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Switching wholesale from PC/Windows to Mac - Your experiences?
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Originally posted by MicrosoftBob View PostThere's always Powershell on OS X, go for the superior versionComment
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Originally posted by zazou View Postalthough I do miss the Del, Home and End keys!Comment
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Originally posted by DennyT99 View PostMac software was over twice the price of Microsoft when I had one."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostSame here. I've always reckoned that OS X is a good way to start learning the Unix command line. You aren't thrown in at the deep end and you can do it at your own pace.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostI've heard there's this new thing in computing called a "Graphical User Interface". I'm quite excited by it. Does OS X support anything like that?Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostI've heard there's this new thing in computing called a "Graphical User Interface". I'm quite excited by it. Does OS X support anything like that?
CLI experience is a useful addition to your skills.Last edited by Sysman; 14 August 2015, 17:00.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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I'm thinking about going the other way. I am that impressed with Windows 10 that when the Surface Pro 4 comes out (as long as there is one that has 16GB ram config) I will replace the MBP and Ipad with it. The Mac is nice, but does crash from sleep wake failures far too often for my liking.Comment
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Another pleasure of using the mac is the smile that you have when someone "from Microsoft" rings you up to tell you that there is something wrong with your Windows.Comment
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