"Now I'm a Believer" - Switching from a PC to a Mac

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, August 16, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT

It looks like Graeme Philipson from TheAge.com has made the switch from a PC to a Mac and he couldn't be happier. I get a kick out of articles like this because they always seem to point out Windows' glaring deficiencies and shine the spotlight on the Mac OS' strengths. As someone who spent a good part of the last 5 years doing software functionality testing and QA work on a variety of Windows and Macintosh machines, I can say from my experience, that the Macintosh platform is no panacea. It's got its own set of problems and to assert that it's simply "better" is just plain wrong. Having used and owned both platforms for a number of years, you couldn't pay me to ditch my PC.

"So much for the actual migration - painless enough, with the minor glitches one expects when moving. But what is the Mac like to use? In every department, it beats the PC hands down. The machine itself is quite handsome. The file structure and the way all the utilities work are different, but very easy to get used to and far more intuitive than with Windows."

Tags: Mac, PC, ITC, switch, rom, now, IE, AC

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com