Chris Pirillo's 50 Reasons to Switch to a Mac

Posted on July 24, 2008 by J. Benjamin Stevens

50 Several months ago, noted tech enthusiast Chris Pirillo made the switch from Windows to Mac.  As part of the process, he published a list of 50 reasons for people to join him in making this move.  A few of Chris' best reasons are:

  1. Excellent power management in OS X
  2. OS X is noticeably more stable than Windows Vista
  3. More interesting, useful, beautiful, and affordable software being developed for OS X
  4. Macs make it possible to have every operating system at my fingertips
  5. No stress in installing / uninstalling most programs
  6. Spyware / malware / virus threat is diminished by an extreme degree
  7. Time Machine -- Wow
  8. Never need to defrag a Mac's hard disk
  9. Joining wireless networks in OS X is easier and more refined
  10. Deleted files can easily be securely erased in OS X
  11. Macs cost about the same as a comparable Windows PC for hardware and bundled software
  12. Mail comes with "Data Detectors" which enable you to productively use that information
  13. Preview is no joke - with annotations, basic image editing, zooming and scrolling, etc.
  14. Help is the way Help should have always been all along
  15. Windows users need Apple's software more than Mac users need Microsoft's

However, I urge you to click HERE to read his entire list, whether you have already made the switch or not.  If you haven't, these reasons might be the final push that you need to convince you to do so.  If you already have, they will remind you of how much better off you really are.

Source:  "50 Reasons to Switch from Microsoft Windows to Apple's Mac OS X" by Chris Pirillo, published at his blog.

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larry shultz - July 24, 2008 1:29 AM

we are running a shop with many Macs - a G3, couple G4's and a couple G5's plus assorted notebooks. They are basically never turned off, and several have been running for years. We have switched out the hard drives to larger ones when needed from the original drives.

Never any problems.

The few PC's are a nightmare with Vista. Vista was not compatible with the non-microsoft software and the peripherals, and it even causes Excel and Outlook to lock. Go figure.
They seem to have dozens of hard restarts each week to keep running...

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