Any tips in converting from a PC to a Mac?

Answer 1

Don’t! What could you possibly want to do that for? To be able to think differently?

Answer 2

Assuming you are a PC user who wants to buy a MAC and become as familiar with MAC as you may be in a PC, I give you the following tips:
1. Do understand that, in essence, both systems are rather very simmilar in the way they operate, and handle devices like hard disks, displays, printers and the like.
2. I suggest you become familiar with how to find your files, and please note that, if you used to have C: and D: in the pc, you now only have hard drives by the names, so you have to get used to it.
3. The MAC desktop is a little confusing, because EVERY HARD DRIVE or partition may have elements shown in the desktop, opposite to the "only C://windows/desktop/" approach in PC, so take note of this.
4. Applications that have been released for both systems may have slight diferences in the shortcuts (key combinations), being the most "disturbing" the apple key, which usually substitutes the CONTROL key.

Other than that, it's just a matter of time to become very confortable with the MAC. It didn´t take me too long, maybe a couple of weeks. Good luck.

Answer 3

Mac has come out with a version of its OS suitable to intel core..you can try it..the user experience is different though..so if u are a frequent user of windows and linux then u might have some difficulty handling the Mac OS..

Answer 4

Mac is way much better althrough you can get a bug in your computer but still have the expecrets fix it. don't do PC no way switch to appple or mac

Answer 5

yes it is possible and not as stupid as ud think

People have long wanted to run the Mac OS operating system on PC hardware, specifically on Intel and AMD architectures. But despite pleas and prayers, that wish remains unfulfilled.

Although running Mac OS natively on PC hardware is not possible, there is another option--running Mac OS X on an emulator. In this article, I will show you how to install and run Mac OS X Panther on your PC using PearPC, a free, architecture-independent PowerPC platform that runs on PCs. To check out PearPC's features, go to the PearPC-PowerPC Architecture Emulator web site.

Here are the steps you'll take to use PearPC to install Mac OS X:

1. Download the PearPC PowerPC Architecture Emulator.
2. Obtain hard disk images for use with PearPC.
3. Obtain images of your client OS installation disk.
4. Configure PearPC to use the hard disk image and the OS images.

Downloading PearPC

Download the PearPC PowerPC Architecture Emulator. Once it's downloaded, extract its content to a folder, say, [Desktop]:\PearPC. This is the folder that is going to contain all of the files you'll see in the next couple of sections.

Note: [Desktop] refers to the path of my Windows desktop; that is, C:\Documents and Settings\Wei-Meng Lee\Desktop\.

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Hard disk images

To install Mac OS X on the emulator, you need a hard disk image. You can download preformatted hard disk images from http://pearpc.net/downloads.php. Two disk sizes are available: 3GB and 6GB. If you plan to install the full Mac OS X, then use the 6GB image. If you have limited disk space on your hard drive, use the smaller, 3GB image. Be aware that the default install of Mac OS X takes up a little more than 3GB, and so you need to unselect certain components during installation if you use the 3GB image.

The disk images come in two formats: BZ2 and RAR. I used the 6GB RAR disk images. You need to uncompress the disk image before you can use it. To uncompress the RAR image, I used WinRAR from http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm. Uncompress the image and save it in the [Desktop]:\PearPC folder.
Making images of your client OS

To install Mac OS X on your hard disk image, you need to make copies of your Mac OS X installation disk in ISO format. You can use Nero or any other disk utility to save CDs or DVDs in ISO format. In my case, I have saved the images in the C:\PearPC folder. I have named the first disk Panther1.iso.

Note: You need to purchase Mac OS X in order to run Mac OS X in PearPC.
Configuring PearPC

Once you've taken the previous steps, you're ready for the final step: configuring PearPC to use the all the relevant disk images. To do it, you need to create a configuration file. You can find the instructions on how to create one manually at http://pearpc.net/guides.php?guides_id=2. Or you can download a Windows application that does all the hard work for you. In my case, I used the PearPC Control Panel to help me manage my Mac OS X emulation.

Launch PearPC Control Panel and click on the Create New Configuration File icon. You will see the first screen as shown in Figure 1. Click on Continue to proceed to the next step.

this is the first part the rest can be found at http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/01/18/PearPC.html

Answer 6

My best tip........don't convert.

Answer 7

yeah I have a good tip for you: DON'T

Answer 8

dont waste your life

Answer 9

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! good luck!

Answer 10

Yeah, don't.