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Samantha_Kent

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    On Sam's point, if you do decide to go Mac and still want to access some windowsy-type programs, there are a couple of good software options available that can create a virtual PC on your Mac. The Apple site actually touted one as one of the reasons to switch to Mac, since it said something along the lines of you can have it both ways and it'll work better than the original. So don't let that be a reason to stop you.

     

    Aye, Boot Camp (among others) can let you set up a virtual Windows machine that loads in parallel; I always forget about it because I don't have it on my laptop, but I think it may possible come with Leopard and Snow Leopard (I have Tiger). Something to look into if you're interested.

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    I gave a similar spiel to this a few months ago when Muon asked a similar question, so my apologies if this sound repetitious to anyone...

     

    I was a dedicated Windows user for most of my life, claiming vehemently that I never wanted to switch to a Mac in spite of the cajolings of my father and brother; however, when the time came to get me a laptop for college, my dad got me a MacBook because there was a good deal on them at the time and he thought it would be a better choice. From the moment that I started using the system regularly, I was converted in an instant.

     

    I had no difficulty adjusting to the Mac interface -- in fact, it has some nice features, such as Expose to look at all open windows at once, which Microsoft does not have, and the absence of which now makes it actively difficult to use Windows machines. It has a smoother, cleaner look to it which I like very much, and has a preponderance of freeware made for it. The customer service/repair service that I have had need for on it (luckily not much so far) has been excellent and the Genius Bar people in the Apple stores have, in my experience, been very approachable.

     

    The biggest downside of a Mac versus a PC (as PC owners will be quick to tell you) is that there aren't many games made for Macs whereas PCs have everything and their dog available to them, but if that's not a problem for you (and I mean, heck, they have the Sims2, Civilization, and Big Bang Board Games, so what more could you want? ;) ) then there's really no other problems that I've ever run into.

     

    I have never had any issue getting the chats to run in either Firefox or Safari (and I recommend Firefox) as long as I remember to have Java running.

     

    Hope this helps! Welcome to the camp! :-)