When you use windows for a long time, it is hard to switch to OS X. There are so many cool tricks you very slowly learn while getting into this OS. You really have to change your ways of thinking about windows management. For a long time in the days of OS 9 I really disliked the ways the Mac handled it's windows it was always a mess for me and part of what drove me to using a PC for many years. That and the fact that Macs where too expensive for me and until they switched to Intel, too slow. And they didn't get sexy until the last couple years.
It takes awhile to get used to using OS X. It is different than
windows in the sense that you use the track pad or other shortcuts to
get to the windows. You leave the windows on your desktop which for a windows user can seem like madness. I was so used to minimizing my windows to navigate. You can use spaces
to create multiple desktops. Use shortcuts to switch to windows or
other apps. It takes some time to get used to but after using it for
awhile it is hard to go back to windows. I have noticed these
features are not as easy for me on macs without the new track pad.
Say you have 10 windows open on your desktop, you can move each
application to it's own "space" or desktop up to 16 of them. You can
then use the track pad to switch apps. In the app you may have 5
windows open, you use the track pad to show them all smaller and
click the one you want. It is very fast and lets you see all open
windows at one time, or all open windows for that app. Go here and
watch the video about the multi-touch track pad
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/features-15inch.html
It takes awhile to get used to using OS X. It is different than
windows in the sense that you use the track pad or other shortcuts to
get to the windows. You leave the windows on your desktop which for a windows user can seem like madness. I was so used to minimizing my windows to navigate. You can use spaces
to create multiple desktops. Use shortcuts to switch to windows or
other apps. It takes some time to get used to but after using it for
awhile it is hard to go back to windows. I have noticed these
features are not as easy for me on macs without the new track pad.
Say you have 10 windows open on your desktop, you can move each
application to it's own "space" or desktop up to 16 of them. You can
then use the track pad to switch apps. In the app you may have 5
windows open, you use the track pad to show them all smaller and
click the one you want. It is very fast and lets you see all open
windows at one time, or all open windows for that app. Go here and
watch the video about the multi-touch track pad
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/features-15inch.html
Once you get used to the shortcuts and having your windows move
around your screen like magic, windows will become the bag of hurt Mac
users have been crying about for years. I will say that Windows 7 has some
nice features that I really want to try. I can't wait to get Vista off my PC.
It is a screamer and Vista makes it feel like a snail.
I really just want to install OS X on it. But I haven't had the time.
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