![]() There is no great, over-riding care for open source on the Mac as there is on Linux desktops. On the one hand this is a (positive) testament to the integrated nature of Windows, on the other, it’s a testament to the vibrant third party ecosystem in Mac land. Much more so than when I used Windows, I use tons of third party applications on the Mac. If you prefer and/or want try using Macs, these lists will hopefully make you yell less at the damn machine, and I hear Vists and Ubuntu are pretty slick now-a-days if you still find yourself hating OS X and longing for a track-stick > Applications Hey, it’s a computer, what do you expect? I yell at my Mac at least once a day (and my iPhone even more as the crud up of applications has made it crash about every 10 minutes) and I can assure you that it’s a PoS in it’s own way. Save ItĪs a disclaimer note, I don’t actually think Macs are better than Windows and this list isn’t intended to prove that. Here’s a short summary of what I usually tell people, broken up into applications, usage, & understanding. These two things together means I end up recommending an initial manifest of install and usage for Macs. I’ve been on a Mac for several years, though not as long as most people assume when they see I’m the only stuffed shirt in the room with a Mac. Thus, the things I care about on Macs tend to be slightly less consumer focused and more focused on things like email, calendaring, and massaging all the information that flows through the your daily work-life. My usage tends to follow along these lines. These people are usually “business users,” people using their machine for work: information users, programmers, managers, etc. What with the new MBP’s (“MacBookPro”) out, there’re several people “making the leap,” as they always put it. Several times a year, a long-time Windows user I know switches over to a Mac.
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