What do you use your mac for?
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Soldato
I use mine for everything apart from games. This includes stuff like browsing the internet, mail, listening to music, watching films/tv shows. I also use it for my digital vinyl system (torq) and for music production with logic. I also do the odd bit of uni work on it 
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Not a lot to start with... but now that I'm getting used to mac os x - I can't think of anything that I can't do on my mac!
I really like using adobe software on it and iWork is fantastic! Even so, I think I'll probably purchase office '08....
There's only games that I don't use my mac for and I've got a 360 for that!
If only there was a messenger client that would let me use my isight over msn!
Suggestions!?
Tom*
I really like using adobe software on it and iWork is fantastic! Even so, I think I'll probably purchase office '08....
There's only games that I don't use my mac for and I've got a 360 for that!
If only there was a messenger client that would let me use my isight over msn!
Suggestions!?
Tom*
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Everything, 100% converted from being a home PC user!
I mainly bought it for photo and film editing, and because the 360 is so good and using up all my gaming time, besides a little HL2 and company of heroes, I don't miss the pc one bit!!!!
I mainly bought it for photo and film editing, and because the 360 is so good and using up all my gaming time, besides a little HL2 and company of heroes, I don't miss the pc one bit!!!!
Caporegime
Watching movies for excessive masturbation.
And everything else
, mainly photoshopping (a lot of very high rez stuff), general...well...yeah everything lol. Only boot into Windows to play 1 game
And everything else
, mainly photoshopping (a lot of very high rez stuff), general...well...yeah everything lol. Only boot into Windows to play 1 game 
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Everything, well nearly if only autodesk would read my numerous emails!
Soldato
Not had my Macbook long so at the moment, emails, web surfing, Watching my DVD's but soon hope to get into picture editing and stuff like dat! 
- Browsing
- Calender / Scheduling / Synchronising with my phone
- Listening to music (until I sort out my hi-fi again)
- A bit of IM
- Web Development
- Windows Development (VMWare mainly)
- Managing Finances
- Writing
- Recording & Composing music (though not as much as I'd like - need Logic Studio )
- Improving Linux skills
- Civilisation 4 (via Boot Camp)
I think that's most major things
arty
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I use it for everything except gaming (360 and PS3 for that). Never looked back since I switched (but can't escape the PC completely - I work in IT Infra unfortunately!)
Echo~
Not a lot, and the same can be said the other way around. They are both computers - people do computery things with their computers.
So seemingly the only reason people change over to a mac for normal usage is the nice GUI?
I know it is the industry standard though in some fields.
There are many things a PC and Mac can both do - however it's all down to personal preferences to how you like your software (or what's available)
I prefer using OS X over Windows XP / Vista, just because of how intuitive it feels; To me and many proper agree - I say proper because many users just try it and then **** it off because it's not like windows when it obviously isn't. It's something completely different.
Expose / Space / iPhotos / iTunes / .mac - theses and many other features (and 3rd party apps), which works very well together with each other, gives it an overall better feeling than what I can get from Windows. So in simpler words - OS X > Windows IMHO. If I can run OS X legally / properly on a decent Windows system (or a better laptop than my MacBook per pricing) - I'd happily revert back to PC.
P/S it's not just about the GUI, the independence of Apps and System files is a plus for OS X than Windows.