I also have a MacBook Air for on-the-go work.
If you are a long-time Windows user, you are better off sticking with it and not changing.
Here’s why…
Is Windows The Best OS?
It Doesn’t Matter
Is Windows a better operating system than Mac OS X?
That’s a good way to settle the debate, if it can be settled with those yardsticks.
But that doesn’t matter to me, and it shouldn’t matter to you.
You’ve probably read thousands of articles that compare things like software.
The question then isn’t “What’s the best OS?”
The question is “What’s the best OS for me?”
Different things matter to different people.
That’s not giving you the whole picture though.
Whether you realise it or not, you have invested heavily in Windows over the years.
Investment isn’t always monetary, although that might be the case, too.
If you bought Microsoft Office 2007 all those years ago, then you could still use it perfectly well.
But more than the monetary investment, it’s the mental investment that matters.
You have spent years becoming familiar with Windows.
You know how to install a program, you know how to change the look of any window.
If things go wrong, you know you have to hit Ctrl+Alt+Del.
These are now things you’ve got the option to do without googling how to do them.
The amount of time you save with your existing knowledge bank of how to operate Windows is invaluable.
It’s The Little Things
Muscle memory is an amazing resourceand you have to factor that in.
Good software tells you how to do stuff.
Great software gets out of the way and lets you do stuff.
Over the years, Windows has honed itself for its long-time users.
My fingers are used toevery keyboard shortcut in Windows.
I take comfort in knowing it’s there and it will work every time I do it.
The same action doesn’t work on Mac or Linux.
Such little things matter.
There arethings you miss on OS X if you are a Windows user.
That’s not faulting OS X in any way; it’s a commentary on how you use computers.
You are what matters and everything else is bullshit.
In closing, let’s hear about your experiences of the big switch.
How did you find changing your primary operating system?
Have you stuck to the new one or come back?
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