http://nirlog.com/2006/07/07/ive-switched-to-a-mac/ Technology, Life and other stuff that come along... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:37:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://nirlog.com/2006/07/07/ive-switched-to-a-mac/#comment-41481 Tue, 15 May 2007 07:53:58 +0000 http://nirlog.com/2006/07/07/ive-switched-to-a-mac/#comment-41481 [...] I’ve switched to a Mac last year. I’m glad that I did it, and there’s no looking back now. I think security is the main reason MS Windows will never be my primary machine again. To be specific it’s virus/malware/spyware. And the main reason I’ll never give up my Mac as a primary machine is because it’s much more stable, secure and cool. Although, Ubuntu might change that someday. Lets see… [...] […] I’ve switched to a Mac last year. I’m glad that I did it, and there’s no looking back now. I think security is the main reason MS Windows will never be my primary machine again. To be specific it’s virus/malware/spyware. And the main reason I’ll never give up my Mac as a primary machine is because it’s much more stable, secure and cool. Although, Ubuntu might change that someday. Lets see… […]

]]> http://nirlog.com/2006/07/07/ive-switched-to-a-mac/#comment-2372 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:25:46 +0000 http://nirlog.com/2006/07/07/ive-switched-to-a-mac/#comment-2372 [...] After switching to Mac, my Samsung notebook with Windows Xp has been free, so I decided to test dual booting Windows Vista and Ubuntu Linux in this laptop. The downloading, burning cd/dvd and installation was easy and straight forward. Only special thing I had to do was to modify the menu.lst file in Ubuntu. This is how I did it: [...] […] After switching to Mac, my Samsung notebook with Windows Xp has been free, so I decided to test dual booting Windows Vista and Ubuntu Linux in this laptop. The downloading, burning cd/dvd and installation was easy and straight forward. Only special thing I had to do was to modify the menu.lst file in Ubuntu. This is how I did it: […]

]]> http://nirlog.com/2006/07/07/ive-switched-to-a-mac/#comment-2316 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:35:40 +0000 http://nirlog.com/2006/07/07/ive-switched-to-a-mac/#comment-2316 [...] I’ve switched to a Mac and it took quite some time for me to find an ideal password management tool. Of course OS X  has an excellent KeyChain Access for password and other confidential information management. Also there are some third party softwares, but most of them are good for personal usage only (by single user). Previously at work we’re using Anypassword in windows for password management. What I needed was a similar tool that stores passwords in an encrypted file (database), so that multiple admins can view/edit it from different platforms (at least from Mac and Windows). In search of this perfect program I’ve tried many password managers available for OS X. So, here they are; some good for single user and some good for system admins, among them I found one perfectly fit for me. [...] […] I’ve switched to a Mac and it took quite some time for me to find an ideal password management tool. Of course OS X  has an excellent KeyChain Access for password and other confidential information management. Also there are some third party softwares, but most of them are good for personal usage only (by single user). Previously at work we’re using Anypassword in windows for password management. What I needed was a similar tool that stores passwords in an encrypted file (database), so that multiple admins can view/edit it from different platforms (at least from Mac and Windows). In search of this perfect program I’ve tried many password managers available for OS X. So, here they are; some good for single user and some good for system admins, among them I found one perfectly fit for me. […]

]]> http://nirlog.com/2006/07/07/ive-switched-to-a-mac/#comment-2088 Sat, 08 Jul 2006 02:50:12 +0000 http://nirlog.com/2006/07/07/ive-switched-to-a-mac/#comment-2088 Thanks Mahesh. Yes, I agree that there are many professional applications only available for Windows, hopefully this will change with the release of Leopard. There're rumors that it either runs windows applications natively or will have a built in virtualization. I've switched my main laptop to Mac but I'm still using windows @work/home desktop. But now I've freed my windows laptop to experiment with Vista and Ubuntu :) Thanks Mahesh. Yes, I agree that there are many professional applications only available for Windows, hopefully this will change with the release of Leopard. There’re rumors that it either runs windows applications natively or will have a built in virtualization. I’ve switched my main laptop to Mac but I’m still using windows @work/home desktop. But now I’ve freed my windows laptop to experiment with Vista and Ubuntu

]]> http://nirlog.com/2006/07/07/ive-switched-to-a-mac/#comment-2077 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:38:34 +0000 http://nirlog.com/2006/07/07/ive-switched-to-a-mac/#comment-2077 Congratulations!! I have been using an iBook for a year now and I have had absolutely no problems at all. In the same period, I have had to reinstall the windows XP on my Windows-running laptop 3 times!!!! Like you said, for an average computer user, its far easier and cheaper in the long run to use Mac than Windows. However, I cannot get rid of my Windows laptop completely as I cannot run Windows XP on my iBook G4...and there are some programs I use for my work that are not available on Mac :-( Congratulations!! I have been using an iBook for a year now and I have had absolutely no problems at all. In the same period, I have had to reinstall the windows XP on my Windows-running laptop 3 times!!!! Like you said, for an average computer user, its far easier and cheaper in the long run to use Mac than Windows. However, I cannot get rid of my Windows laptop completely as I cannot run Windows XP on my iBook G4…and there are some programs I use for my work that are not available on Mac

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