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New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
Authored by: stephenlambeth on May 01, '06 11:10:15PM

I am 27 and have grown up using Windows machines. In the past, the Macintosh was not practical because all of my software was purchased on my Windows machine and I didn't want to have to purchase the Mac equivilent or work on two different computers.

This in combination of the higher price of the Mac and the lack of knowledge I had concerning OSX discouraged me from buying a Mac. It was a mystery machine. How would I know that I would like it or be able to use it well? What if I needed to perform a function like a screen capture using "print screen" on the PC...how would I do that on a Mac? What is the Mac equivilent of msconfig, regedit, or ipconfig? How do I renew/release the DHCP in a Mac? SOOOOO many questions, and so much money to pay to be so uncertain.

But with Windows as a safety net...I can learn while I work and still have something familiar if things get tough. Also, that $2K Adobe Software Suite along with that $1800 Macromedia Software Suite that I just bought for Windows won't be a total waste of money

Ohhh yeah, and did I mention that all of my database information is in MS Access? Try to get that to run on a Mac. I know I could transfer it to a Mac compatible database...but that's a ton of information, and who wants that headache.

Moving to Intel and supporting Windows was a ingenius move by Steve Jobs. If his goal was to sell more hardware, he's got this 17 year Windows Veteran on board...hell, I may even buy some stock in Apple.



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