Tagged: switcher

June 10, 2010

Apple-ification: Why I Converted from a “PC” to “Mac” (via Manish Mandhyan’s Blog)

One Computer Science major tale.

I am not sure if "Apple-ification" is an actual word, but it should be used to describe the act of switching to a Mac. I vaguely remember the advertisements that used to run on TV (not sure if they still do), their premise being – "I'm a Mac" , "I'm a PC", etc. I always looked at the Mac computers with a fair bit of skepticism. I knew they were well-engineered computers that looked awesome, but was not sure whether they would be able to replace m … Read More

via Manish Mandhyan's Blog

May 10, 2010

A famous switcher moving to Mac “Moving to Mac: Why Now?”

You can find out more at WebWorkerDaily. Very useful site. I have learned many things there.

May 7, 2010

How is the Macbook after using Windows 7?

This post goes into some details. More bad than good for him. I wonder if people would have the same expectations for UI if there were more switchers who went from Mac to windows. You don’t really hear many of those.

May 3, 2010

Switching from Linux to Mac OS X

He needed that 5%. Don’t we all? Interesting that someone so invested in Linux would try Mac. Still they are both great combinations. If Apple and Linux could find a way to integrate they would be unstoppable.

March 27, 2010

Hackintosh user comes clean and buys a used iMac

Monkchips using Mac OS X! — Image by Tom Raftery via Flickr

I think once people get a taste of the Mac OS they are naturally curious to see how the whole system stacks up. I can’t help but think that Hackintoshing leads to greater mac usage. Not saying its right, but just saying like music users who pirate, they tend to buy more.