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No regret so far, but I just got my 12" PowerBook last week. So far I've only used my PC once and that was to transfer my songs and pictures. Why else would I use my PC? It's slower, isn't mobile and runs Windows. I like OS X better and am really getting into UNIX (I can already see how it rocks the DOS world).

If you're on 'detail' view on the Finder, click the column 'Kind' and it'll sort the data by Folder, alphanumerically, then the files. I think that's what he meant...

Personally I prefer to Column view for everything except when I am previewing images. I wonder, there MUST be a way to have the finder create a slideshow for a directory of images, without having to go via Spotlight. Alternatively you COULD selecta all, drag to Preview and hit slideshow, but it'd be nice to have a slideshow like Spotlight does, for a folder full of images... Any ideas?

No regrets at all. I made the switch about 2 weeks ago. I have the 15" PowerBook with superdrive. I cant really fault it. Small, light, quick.

There are so many little touches that make you love owning a mac. Right down to the powerlead... seriously ... First the is no annoying "block" half way along the cable and second the plug has little arm type things on it for you to wrap the cable around when you travel. Genuis.

And dont even get me started on the backlit keyboard. I NEVER want to have to buy another average Windows system again.

I don't have a mac yet, but after using one for a while, I think I will miss the start menu quite a bit. it just seems like home on my windows machine, but its nothing I am worried about, I am already adjusting to osx.

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Download Quicksilver. Launching apps is so damn nice using this. A quick key command brings up the bezel window, i begin typing and it instantly shows results (like spotlight). I couldn't think of a quicker way to access my apps - I can't use a Mac without it. I'd say you certainly wouldn't miss the start menu - why would you, when you could just drag the Application Folder to the dock, and a command click will show the contents - there's your very own Start menu...

I wonder, there MUST be a way to have the finder create a slideshow for a directory of images, without having to go via Spotlight. Alternatively you COULD selecta all, drag to Preview and hit slideshow, but it'd be nice to have a slideshow like Spotlight does, for a folder full of images...  Any ideas?

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If you open a folder full of images, select the ones you want in the slideshow, and then right click on one of them, it will give you an option to start a slideshow in the contextual menu.

To answer the OP's question:

I have used Macs all my life, except for a 1-year period when I didn't have one. After that year, coming back to a Mac was like dying and going to heaven...

My regret: Buying ram from Apple. And as if that wasn't dumb enough, I bought an extra 256MB module (which cost $70), instead of 512MB. Later on I had to sell it and buy a 512MB from Crucial. I would have saved more than $50 bucks had I bought the ram from Crucial in the first place.

If you open a folder full of images, select the ones you want in the slideshow, and then right click on one of them, it will give you an option to start a slideshow in the contextual menu.

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Cheers dude, I never thought of doing that. I wouldn't mind a 'Slideshow' button in the toolbar though, that would be nice...

I regret getting a Shuttle XPC at Xmas instead of a Mac Mini... this thing completely kills it everywhere. Sold it but made a bit of a loss.

Yay for my media lab at college being full of macs - with a few g5 imacs, g5 power macs, and g4 lampshades - introduced me to Macs and now I adore mine.

Also gets me away from that crappy black plastic pc hardware. I thought my creative 5.1 system was good but I just got my JBL Creature IIs in the post and the sound quality is so much better than the creatives!

Even my dad is considering getting a mac since hes seen mine in use! hehe.

No major regrets yet. I still keep my Windows PC around but I only turn it on if I need to do something I am not familiar with on a mac yet or like roadwarrior... Newsleecher. I don't use SuperSearch (nzbs are much better IMHO) but iGrabNews just can't handle everything you throw at it. I am also looking into getting a Windows 2003 license for it so I can run the computers in the house off of a domain.

Minor quirks/ Minor regrets:

1. My first iMac (4 days old) failed on me due to a bad inverter in the unit. However the new unit is still going strong. The other night I did hear a weird noise from the inside, like something hit the chassis on the inside. I'm not thinking too much of it as the computer is still acting the same.

2. Difference between the Rev Bs are that the screen on my first iMac 20" (even though it went out) was much better and more vibrant by default. I had to do some major calibrating on the second iMac's screen and I can't get it to look the same.

3. Like a previous poster mentioned, Windows Explorer. The use of that tool has been imprinted on my brain. On my Windows computer the first thing I do is pretty Windows Key + E whenever I have to something.

4. The Show Desktop quick launch icon. I sourly miss it. F11 on expose isn't the same as sometimes all the windows come back because they don' minimize but rather move off screen.

5. Confirmation on exit on Camino. This is rather a bug but on Firefox when I close my window it warns me that I am closing multiple tabs. On Camino it doesn't. Sure I should train myself to look at the tabs but call it a habit from the Windows world. Yes I know Firefox is available on the Mac it just looks ugly.

I don't have any regrets. The hardest thing for me to get used to was the lack of a scroll wheel on the mouse. I could get one for the Mac but they are expensive, so I'll just make due with my BT mouse.

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u can usea normal PC scrolly mouse...

ne ways i have yet to get a mac myslef but hopefully in about a month i will have a Mac Mini. I always go to my friends house and use his mac on occasion, and its so beautiful. i cannot wait. so far everything is so much easier with a mac. im still keepin my alienware for games, but thats about it.

Regrets, Hmmm...yeah just one, I wish I had never bought that darn iBook. All it does is sit over there in the corner collecting dust, I never use it.

Now I'm not knockin' the Macintosh platform, it's a really good computer and Apple makes a great OS but it's of no use to me and the things I do.

I tried moving to Linux also, I was drunk and wiped out my hard drive and put Mandrake (or whatever they call themselves now) on there. It didn't quite work out either.

Believe me, I wanted to switch from Windows, otherwise why did I buy an iBook I never use and wipe out a good install of Windows for an OS that offered nothing to me.

Perhaps in the future when I find these things are more atune to what I want them to do, maybe then I can try my luck once more.

Regrets, Hmmm...yeah just one, I wish I had never bought that darn iBook. All it does is sit over there in the corner collecting dust, I never use it.

Now I'm not knockin' the Macintosh platform, it's a really good computer and Apple makes a great OS but it's of no use to me and the things I do.

I tried moving to Linux also, I was drunk and wiped out my hard drive and put Mandrake (or whatever they call themselves now) on there. It didn't quite work out either.

Believe me, I wanted to switch from Windows, otherwise why did I buy an iBook I never use and wipe out a good install of Windows for an OS that offered nothing to me.

Perhaps in the future when I find these things are more atune to what I want them to do, maybe then I can try my luck once more.

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