I'm an average user. I use word, explorer, entourage, photoshop, fire, powerpoint, excel and other mainstream software. I spend a lot of time with my computer as I travel a lot and use it as the center of my communication and personal entertainment life: email, internet, music, dvd, digital photography etc. My powerbook is a fantastic digital hub.
I've used macs since 1992 and have been satisfied, even if I've learned the hard way through trouble, system freezes, conflicts etc. I was at a stage with macos 9 where I could handle all problems that arose with ease. I was scared of moving to OS X because I don't understand the UNIX underpinnings and feared I'd encounter trouble and not be able to resolve it. I hate tech support calls.
I used the first release of os x and went back to 9 pretty quickly as i felt it was more hassle and pleasure. Too slow, too unsuported and simply too unpolished for everyday use in my opinion. For the average user that is.
Now I'm using 10.1 and it's so smooth that I barely notice my computer anymore. I mean I used to mess around trying to speed up the system, avoid conflicts, get the buggy location manager to work properly all the time, deal with corruptions etc. I used to also think that my system was unusually stable and smooth compared with friends'. Since moving to 10.1, I've just been loving it. Not just the overall feeling and GUI, but also the multitasking and efficiency of the system. The other night I brought my powerbook to a friend and four of us watched a DVD. It was a flawless DVD experience. Plugging in my digital camera is a breeze. no drivers needed.
I have friends using windows 98 on our university network. They constantly have problems with their cards not recognizing the network while i just plug my powerbook in and it works. Always. The first time I connected, it took me two minutes to set up. My friends struggled with windows for an hour.
There are so many little, daily things that make this a fantastic system. We're lucky and should be happy that we've stayed with apple. They've done a great job with this one and it'll only get better.
I just wanted to share my enthusiasm over macos x. It's truly great. there are things that can be improved of course, but even as it is today, this is such a fun, slick and powerful OS. It's a great time to be a mac user. And it's a fantastic feeling to really have fun using a computer!
Cheers,
PD
I've used macs since 1992 and have been satisfied, even if I've learned the hard way through trouble, system freezes, conflicts etc. I was at a stage with macos 9 where I could handle all problems that arose with ease. I was scared of moving to OS X because I don't understand the UNIX underpinnings and feared I'd encounter trouble and not be able to resolve it. I hate tech support calls.
I used the first release of os x and went back to 9 pretty quickly as i felt it was more hassle and pleasure. Too slow, too unsuported and simply too unpolished for everyday use in my opinion. For the average user that is.
Now I'm using 10.1 and it's so smooth that I barely notice my computer anymore. I mean I used to mess around trying to speed up the system, avoid conflicts, get the buggy location manager to work properly all the time, deal with corruptions etc. I used to also think that my system was unusually stable and smooth compared with friends'. Since moving to 10.1, I've just been loving it. Not just the overall feeling and GUI, but also the multitasking and efficiency of the system. The other night I brought my powerbook to a friend and four of us watched a DVD. It was a flawless DVD experience. Plugging in my digital camera is a breeze. no drivers needed.
I have friends using windows 98 on our university network. They constantly have problems with their cards not recognizing the network while i just plug my powerbook in and it works. Always. The first time I connected, it took me two minutes to set up. My friends struggled with windows for an hour.
There are so many little, daily things that make this a fantastic system. We're lucky and should be happy that we've stayed with apple. They've done a great job with this one and it'll only get better.
I just wanted to share my enthusiasm over macos x. It's truly great. there are things that can be improved of course, but even as it is today, this is such a fun, slick and powerful OS. It's a great time to be a mac user. And it's a fantastic feeling to really have fun using a computer!
Cheers,
PD
