My hubby and I are two of those converts out there. After the zillionth windows disaster, we saved up and got a set of powerbooks. I can't say the iPods had anything to do with it because we didn't get a set of those until after we got the powerbooks.
I always hated the overzealous mac lover, but it appears I just bought my way into the cult. I can't be happier to have switched, as I haven't had one problem since February. That's definitely longer than I went without having to tweak my PC box.
Amen to that. I really really wanted to make GIMP work on my mac, but after dealing with X11 and the clunky interface on my Mac, that I tossed it. At least PS works better on my Mac.
I feel the same way. As a nurse, when I go into a facility, I feel more comfortable if I see a little bit of ink poking out from under short sleeved scrubs, and the occasional nose ring. If I work there a week, and there are gay and lesbians comfortable enough to be out in that environment then I know I will be comfortable working there.
It lets me know that the work place is tolerant, and they management is willing to work with individuals.
In my field it's very rigid on dress code, but with the current health care worker shortage, that is changing very fast. Nowadays no one cares what you look like, as much as if you can work.
The last patient I worked with that used one of those was an 18 year old newly diagnosed diabetic. His folks dished out for the current needleless injector because he was very opposed to needles. He said it felt like a rubber band that got snapped really hard against his skin. I hope the new ones don't feel like that, because I think, with the minisule diameter of insulin syringes, that a needle would hurt less.
I have to agree with this completely, about the points regarding switching here. I just bought a powerbook sight unseen, never having touched a mac before in my life. With minimal googling, I got all my files and music over onto it. I haven't even used my PC, except to play Insaniquarium since getting it two weeks ago.
I did not find the transition to OS X very difficult, but I did find an occasional snag. I just popped open the help menu and was pleasantly suprised that the answers made sense, and were helpful.
I do use a lot of keyboard shortcuts, but looking through the help file under the section on switching from a PC got me all my favorite ones. I don't always have a mouse with me, so the shortcuts are very useful. In the help file under switching they even cover all the most common shortcuts for pc switchers.
I would also like to state I am a bit of a geeky computer girl, and have built my own pc boxes, and done my share of family IT, but I am not the most knowledgeable around. If you can google up an answer, or find the help file, you can figure out OSX pretty easily.
I think some other posts said it right when they mentioned the limited usefulness of this. When I learned to do blood draws it wasn't the finding a vein so much as the fear of hurting someone. I eventually worked nights at an Alzhiemer's ward, and if you can chase a half naked elderly person down and bribe them with ice cream for a blood draw, you can draw blood from anyone after that.
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My hubby and I are two of those converts out there. After the zillionth windows disaster, we saved up and got a set of powerbooks. I can't say the iPods had anything to do with it because we didn't get a set of those until after we got the powerbooks. I always hated the overzealous mac lover, but it appears I just bought my way into the cult. I can't be happier to have switched, as I haven't had one problem since February. That's definitely longer than I went without having to tweak my PC box.
Amen to that. I really really wanted to make GIMP work on my mac, but after dealing with X11 and the clunky interface on my Mac, that I tossed it. At least PS works better on my Mac.
I feel the same way. As a nurse, when I go into a facility, I feel more comfortable if I see a little bit of ink poking out from under short sleeved scrubs, and the occasional nose ring. If I work there a week, and there are gay and lesbians comfortable enough to be out in that environment then I know I will be comfortable working there. It lets me know that the work place is tolerant, and they management is willing to work with individuals. In my field it's very rigid on dress code, but with the current health care worker shortage, that is changing very fast. Nowadays no one cares what you look like, as much as if you can work.
The last patient I worked with that used one of those was an 18 year old newly diagnosed diabetic. His folks dished out for the current needleless injector because he was very opposed to needles. He said it felt like a rubber band that got snapped really hard against his skin. I hope the new ones don't feel like that, because I think, with the minisule diameter of insulin syringes, that a needle would hurt less.
I have to agree with this completely, about the points regarding switching here. I just bought a powerbook sight unseen, never having touched a mac before in my life. With minimal googling, I got all my files and music over onto it. I haven't even used my PC, except to play Insaniquarium since getting it two weeks ago. I did not find the transition to OS X very difficult, but I did find an occasional snag. I just popped open the help menu and was pleasantly suprised that the answers made sense, and were helpful. I do use a lot of keyboard shortcuts, but looking through the help file under the section on switching from a PC got me all my favorite ones. I don't always have a mouse with me, so the shortcuts are very useful. In the help file under switching they even cover all the most common shortcuts for pc switchers. I would also like to state I am a bit of a geeky computer girl, and have built my own pc boxes, and done my share of family IT, but I am not the most knowledgeable around. If you can google up an answer, or find the help file, you can figure out OSX pretty easily.
I think some other posts said it right when they mentioned the limited usefulness of this. When I learned to do blood draws it wasn't the finding a vein so much as the fear of hurting someone. I eventually worked nights at an Alzhiemer's ward, and if you can chase a half naked elderly person down and bribe them with ice cream for a blood draw, you can draw blood from anyone after that.
Yes! Shadowrun! I not only want my credstick, but some nifty cybereyes, too!
You are now my hero! I knew there was a reason I was taking calculus right now!
That's the university I go to! My Calculus teacher is the one that got to do the honors of opening the box. I didn't expect to find it here!