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Russic · 06-07-2010, 09:29 PM

I went from PC to Mac and while I would say the Mac is MUCH easier to use (for me), it isn't something that you just pick up and run with. I spent a lot of time googling how to do things and re-learning how to do others (copy and paste keys being one of them). The difference I found was once I used it for a while it all came together faster than it did for the PC. Of course everybody is different and some people (like my wife) are so comfortable with their PC's that they refuse to go through the steps I did to get comfortable with the OS.

I would imagine somebody like Rathji might find a Mac very frustrating because he's much more of a PC guru than I, and what he would have to re-learn would be much more extensive than what I would have to re-learn.

One key difference I've found with Macs is that while there is a learning curve, many of the programs are designed in such a similar way that once you get one, it's much easier to dive into the others. That's one of my favorite things about them.

06-07-2010, 09:29 PM	#11
Russic Dances with Wolves Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Section 304 Exp:	I went from PC to Mac and while I would say the Mac is MUCH easier to use (for me), it isn't something that you just pick up and run with. I spent a lot of time googling how to do things and re-learning how to do others (copy and paste keys being one of them). The difference I found was once I used it for a while it all came together faster than it did for the PC. Of course everybody is different and some people (like my wife) are so comfortable with their PC's that they refuse to go through the steps I did to get comfortable with the OS. I would imagine somebody like Rathji might find a Mac very frustrating because he's much more of a PC guru than I, and what he would have to re-learn would be much more extensive than what I would have to re-learn. One key difference I've found with Macs is that while there is a learning curve, many of the programs are designed in such a similar way that once you get one, it's much easier to dive into the others. That's one of my favorite things about them.