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Windows Expert Jumps Ship

Posted by kdawson on from the hello-apple dept.

An anonymous reader writes to let us know that Scott Finnie, Computerworld's Windows expert, has given the final verdict to Windows after 3 months of using a Mac. And the verdict is: "Sayonara." Finnie is known to readers here for his many reviews of Vista as it progressed to release. Quoting: "If you give the Mac three months, as I did, you won't go back either. The hardest part is paying for it — everything after that gets easier and easier. Perhaps fittingly, it took me the full three-month trial period to pay off my expensive MacBook Pro. But the darn thing is worth every penny."

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  1. Re:Lots of folks making the switch by BWJones · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    To the little assholes that are attempting a DOS attack on my servers..... You are being monitored and given that these servers are also being used in and for federally funded work, you have attracted the attention of a number of people who are taking this pretty seriously.

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  2. jumps ship? by dlt074 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    MAN OVERBOARD!

  3. Re:Lots of folks making the switch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    > But I don't want to have to spend twice as much on my computer just to run an OS that TECHNICALLY doesn't do as much as Windows does...

    I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "doesn't do as much as Windows does," but remember that when you buy the Mac, you can ALSO run Windows on it.

    In fact, an Intel Mac is the ONLY computer you can buy that will run (with virtualization/emulation):

      * 68k Mac apps
      * PPC Mac apps
      * Intel Mac apps
      * Linux/Unix apps
      * X Window apps
      * Windows apps
      * DOS apps

    How much are you willing to spend to avoid having to buy 3 computers?