After using a new Mac for two weeks, here's what I've noticed: - The typography is a lot nicer once you get used to it. It's great to look at websites using t

After using a new Mac for two weeks, here's what I've noticed: - The typography is a lot nicer once you get used to it. It's great to look at websites using type as it was designed rather than in the blocky rendering Windows uses. - Keyboard shortcuts are worse. On Windows, all the menu options have underlined shortcuts, so I could usually guess what the shortcut was based on its menu position, even if I hadn't memorized it (i.e. Alt-F, S to save, Alt-S, A to Select All). Mac has 3 modifier keys that have to be pressed in combination, and the shortcuts have to be memorized. It took me forever to figure out Command-D was the shortcut for "Don't Save" because there was no onscreen indication. - Desktop programs for the Mac are of higher quality, more creative, and seem to be free of viruses and spyware, thus safe to download and install. I rarely download any desktop programs for PC, but on Mac I've found a bunch of great ones that are worth paying for. - Everything is smaller on a Mac screen and harder to adjust, so if you don't have perfect vision it can be a problem. There is no systemwide DPI setting. - Having a Unix shell is very convenient. MacPorts is a pretty good installer for Unix programs but not as good as something like yum on Linux. - The windowing system is document-based rather than applicaiton based, so you get lots of overlapping windows strewn across your screen. Once you get used to this, dragging and dropping between apps makes more sense. - The progams I miss which don't have Mac equivalents yet are VanDyke SecureCRT and Macromedia Homesite (a great HTML editor but several years old) - I haven't had to restart it for any reason. Installing software is much easier and doesn't seem to modify the underlying operating system or registry as it does on Windows. - Peripherals just work. It recognized my printer, digital camera, etc. right away without problems. No futzing around with BIOS settings or drivers. - Some of the system UI controls feel less standardized, are often missing keyboard navigation, and more annoying. For instance, the tree view control in TextMate for browsing projects has little arrows you need to click to open a folder, but clicking the folder name does absolutely nothing. On Windows this would be standardized, it would let you click on the folder name, and also respond to the keyboard. - You need to get mouse with a right button.