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Switching to Mac? There's an app for that
Learn the Switch to Mac is basically a series of screencast video tutorials that walk you through each of Mac OS X's features, from using Finder and iChat, through to setting up Time Machine and manipulating Spaces. You are guided by the disembodied head of Saied, your personal instructor, who for some reason isn't wearing a Jobsian black sweater. To aid with the switching, Saied first focuses on the similarities and differences between Windows and Mac, and then pushes on with Mac-specific features.
For the sheer number of video tutorials that the app includes, it's surely worth 99 cents. Whether you're a new Macite looking for enlightenment, or you're holding the hand of a new convert, just buy it -- what've you got to lose?
Incidentally, according to TUAW, the price will eventually rise to $24.95, though there's no details of when the increase will actually occur. There's a video of Learn the Switch to Mac after the break.
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Subscribe to commentsFezFeb 7th 2011 8:58AM
"The app is designed for simpleton Windows types that lack the requisite cranial capacity to understand the Macintosh's complex and mysterious user interface."
I laughed.
And I seriously doubt him being able to charge people $25 for this.
BazFeb 7th 2011 9:31AM
Less available is the app that is used before switching to Mac asking 'Why?' Given what you do with your computer, is it really worth the additional cost - not just of the hardware but of switching your favorite software and the learning curve?
Most recently, I was looking at upgrading from my netbook to something with marginally more screen real estate, more powerful processor and more RAM - but sticking to a netbook-like footprint. Honestly looked and considered the 11" MacBook Air, but for $CDN500 less I got a slightly heavier 11.5" notebook with 2 more USB ports, a dedicated ethernet port, newer i5 processor, larger (albeit 'slower') storage and a 2 year warranty - and all of my familiar software installed without issue, saving me even more bucks.
Apple - works fine and lovely to look at, but...really?
kojo87Feb 7th 2011 12:17PM
@Baz
its amazing how Apple can polish a turd and charge almost twice the price and people will still buy them. if they had current hardware i would kind of get it but they don't. you're going to have a hard time convincing me to spend $1000 on hardware i could have got in a $700 PC last year. if Macs were a fair price it would be a different story but as it stands right now i just see a lot of people in love with a CEO and a company that do nothing but bamboozle them. i don't get it.
FezFeb 7th 2011 6:25PM
@Baz
I'm guessing this is a joke post :)
blogwardFeb 8th 2011 5:29AM
Lesson 1: put hand in pocket...