Good question, Steve. As I said (I think) in another post yesterday, I was expecting too much perhaps, and had been taken in by some of the glowing claims made by developers and people who were saying how much advanced Mac programs are.

I remember a time when that would have been the case. But looking at some of the programs, while they have obvious strengths, the consistency across features, even the inclusion of a reasonable feature set, seems very uneven.

It is ironic to me that we see the Mac as being ahead for outliners, yet the provision of internal outlining - ie within the text block - is minimal compared with PC programs. Even a sophisticated program like DevonThink only has a rudimentary provision for an internal list. OO has none for its text block, thus limiting its usefulness as a place to write.

I think I fell for the notion that there was holy grail called Mac - part of it based on my own experiences with Macs years ago.

The wifi point I agree with. Very fast, solid connections.

Daly

Stephen Zeoli wrote:

Daly,

I think you've received excellent advice from everyone who has responded to
your sincere plea for help! I will add my two cents, of course.

I felt some of the
disappointment you are feeling now when I first switched to the Mac -- perhaps not as
intensely. I was even disappointed with Scrivener (the application that had been the
primary catalyst for my switch) because I thought it would be so wonderful that my work
would practically write itself! My disappointment was compounded by the fact that I
had to return my new MacBook after a couple of weeks because some circuit-whosis
didn't work properly -- the first time in 25 years of computer ownership I had a
hardware problem with a new computer!

But I began to realize that most of the problem
was that I just had unrealistic expectations -- what honest CRIMPer doesn't? This
doesn't mean there are not a lot of compromises with Mac applications. There are. But I
would urge you to ask yourself this question: If I was so happy with MyInfo and
UltraRecall, why did I feel the need to switch platforms? That's what I asked myself
when I got the urge to switch back.

I've since become enamored of my MacBook and am
planning to buy a new one in a few months. In addition to the fact that the operating
system is so much smoother, and getting on the Internet via wifi is always easy and
seamless, I wouldn't want to do without Scrivener, Tinderbox and
MacJournal.

Steve