Ehhh, no big deal, it’s only email. Right? Not so fast. On one hand it’s true that email is not quite rocket science and is a well established internet technology. Yet not all platforms handle, or save it, the same. Fortunately in my case I was using Eudora on my PCs which stored email in a much more friendly ascii text type of file rather than a .dat file or some other proprietary format.
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Mar
09
2011
Feb
17
2011
Having been a PC/Windows user since the early days of Windows 3.1, I had built a substantial investment not only in dollars but in time spent learning my way around the enormous collection of software I had. I did everything from email to word processing to web development (including graphics) to personal and business finances. I pondered switching to Mac for a very long time before finally taking the plunge. more »
Mar
10
2009
After having lived primarily in the world of Windows for over 15 years, you get accustomed (“programmed”?) to the Windows way of doing things. Of course that is the way with us humans, and we really don’t like to change. So when you enter the world of Macs you discover instantly that there are other ways of doing things, such as starting your favorite application.
Dec
10
2008
This is a little late, but perhaps better late than never. I decided I need to try and get back to writing more and so in that vein I'm picking up where I left off in my quest of converting from the world of Windows to a Mac.
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