
Before maligning the Mac, Windows or Linux, Platform is better than another are not just irrelevant, but plainĬhildish and stupid. My main point is therefore that quasi-religious beliefs that any Unimportant if you are getting what you want. Platforms is very much like discussing cars, and therefore largely Not be discussed here, since discussing relative merits of computer I joined Microsoft in 2015, which means that I “switch” to and fro on a daily basis (although I still prefer this side of that particular fence).īut the basics are still the same – motives for anyone switching will.As such, most critical applications are now available on either platform. Both macOS and Windows have changed substantially over the past few years, following the shifts in the application landscape.Together with the shift towards mobile, the popularity of web applications and services made the local operating system rather irrelevant (up to a point, people will be more upset if you change their browser than their OS).iOS receives most of their attention these days, and I am one of the many people who increasingly rely on iOS devices rather than conventional computers for what we used to call “personal computing”. The Mac is now Apple‘s secondary platform.The most popular pages on this site, and circumstances have changed in Gone by, and decided to revise it a fair bit because it is still one of People pondering the switch), but in 2017 I noticed that five years had Season, which is when I get the most visits from new Mac owners or Updated on a yearly basis for a while (usually around the holiday People were moving to the Mac, so I thought I’d jot down a few notesĪbout my experience during the decade before that. When I started this document in February 2007 (a full decade ago), a lot of Switch page, which tries to list suitable macOS replacements forĬommon Windows applications.


23 min read How to Switch to the Mac …and enjoy doing it.Updated September 3 rd 2017, in the afternoon
