops' wrote:

. . .Adobe will swap out your Windows version of Photoshop with a Mac version for the cost of shipping . . .around $7.

Has anyone got the definitive answer for this? Apart from helping out here I'd like to know. I had a sniff around Adobe's site but found nothing.