How many Mac users?

[BlenderPilot]

During 2008, I have gotten 4 pilots and 1 Mechanic from my hangar to switch to Mac, all bought 2.4 MacBook's, AND EVERYTIME I RUN INTO ONE OF THEM IN THE HANGAR, THEY KEEP THANKING ME AN TELLING ME HOW WONDERFUL MAC IS!!!!

These guys used Windows machines, and would only marginally use their machines, now they are using digital cameras with iPhoto, making slideshows, they sync their ipods, they download and edit video, they sync their phones with bluetooth, it's pretty amazing how as soon as they try a Mac they become addicted.

For those Windows only apps, I partitioned my drive and installed windows and the windows apps like Microsoft Flight Simulator or RealFlight G4 acually run better on the Mac than on the Windows machine.

I have used Mac's since the Classic.

[jimmynutron]

Happyhampster

Great widget!!! thanks

[stonedigger]

phil77

Wow, this feels like looking into a mirror....
I've got the same background as you, startet on a mac IIfx in '93 as a graphic designer and have had the same issues as described by you as a web systems developer.

Finally got all fed up by it and quit - to become a helo pilot has been the best lifestyle choice ever, don't we all agree on that? I am still a mac user today - recently bought a mac pro, completely over the top since i don't do use it for design nor web anymore, but still love it.

And to all you Windose users out there - believe it or not, I've NEVER had a single virus over the past 15 years using a Mac. Not one.

That alone speaks for itself!!

digger out

[dnheli]

Mac User since the 80's. Have to be Windows conversant at work, though. Plenty of people I meet assume the two are not compatible and are surprised to find out how similar they are.

For work and online school, had to buy XP and Fusion, works just fine for work and for school, since it's all thru a browser, I used the Mac only for the last two classes, no problems at all.

iPhone also in use and everything swims happily together. So much that we do these days with computers is platform-independent, why not get the machine that is nicely designed and is much less a malware target? And can be two computers in one. Almost no reason not to go Mac these days.

[bpaggi]

Invincible Mac's

Guys

do you know why the aliens lost against us in "Independence Day"?

Because they used PC's and the virus has been injected by a Mac.

[Gomer Pylot]

Talk about waking the dead!

For me, neither. I run Linux, and love it.

[Shawn Coyle]

If only the Linux version of X-plane worked really well, we'd be in heaven.

[rotorboater]

I am a recent convert to the mac, love my macbook air, starts immediately you open the lid, only crashes when running windows with parallels and incredibly light, fantastic bit of kit!

[Scotsheli]

Have a race!

MAC convert 2 years ago, but have PC's in the house too.

Lets just say the "start-up" race is no competition. MAC is ready to run in 15 seconds, PC's churning away for a few minutes before Windows settles down. Even then it spends the next five minutes loading today's batch of updates and restating...

If you want your life back - get a MAC!

[Decredenza]

My Windows XP driven motherboard melted so I watched my wife try to use her new Windows Vista - the word defenestrate comes to mind. I didn't want to deal with that level of frustration so I got an iMac with Leopard (OSX 10.5) and support - it took me a while to figure out how to resize a window so that was money well spent (only the bottom right corner is dragable).

If you are OK with giving control and double the money to Apple then it is a fantastic machine - don't worry how it does what it does because it just works.

The only glitch I had was solved by turning off and unplugging the computer - it still uses 4 watts even when turned off - go figure.



(Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window)