from windows to mac

The final shift to mac was only last month

I have done computer support for ages, having used pcs since 1982 (yes, zx81 is also a personal computer) but never have i used a computer so much in so little time as this month

Last week i again had to repair a broken vista, and upon trying found out that neither linux nor xp could run on it - the family asked how to make a safesurf for their children, which is easy on the mac, and needing to make layout, they came to me after giving up using anything on windows, so we could use Pages for a very photo-heavy job, it was easy and funny
I sorely miss picasa

My nice photocollection in nested folders is not going to be destroyed in iphoto nor aperture, i have not yet fount a solution (i use jpg and want to overwrite my files when doing rotations and basic colourcorrections, i have checked the jpg-loss and found it less than the hazzle of having two copies and are not making posters anyway)
Mac has windows that are stable and fast
Quicksilver, oh joy!!
AntiRSI to avoid staring myself blind on the monitor
Adressbook and calendar that works, even with google
Email that resizes my pictures itself!!
Zoom of the entire monitor
Real virtual desktops that are stable and working
Timemachine the first ever backup for non-techs
Automated actions taking care of repeated workflow
Complete shortcutcontrol of each program menu
Builtin languages (yes, i use at least 3 languages)
Pages&keynote layout and presentations that are simple
Quicksilver triggers for scripts, my rotate picture is opt+r
Remote control that is instant, allways working and easy
Absolutely silent hardware (i use a mac mini w 2gb ram)
My scanner and printer works much better than windows

Fully automatic photo-aquiring; i only plug in my cameras usb, and mac takes all into a folder, i do nothing at all!!
Insert empty cd, drag photos to cd-icon, click burn.
Of course i use firefox, piclens and miro here too
Expose, dashboard, desktop and spaces are my 4 corners
and mousing both expose and spaces show everything!
Quicksilver for opening webpages instantly
Activitymonitor with its dockicon
Secure guestaccount and child-limitations that work
Clearly defined areas of documents, pictures and music
Spotlight search for anything in seconds anywhere
Preview of any document, photo or file

Missing size of multiple selected files
Missing fully automated esperanto letters
Missing picasa or anything else that keeps my files

Absolutely happy about being free of antivirusprograms!!!
(only cost a few hundred dollars more than a pc for this)

I simply get much more work done, and i am happy about that and hope the rumours about google come true

yahoo!

It works , i have now 233gb free on my mac mini, it simply started right away as if nothing had ever happened.
Yeh!!!
Loads of space to put ALL my photos, ALL my music and a few movies and still space to spare
Feels so good and relaxing
Why they dont offer this at the apple store is me a mystery, it costs less than 200€
And lucky that it had been opened before at humac for inserting memory, it took 10 seconds to open, click click that was it:)
Now i also know how to shift memory, which is needed!

much more real estate for the mac mini

Tonight i'm going to transplant the harddisk for my new mac mini, so if you don't see any comments for a long period you know why...

I will be making a carbon copy clone* and then use these excellent notes on how to do it:
http://www.soledadpenades.com/2007/11/01/diy-replace-your-intel-mac-minis-hard-disk-drive/

Oh, and i also have a fresh timemachine, just in case:)

*http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html