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My main issue with switching to Mac has always been cost. I don’t like laptops to work on all day, the iMacs are funny looking and the towers complete overkill for most of what I do – which is essentially to edit text files all day. However the Mac Mini is a great price and could nicely replace my Windows desktop for work.

我切换到Mac的主要问题一直是成本。 我不喜欢笔记本电脑一整天都在工作，iMac看起来很有趣，而且铁塔对我所做的大多数事情来说都是过大的杀伤力–本质上是整天编辑文本文件。 但是，Mac Mini的价格很高，可以很好地代替Windows台式机工作。

The main reason that I haven’t pulled out my credit card already is that at the moment I currently work across two desktops. On my desk in front of me are two screens – one of which is my Linux desktop (Debian/KDE) the other is my Windows desktop. I’ve never managed to switch completely to Linux due to needing various applications for work. I know there are perfectly good replacements – and I’ve been using Linux on the desktop for 5 years – however for compatibility I need to be able to open things in Freehand or Photoshop and other applications and I write about Dreamweaver, so until these can run under Linux I’m going to need another OS. Mac OS X could be that OS instead of Windows but my main fear is that all I am going to do is end up with yet another desktop OS that I am working in, making my daily work spread over three operating systems thus making it even harder to leave the office – at the moment I achieve some portability with a laptop installed with XP, VMWare and Debian running as a virtual machine.

我尚未提取信用卡的主要原因是，目前我在两个台式机上工作。 在我前面的桌子上有两个屏幕–一个是我的Linux桌面（Debian / KDE），另一个是我的Windows桌面。 由于需要使用各种应用程序，因此我从未设法完全切换到Linux。 我知道有很好的替代品-并且我在台式机上使用Linux已经有5年了-但是出于兼容性的考虑，我需要能够在Freehand或Photoshop和其他应用程序中打开文件，并且我会写Dreamweaver，因此直到在Linux下运行，我将需要另一个OS。 Mac OS X可能是Windows而不是Windows，但我主要担心的是最终要使用的是我正在使用的另一台台式机OS，这使我的日常工作分散在三个操作系统上，因此更加困难离开办公室–目前，我通过安装有XP， VMW are和Debian作为虚拟机运行的笔记本电脑实现了一些可移植性。

I’m going to need a Windows box for the foreseeable future – I need to test work on Windows. The other application which is non-negotiable and I already know there is no OS X UK version is Quickbooks, I need Quickbooks. I can live with having my Windows box on a KVM switch and switching to it to write invoices or check sites. I know that I can get OS X versions of Macromedia products, MS Office and Adobe software but what about the other applications I use on Windows? I believe there is a version of Eclipse for OS X – it’s a bit slow on Windows, does it work well on the Mac? What about FTP, I use WS-FTP on Windows; and CSS editing – to replace Topstyle.

在可预见的将来，我将需要Windows盒子–我需要在Windows上测试工作。 另一个不可协商的应用程序，我已经知道没有OS X UK版本是Quickbooks，我需要Quickbooks。 我可以将Windows框放在KVM切换器上，然后切换到它以写发票或检查站点。 我知道我可以获得OS X版本的Macromedia产品，MS Office和Adobe软件，但是我在Windows上使用的其他应用程序又如何呢？ 我相信有一个适用于OS X的Eclipse版本-在Windows上运行缓慢，在Mac上运行良好吗？ FTP呢？我在Windows上使用WS- FTP 。 和CSS编辑-取代Topstyle。

When I’m writing I currently use SnagIt for taking screenshots – it’s great as I can set it up to take the captures and save them as the correct resolution so I don’t need to go fiddle with them in a graphics application afterwards, what can I use to replace this if I move to OS X?

在撰写本文时，我目前使用SnagIt来截取屏幕截图–很棒，因为我可以将其设置为捕获截图并将其保存为正确的分辨率，因此以后无需在图形应用程序中摆弄它们了。如果转移到OS X，可以使用它来代替它吗？

If I have any spare time I research my family history, I use two applications on Windows “Family Tree Maker” and “Family Historian”, the latter allows me to store records properly along with their sources and also to query the records – the first draws pretty charts which please the relatives, any suggestions for OS X products?

如果我有空余时间研究自己的家族史，我会在Windows上使用两个应用程序“ Family Tree Maker”和“ Family Historian”，后者使我能够正确存储记录及其来源，并查询记录–第一个绘制漂亮的图表，请亲戚们，对OS X产品有什么建议？

The second reason I hesitate to move to OS X, and one that will probably see me flambéed by Mac users, is that I dislike the way it looks. How much can you customise the interface? Can I stop things bouncing and zooming? If you are familiar with Windows classic themes think about the Rainy Day theme, that’s what I like my desktop to look like … I’m not really into ‘pretty’ where computers are concerned. That said, the way it looks is not particularly high priority, the most important thing is that it more or less replaces my Windows desktop, if I can hack at the interface that’s a bonus.

我犹豫不决迁移到OS X的第二个原因是，我不喜欢它的外观，这很可能会让我被Mac用户激怒。 您可以自定义多少界面？ 我可以停止跳动和缩放的事情吗？ 如果您熟悉Windows经典主题，请考虑下雨天主题，那就是我希望桌面看起来的样子……我不太喜欢计算机所涉及的“漂亮”。 就是说，它的外观并不是特别重要，最重要的是，如果我可以破解界面的话，它或多或少地取代了我的Windows桌面。

So Mac users, convince me that I should switch, I don’t like Windows and am fully aware of its problems – I’d be a fulltime Linux user if I could – so you don’t need to tell me why Windows is lousy, I know! I just need to be sure that I can do this relatively quickly and easily, and that the applications are out there that will enable to me to switch, as otherwise I will end up with the three desktop operating systems problem already described, and this would make me more grumpy than the minor issue of things bouncing in the dock.

因此，Mac用户确信我应该切换，我不喜欢Windows，并且充分意识到它的问题-如果可以的话，我将成为一名全职Linux用户-因此您无需告诉我Windows为什么糟糕， 我知道！ 我只需要确保可以相对快速，轻松地完成此操作，并且可以使用那些可以切换的应用程序，否则我将面临已经描述的三个台式机操作系统问题，并且这样做比起在码头上弹跳的小事让我更脾气暴躁。

翻译自: https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2005/01/15/convince-me-to-get-a-mac/

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