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I’m only on MAC and I have no problems
The only problems you will have to buy new software to do web design and Micro Office for reading excel etc files and some sites look different on mac than PCI made the switch to Mac in June and there is a learning curve. Certain tasks take a bit more effort on a Mac but the performance and stability of the Mac OS platform have blown me away.
I run Parallels on mine so I can still use windows software and it seems to be a good solution.
Kevin
Best move I ever made was away from windows, back when Vista came out – it took about a year to get the Mac and me best friends and find all those little bits of software that I use. Had Parallels running for a bit, but have gradually phased it out. Only use Parallels now when I forget I haven’t checked a website in IE. When you say you’re buying an iMac and want a Laptop – do you mean a Macbook or are you buying both? An iMac’s not very portable.
I have gone through this decision a number of times, but each time one thing ends up making up my mind:
I really think I need to see and experience things the same way my visitors do. Just using an app to have a look just doesn’t seem sufficient, I just think I should have the exact same experience.
So I have stuck with what the majority is using online, and that isn’t mac by a far shot.
If apple would ever come off it’s non-compatibility throne I would be standing in line for every apple product in no time flat, I do think it’s a superior product.
For me the decision was simple… for development work, i need an environment i knew like the back of the hand.. which is windows etc
apple / imac.. i would go for it, if all i am doing is
email, IM, browsing, using web applications.Thanks everyone for your advice and imput!!
I agree with dom. In our line of work, it’s imperative that we see things the way that our users do, so that we can tweak things to boost conversions.
With that being said, there are alot of people switching to Mac’s nowadays, and the younger generation (especially those going into college) are predominantly using mac’s because it’s “cool”. Personally, I use Mac’s all around and have been for over 5 years, but I have a backup PC too to view things how some of my users do too. Once you get used to using a Mac and get over the initial learning curve, you won’t turn back.
good luck! let me know how it goes
What did you decide, Christine? Just curious.
well I think I will not go with the mac unfortunately I have to think about the business and need to see things as my users do.
@balagan9 224288 wrote:
i’m also thinking about switching to iMac/Macbook, but when thinking about taking screeshots from casino/poker software clients…it’s impossible on Mac (unless you’re using parallel) cause the software is for windoes only.
balagan – screenshotting actually comes built into the mac. no need for a different software. you just hit a couple keys, and voila.
See this article:
Capture a Screen Shot with Mac OS X
