Going Full Mac (Part 1)
Crossing over to Mac (Courtesy of laptopmag.com)
With the release of the new MacBook, I finally decided to bite the bullet and go all mac. I wasn’t sure that all the things that I used to be able to do can be replicated fully in the mac environment, but I got a little fed up with going back and forth using Mac and Windows. So here’s the story of me switching completely to mac, the problems I encounter, and whatever solutions I found to fix them.
I had been on two platforms (Mac and Windows) for as long as I can remember. I use Mac at home and Windows at the office.
Here are the list of things that I do on the mac:
- FireFox for web browsing
- iPhoto for all the pictures I’ve taken
- iTunes for all music/audiobook related stuff
- Pages, mostly in layout mode, to create documents
- Photoshop, for all the graphic tweaking stuff
- iMindMap, for all mindmap creations
- Dictionary and unit converter widgets
Here are the list of things that I do on my PC:
- Word, for all the document editing stuff related to work
- Excel, for all the number crunching stuff related to work
- Outlook, as a Personal Information Manager, and to connect to exchange server at the office
- Firefox, for all web browsing activities
- MindManager, for all mindmapping activities
- KlikBCA (with the VPN dialer) for all my banking needs.
- Blackberry sync to sync all PIM info into my blackberry
As you can see, prior to the switch, I had mostly segregated my office work from the rest of the things that I do in my life. Bit by bit, however, I started to use the mac more and more even for my work related stuff, and so I started wondering how bad it would be if I completely switch to Mac.
Things that I thought I’d be able to switch completely to Mac with little or no worry:
- Word
- Excel
- Firefox
- MindManager
Things that I was a little worried about:
- Outlook
- KlikBCA
- Blackberry sync
Well, like I mentioned above, I bit the bullet and made the switch, even though I haven’t really found good answers for the things I was worried about.
On the next post in this series I’ll share the problems that I encountered when I first switched to Mac. Hopefully these experiences are similar to others who are contemplating a switch and can provide a little help in making the transition a little smoother.
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