I've had it with Microsoft...

[ergo proxy]

Made the switch a few years back. A very positive experience so far. I still
have to use windows xp on a daily basis because of my current job but it's o.k, because I have my macs to return to at home.

Originally Posted by Natobasso

Otherwise welcome, and be sure to go out and buy a two button mouse with a scroll wheel (ditch the one button crap mouse right away!) to ease your transition from windows.

Don't all new Macs(except the Macbook/pro) come with the mighty mouse?

[powermac]

I have similar struggles with my office computer, which is XP pro. Almost on a daily basis, the printer needs to be recognized. I don't cruise the net much from work, although that seldom works sufficiently. Productivity is usually hindered by some odd error or something. Although, we got a new tech guy recently, I have seen mild improvement.

Of course, we all love our Macs here. You will not be disappointed if you make the switch. As you can see, people on this board have lots of information. Any questions you have, you will find the answer to here.

Depending on how you use your computer, you can expect some initial cost for programs, perhaps office for the mac, and other apps. In the long run, I feel the Mac is cheaper to operate

[sheepguy42]

Originally Posted by ergo proxy

Don't all new Macs(except the Macbook/pro) come with the mighty mouse?

And the Mac Mini, don't forget: it's BYO mouse, keyboard, monitor, etc.
Of course, it does have the Apple Remote, but that won't be much help without a mouse or keyboard.

[abraham_aiza]

Originally Posted by sheepguy42

And the Mac Mini, don't forget: it's BYO mouse, keyboard, monitor, etc.
Of course, it does have the Apple Remote, but that won't be much help without a mouse or keyboard.

OR A MONITOR LOL , I just switched back to mac, back to the wonderful system, of course, windows is needed ad my job, but i have the best of both worlds on my MBP! I say GO FOR IT. OH btw, PPL pls go to the www.wincustomize.com page, into the Mac Vs. Windows article and view the comments, help us, mac fans from the worst type of pc phobes, the ones that tweak ther GUI to look like OSX!, i obviously went to that page to download a OSX skin and icon package for the fuggly ugly pc image that would get my MBP depressed!!

[davebz]

Bri, Welcome to the club! You're gonna like it here. This board has tons of goodies and great people to help you out. I first used the mac in college back when we had Mac Quadra's and OS 7.1. My first was an LC III, then I moved to a Mac IIvx. Around '98, I switched to Windows and last year, my home-brew PC died after puting up it's last fight with XP and hardware issues. I got a Mini last August (G4) and now I have a 20 inch intel imac. All I can say is that I'm never going back to the dark side.

Now, put your feet up, set a spell! (That's Hick for stay a while)