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As a switcher from PC to Mac just on two years ago, there is a phase I went through, and every switcher would at some stage. The Anti-Climax.

Comes a point after switching when you’ve discovered most of the pleasant surprises and you get back to work, writing documents, spreadsheets whatever.

You then get these doubts… like… maybe it’s just a computer… did I really need to switch?

But then soon enough the answer comes. You start to hear Windows users - Joe Averages at that - talking about virus, infections, spyware, trojans and adware and what they are trying to do about it.

You smile broadly, and walk a little taller. Your doubts disappear. By comparison to Windows, you know the Mac is not just a computer.

The next phase is when you suddenly realise you rarely do maintenance on your Mac. That’s the point when you decide you just want to use computers, you don’t want to work on them.

Ironically, you were right. Unlike Windows which felt more like a second job, the Mac is just a computer, and that’s the way it’s meant to be. A tool to get a task done, not a task in itself.

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An interesting article on the challenges of tablet computing, and whether Apple can conquer those challenges. To quote:
One thing we know about Steve Jobs and Apple, they can revolutionize a market. When the iMac G4 came out, I dubbed it Applutionary. They do seem to create their own evolution and revolution. They it did […]

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RedNova News have an interview with a couple of major Mac developers to garner their impressions of the transition from PPC to Intel.
There is one certainty for Mac developers: Change comes often to the Apple world. In the early 1990s, developers had to move their code from the 68000 series of Motorola processors to the […]

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In a move that will leave Mac traditionalists gagging on their latte, Apple have released a multi-button mouse, spelling the imminent end of their iconic single-buttoned mouse.

CUPERTINO, California—August 2, 2005—Apple® today introduced Mighty Mouse, its next generation mouse with several innovative new features that make using a Mac® even more powerful and easy. Mighty Mouse offers power users up to four independently programmable buttons, without compromising simplicity for users who prefer just a single-button mouse.

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So, what gives with this new Apple Mighty Mouse? Looks like a single-button mouse. Feels like a single button. Even defaults to single button out of the box.

And it’s Windows compatible.

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