I agree. I'm very comfortable with basic finder commands in particular; have caught myself trying to use them on the PC recently. Even the mail commands are fairly intuitive once you memorize them, which usually isn't a problem for me. I just can't get genuinely comfortable with any of the word processing options for the mac, and there are a lot of instances where things just seem more complicated than they have to be: for example, I don't always know when interracting is mandatory, and I've heard some instructions on this list that just seem way too complex considering the task trying to be accomplished. I wish I could think of an example, but I do remember 1 thing I read recently where there were 4-5 steps, including interracting several times, and I just thought to myself that whatever the task was isn't nearly so complicated to do under windows. Still, I am to the point where I try to boot up the mac at least a few times a week, but unless I can find a better word processor, some audio games and/or a mud client that actually works, I don't ever see myself abandoning the PC.
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Garth Humphreys Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 8:41 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mac feel natural Hi I would agree with the general sentiment that you need to just use your mac for a while. I have only had my Mac for a couple of months but I have used it everyday. I feel relatively comfortable on the Mac. I wouldn't agree that you need to stop using Windows completely. I have been using Windows XP at work everyday as well and also I've been using Windows 7 and Vista at home as well. I think the important thing is to use the Mac regularly. It is just practice and to a degree muscle memory. There are obviously lots of factors but one major component of feeling comfortable is simply knowing what keystroke to press without having to think about it. The simple fact is that the required keystroke to achieve something on a Mac is likely to be more complicated then it would be on a Windows machine. I don't mean that it is necessarily less intuitive I just mean that it is likely to involve more keys and so maybe harder to remember. When it comes time for me to send this message for example I won't have to think through what the key stroke is. I have used the mac mail app enough that it is second nature to hit Cmd+Shift+D. In short, like others have said practise. If you have to put your Windows machine out of reach for while to force yourself then sure, why not. For me personally the thing I have loved most about using my mac is the physical hardware it's self. The MBA is truly a lovely machine. I like using Lion and VO but for somethings it is just no replacement for an up-to-date windows machine. Word with JAWS or even NVDA is far better then Pages and VO in my opinion. And I would be really happy if I never had to hear busy busy busy busy again. NVDA is becoming or should I say has become a first class screen reader and it is free. I do love my Mac but Windows is also an excellent OS. Garth twitter.com/blindtechmusing , On 24/11/2011, at 7:50 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi, > I have been using the Mac since 2008 and am never ever ever ever going to go > back to windblows again. It took me a weekend to set it up and once done, i left windblows behind and have never looked back since. Ok, i've got a vm with XP and one with 7 in it, just to see what i'm not missing. The only things i use windblows for nowadays is playing audio games. Let's hope there'll be mac versions of them too so i finally can ditch windblows alltogether. > I can only agree with what others have said here, use the mac as much as > possible, especially when you learn it. That will make the experience easier. > /Krister > > 24 nov 2011 kl. 03:16 skrev Mary: > >> Traci, >> >> the way I did it was to force myself to do everything I needed to do on the >> Mac and stay away from Windows. No matter how tempting it was, I didn't allow myself to use Windows at all While I was learning to use the Mac. >> >> Mary >> >> On Nov 23, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Paul Mimms wrote: >> >>> Most of us are more comfortable with what we have become familiar with >>> using, therefore what is easier. You may find you just need to stop making the decision whether to use the MacBook or the PC and remove the PC from consideration. Make the MacBook the only computer you use and make it work for you just as you did with the PC at one time. >>> >>> On 11/23/2011 10:19 AM, Traci wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> What is your advice on making the Mac experience feel natural? I'm loving >>>> my Macbook Air, but I'm noticing I don't naturally go to it. I'm still using my ancient windows laptop most of the time. It can be 3 or 4 days, and I think I really should go on my Mac. >>>> >>>> :) I guess I want to get to the point, where it is odd to pick up the >>>> windows laptop. Any good suggestions? 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