Recent switcher? Is 2005 recent?
- reasons for getting a Mac?
I always dun like Windows as I dun like to re-install/re-format in each OS upgrade and Windows footprint tend to get fatter and also slower after months of usage. No matter what theme/skin/mod, Windows GUI is not fine and elegant.
Since Windows 95, I have been looking for alternative OS...that time, Linux still ugly and not easy to setup. So I am stuck with Windows.
- is OS X hard to get used to?
My initial getting used to is the Finder. That's all.
- do you like or hate it?
Yes I love it. Even Windows 7 dun attract me. My Mac went through Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard, upgraded without re-format. Each upgrade is fast and all settings are intact. I have never upgraded my hardware and the OS till today is still running fast at only 1GB RAM.
I love the way the GUI is designed. It has many small small things that make the entire OS a well-thought out OS. Can see easily that Apple looks into every detail of the OS.
The OS is not just technology, it is like an art. Dock is an clean, neat, elegant and convenient way compared to Windows' taskbar.
- would you recommend Mac to others?
Yes of course. The OS is very stable, since day one, OS X only hanged once.