I converted off of my SGI-320 running windows 2000 about two years ago to a G3-900 mhz iBook, and I have not looked back.
I currently have an Gateway, running XP Pro, A Tosiba Satillite running SUSE 9.1 Pro, and my G3. I additionally have an HP running SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 but let's not talk about this one, I am ashammed (it's for work). So I can give u some perspective on all the major current OS's.
The drag-and-drop in mac is far more refined than in windows, pritty much anything can be dragged to anything else (even down to listboxes & stuff like that).
OSX has a lot of eyecandy, that does take up a lot of resources, but they can be turned off. The only thing I was displeased with was the memory that I shipped with was too low (I started with 128mb, and then added another 512mb). The new ones are better on memory, but avoid using vertual memory like the pauge, or reformat your drive so that there is an actual swap partition. I also upgraded to 10.3, with the development suite (kind of like a full version of.NET for windows included for free with the OS, only it uses java rather than VB. if u r big in VB get realbasic).
The other thing that windows people cannot grasp the concept of is a document based application. Almost everything in OSX is that, and Nothing in windows is (except VB6 in MDI mode). The idea is simple. Each window is a document. if you close a window, that document closes, not the application. you specifcally have to quit the application (open-apple q) to exit it. Most windows users leave lots of applications open, and then complain when the mac slows down.
In my experiance, OSX is the cadillac / mercedes of all os's in the world. It does everything, does it well, and is comfortable, and easy to use, but does not get wonderful gas mileage. Windows is like the chevy of the os's, in that it starts most of the time, sorta looks pritty, usually runs fine down the road, starts off with crappy gas mileage, and gets worse as time goes on. Linux is the kit car. It can be cheap, it can be expensive, it can get crappy gas mileage, it can be an econo-box.
my iMac also has dual head support, video out standard, and gets 4 hours of battery life. The toshiba gets about 25 minutes just long enough to go from one plug to the next.
the whole OSX concept is make it simple, and elegeant. For example: I want to burn a cd or DVD. I put the medum in, drag files to it, and eject. it asks me if I want to burn it, I click yes. Another example: I want to make a movie using some film on my camcorder. I plug the camcorder in, it says I have a camcorder, and it has video on it. do you want to import it. I click yes. It opens the iMovie application, imports the clips, sets the contrast levels, and makes the clips corectly. I drag & drop into the order I want, and add a whole mess of really cool effects, then do file -> export (I usually export as a DivX AVI so all my friends can see it). my SGI when I plugged my camcorder into it, rebooted.
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mdwh2 I bet does not have a mac.....
.NET for windows included for free with the OS, only it uses java rather than VB. if u r big in VB get realbasic).
I converted off of my SGI-320 running windows 2000 about two years ago to a G3-900 mhz iBook, and I have not looked back.
I currently have an Gateway, running XP Pro, A Tosiba Satillite running SUSE 9.1 Pro, and my G3. I additionally have an HP running SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 but let's not talk about this one, I am ashammed (it's for work). So I can give u some perspective on all the major current OS's.
The drag-and-drop in mac is far more refined than in windows, pritty much anything can be dragged to anything else (even down to listboxes & stuff like that).
OSX has a lot of eyecandy, that does take up a lot of resources, but they can be turned off. The only thing I was displeased with was the memory that I shipped with was too low (I started with 128mb, and then added another 512mb). The new ones are better on memory, but avoid using vertual memory like the pauge, or reformat your drive so that there is an actual swap partition. I also upgraded to 10.3, with the development suite (kind of like a full version of
The other thing that windows people cannot grasp the concept of is a document based application. Almost everything in OSX is that, and Nothing in windows is (except VB6 in MDI mode). The idea is simple. Each window is a document. if you close a window, that document closes, not the application. you specifcally have to quit the application (open-apple q) to exit it. Most windows users leave lots of applications open, and then complain when the mac slows down.
In my experiance, OSX is the cadillac / mercedes of all os's in the world. It does everything, does it well, and is comfortable, and easy to use, but does not get wonderful gas mileage. Windows is like the chevy of the os's, in that it starts most of the time, sorta looks pritty, usually runs fine down the road, starts off with crappy gas mileage, and gets worse as time goes on. Linux is the kit car. It can be cheap, it can be expensive, it can get crappy gas mileage, it can be an econo-box.
my iMac also has dual head support, video out standard, and gets 4 hours of battery life. The toshiba gets about 25 minutes just long enough to go from one plug to the next.
the whole OSX concept is make it simple, and elegeant. For example: I want to burn a cd or DVD. I put the medum in, drag files to it, and eject. it asks me if I want to burn it, I click yes. Another example: I want to make a movie using some film on my camcorder. I plug the camcorder in, it says I have a camcorder, and it has video on it. do you want to import it. I click yes. It opens the iMovie application, imports the clips, sets the contrast levels, and makes the clips corectly. I drag & drop into the order I want, and add a whole mess of really cool effects, then do file -> export (I usually export as a DivX AVI so all my friends can see it). my SGI when I plugged my camcorder into it, rebooted.