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| Thread ID: 123813 | 2012-03-18 02:26:00 | Stupid me got a new PC! | stuffed (1469) | Press F1 |
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| 1265650 | 2012-03-25 17:18:00 | But doesn't the actual essence of this thread indicate that Windows PC's are not user friendly . I agree that you probably can't get a Mac with the same specs without taking out a mortgage on your house but you having all that power is only beneficial if it can be used effectively . If all this time is spent optimising this purchase then surely the value has diminished in relation to stress and time spent . I don't subscribe anymore to the notation that bigger is better and having the fastest most powerful machine is something to strive for . Since buying my Mac laptop I can honestly say that the learning curve I had with windows has been considerably shortened using a Mac . Wainuitech's first post on this thread is ironic - "1 . Windows easy transfer -- Would never use it, as Pctek mentioned - copy data to external drive then copy back to new PC - Easy Transfer eh! You need to reinstall programs, but data is simply copy/paste . " Maybe mac's are for simple people and I am happy being simple when it comes to using my computer, but sympathising with the stress the OP has endured, knocking it into shape I feel for his plight in getting the most out of his new machine . I am not a mac fanboy, I don't think that any OS platform is perfect . I do find things on my Mac annoying and since buying this I have bought 2 windows laptops for my wife and kids who preferred windows and I had occasionally jumped on those to do things that my mac can't . Since installing Parallels I feel I have the best of both worlds . The OP had a specific reason for buying a new machine and to me it sounds like the influence of his IT son(s) persuaded him to stay windows rather than find best machine to fit his purpose . |
sam m (517) | ||
| 1265651 | 2012-03-25 19:27:00 | The guys here used to use a mac. Most of the time it crashed - a macbook. It was either a faulty videocard, (a known hardware issue on some macbooks) or stuffed drivers. Every so often, the screen would go black, (doesnt matter what you were doing),you had no choice but to kill it and boot it again. And from what I've read, lion OSX was worse than snow leopard. (on laptops anyway). The battery life. And Mountain Lion was worse than lion. It was full of bugs | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1265652 | 2012-03-25 21:17:00 | I don't think the issue here has much to do with how user friendly windows or mac os is in general, but rather how easy it is to transfer all your programs and data to a new machine. I haven't done that on a mac but I expect it's not always straightforward there either. If the OP had changed platforms as someone previously pointed out they would have had at least as much grief getting mac compatible versions or equivalents for any software they wanted to keep, setting it all up and transfering data from the windows machine. In my opinion it's easier just to reinstall everything from scratch than to try and transfer anything. The only exceptions are exporting favourites and E-mail contacts, everything else can basically just be copied once the software is up and running. Generally it takes me 2-3 hours to get a new machine up and running and my core programs installed and then a few hours here and there gradually over the next couple of weeks as I get around to installing things as needed. I've never even tried the windows transfer wizard :) |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1265653 | 2012-03-26 04:33:00 | my parents each bought a road transformer. my dad took the time to get to know it and now loves it. My mother expected it to be perfect out of the box, didn't take time to get to know it and now hates it. my advice is take time to figure out how it works , get Firefox and look up tips, and you will probably love your pc. | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1265654 | 2012-03-26 05:27:00 | In reply to Sam - "1 . Windows easy transfer -- Would never use it, as Pctek mentioned - copy data to external drive then copy back to new PC - Easy Transfer eh! You need to reinstall programs, but data is simply copy/paste . " Simple reason I said that, from experience, its easier to copy/paste because easy transfer takes everything you have and bundles it up in a zipped like package, then attempts to put it back in a new PC . Now if the paths for some reason are not standard or its a different OS it can have troubles . Doing a simple copy/paste you can put it where you want, read individual files or folders and decide what you want to do with them . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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