I was getting annoyed with Windows 10. There are certain things that changed that seemed to be a step backwards. Doing little things was harder than it was in any previous version. The revamped control panel is the worst. Just trying to find one setting takes forever. I found I had to use the search feature to find the things I used to be able to go right too. Since I'm speaking about search, since Microsoft decided to move so many things, it leaves a lot to be desired. I'd search for something and either get the wrong results or no results at all.
Start menu, while I liked it at first, is a mess. Since it takes forever to find the app you want to use I would pin it to the start menu. My start menu was an eyesore.
I could go on for hours with the things I have grown to dislike in Windows 10, but, this is about OSX.
I found that I was using my old G5 Mac Pro more and more for my everyday tasks. There were times when I wouldn't even switch over to my Windows box. My G5 is a 10 year old PPC box and not compatible with newer versions of OSX and some of the newer software I needed didn't work on it. My wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I said a new Mac Pro. It arrived early she gave it to me. I set it up on the KVM and used the migration software to move my stuff from the old G5. Once that was done I used the migration assistant to move my files off my Windows 10 box. I've never went from Mac to Windows so I don't know if you can even do that with Windows and if you could I don't know how well it would work. The software worked exceptionally well for me.
It took me a few weeks to get the box set up with everything I need. I had to find a Mac equivalent for all my software. It's now complete and I am using OSX all the time now. Yesterday I imported my Windows 10 install into Parallels so I could get ready to sell the box. The importer imported everything and all my Windows programs will be available to me should I need them.
In my old Windows box I had a #rd gen I7 CPU and 32Gigs of memory. At times, especially when I was compiling code, the thing would bog down and take forever. In fact after I told my wife which Mac Pro to order I seconded guessed myself on the specs. I only ordered it with 12Gigs although I went with the 12 core Xeon 3.2 CPU. To my surprise the first time I ran the C compiler it whizzed right through and I was able to do other things while it was doing it's thing. I have to say I was surprised by that. In the future, since I like to tinker, I'll add some more memory.
Not to say I won't go back to Windows in the future. If they release an OS as elegant and resource friendly as OSX is I will switch back. I still like Windows. All my servers are Windows. I just had to do what I thought was best for me.
Here is a screenshot of my desktop.
Start menu, while I liked it at first, is a mess. Since it takes forever to find the app you want to use I would pin it to the start menu. My start menu was an eyesore.
I could go on for hours with the things I have grown to dislike in Windows 10, but, this is about OSX.
I found that I was using my old G5 Mac Pro more and more for my everyday tasks. There were times when I wouldn't even switch over to my Windows box. My G5 is a 10 year old PPC box and not compatible with newer versions of OSX and some of the newer software I needed didn't work on it. My wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I said a new Mac Pro. It arrived early she gave it to me. I set it up on the KVM and used the migration software to move my stuff from the old G5. Once that was done I used the migration assistant to move my files off my Windows 10 box. I've never went from Mac to Windows so I don't know if you can even do that with Windows and if you could I don't know how well it would work. The software worked exceptionally well for me.
It took me a few weeks to get the box set up with everything I need. I had to find a Mac equivalent for all my software. It's now complete and I am using OSX all the time now. Yesterday I imported my Windows 10 install into Parallels so I could get ready to sell the box. The importer imported everything and all my Windows programs will be available to me should I need them.
In my old Windows box I had a #rd gen I7 CPU and 32Gigs of memory. At times, especially when I was compiling code, the thing would bog down and take forever. In fact after I told my wife which Mac Pro to order I seconded guessed myself on the specs. I only ordered it with 12Gigs although I went with the 12 core Xeon 3.2 CPU. To my surprise the first time I ran the C compiler it whizzed right through and I was able to do other things while it was doing it's thing. I have to say I was surprised by that. In the future, since I like to tinker, I'll add some more memory.
Not to say I won't go back to Windows in the future. If they release an OS as elegant and resource friendly as OSX is I will switch back. I still like Windows. All my servers are Windows. I just had to do what I thought was best for me.
Here is a screenshot of my desktop.
