I would recommend a slow transition. Get a Mac. Keep using your PC, and slowly begin to perform tasks on the Mac that you once performed in windows. Just my opinion. On Nov 30, 2010, at 1:39 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote:
> Well, I hate to say this but, if you don't want to learn completely knew ways > of doing things, that is a problem. The mac is not lie a windows PC and yes > it has simular programs but they are not accessed like a windows program. > They are just as productive and are easy after you learn them. I would > listen to podcasts from blind cool tec and do a little more research from I > can work this thing .com. Heather > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew J" <johnson.m1...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:40 AM > Subject: the mac and productivity > > >> hay all: >> >> Well it is that time that I start considering a laptop solution and the mac >> is becoming ever more attractive for taking places and working. What I'd >> like to see however, is how productive the mac can be in comparison to >> windows machines. I have mys ystems with office 2007/10 down to a fine art, >> including footnotes, xl, ETC and do not want to have to develop completely >> new ways of working. I know of course that macs require some different ways >> of doing things, but I would like to have the same ease of use for tasks >> like translating, office working, research and using pdfs, ETC, which >> include a lot of copying from web pages, making tables, and all the rest. >> How does the mac stack up with the day-to-day productivity tasks you all >> require in your professional copacities? >> >> any podcasts or other VI resources on this topic would be very welcome >> >> thanks >> MJ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
