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To: JohnM who wrote (13344)	2/26/2006 2:10:22 PM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541863

...from the moment I switched to Windows, I've felt alienated from my computer. I suspect that sounds strange, but there it is. Working on a Windows machine has always just been that; working on a Mac always had a distinct aura, much like listening to music on a first rate audio system. I understand perfectly. I nearly cried when I took this job seven years ago and had to use a PC daily; it seemed like such a step backward and the machine was not intuitive at all. But I always could look forward to coming home to the Mac. Have you used OS X yet?

To: JohnM who wrote (13344)	2/26/2006 5:56:41 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541863

from the moment I switched to Windows, I've felt alienated from my computer. I suspect that sounds strange, but there it is. It doesn't sound strange to me. I was just talking about that very subject with my friend who bought the Mac. She started on a Mac but then her employer went PC and so did she. She never had one at home. She always preferred the Mac because it did things for you, you didn't need to get into the innards like you did with the early PCs. She didn't want to have to learn that much about how it worked and felt helpless. I had started on the PC much earlier, when they first came out. I fiddled with the Mac a bit at work when that became available. When Microsoft came up with a similar interface with it's first Windows, I bypassed it a lot because, as a professional programmer familiar with the machine, it gave me a feeling of control. I'd cut over into DOS whenever I really wanted to do something. I didn't like that the Mac's activity wasn't transparent. When Microsoft's operating systems evolved to become like the Mac's, sneaking around and doing things behind my back, I hated the loss of control. I've gotten over it finally and now I just let it do its thing and force myself not to worry about it, but I don't have anywhere near as much fun with it as I did when I could wade around in its guts. So I know what you mean by alienation. We just felt alienated differently. From my experiences with XP, which I've only had about six months now, I would think you'd be comfortable. It does everything for you and has been extraordinarily stable. Very Macish.