going from Windows to iOS

I'm with steve . After being strictly PC/Windows I switched to a Mac almost 20 years ago and never looked back. Viruses, blue screen of death, things of the past. It's really been totally trouble-free for me (although it helps to live with a computer engineer who takes care of all the tech). For me there was really no learning curve at all. 

Don't be afraid, join us. Join us. 



I've done it, I've ordered an iMac.. It's RED AND PINK!!! yayayayay

Should be here within three weeks

I've had a long boring time formatting external HDs to exFAT and transferring TERRABYTES of data across so I can read all my FLAC, WAV, DVD and MP3 files on my new computer, and write to the drives! 

I guess finding alternate software for some things will be a bit of a pain, but I'll work it out. Either that or wifey gets a new iMac about a week after I do....

I bet it does more, specifically all those excellent impromptu Windows updates that literally have rendered my laptop unusable time and time again, with so many completely frozen screens, that I've had to hold the power button down to kill, then restart, then watch as I'm forced to update Windows because, you know, I've paid for the PC, but I don't get to decide when I install updates, because, you know, billgates knows better than me, what I want to do and when...... Yes I know you can "turn off" or "delay" updates, but it gets to a point where Windows ignores your settings and off it trots, and installs the updates anyway.

Honestly, I'm over it, I'm due for a new machine so we'll see.

It's only a computer anyway, hardly anything worth being overly interested in or obsessive about, it's just a tool to "take care of business"... As long as it's stable, runs Reaper and Audacity fine which I know it will, esp given how much RAM I'm getting RAMMED (hahahha) in there, everything else will take care of itself.

Happy daze.

Have you managed to dual-boot Windows 11 and linux without a hassle? It's been over 20 years since I last had linux, and it was my only OS at the time. I don't know how dual-booting works nowadays, and I cannot consider having linux as the only os nowadays. Can you boot it from a memory stick, or do you lose all the speed advantage that way?