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title: "Weighing a Switch to a Mac - New York Times"
url: https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/08/11/weighing-a-switch-to-a-mac-new-york-times/
description: "Ten years ago, if you were a Windows user, the idea of switching to a Macintosh might not have seemed enticing. An abundance of new Windows software was arriving on."
published: 2006-08-11
updated: 2006-08-11
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# Weighing a Switch to a Mac - New York Times

Published 2006-08-11

August 11, 2006 · [Tools and techniques](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/tools-and-techniques/) · [Macintosh](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/macintosh/)

> Ten years ago, if you were a Windows user, the idea of switching to a Macintosh might not have seemed enticing. An abundance of new Windows software was arriving on store shelves, while the selection available to Mac users seemed to be falling behind, often relegated to a back corner of the same store.
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> Today the calculation is different. [Apple Computer](http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=AAPL), through a series of transitions, has reinvented itself. With a new operating system, its own chain of retail stores, the [iPod](http://tech2.nytimes.com/gst/technology/techsearch.html?st=p&cat=&query=ipod&inline=nyt-classifier) and now a new line of computers that run on [Intel](http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=INTC) processors, this new and more mainstream Apple is catching the attention of Windows users, and many are curious about switching.

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