Stay with Mac or Back to Windows

Entirely your call - no operating system is perfect or suits everybody and all have their pros and cons. But consider this:

Macs are cheaper to own that PCs: http://techpatio.com/2010/apple/mac/it-admins-total-cost-ownership-mac-less-pc

and: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/tco-new-research-finds-macs-in-the-enterprise-ea sier-cheaper-to-manage-than-windows-pcs/6294

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac/smaller-windows-pc-makers-nip-at-apples-heels -in-customer-satisfaction-3573452/

Why will you love Mac? http://www.apple.com/why-mac/

- Better Hardware http://www.apple.com/why-mac/better-hardware/

- Better software http://www.apple.com/why-mac/better-software/

- Better OS http://www.apple.com/why-mac/better-os/

- Better Support http://www.apple.com/why-mac/better-support/

- It's Compatible http://www.apple.com/why-mac/its-compatible/

Switching from Windows to Mac:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2514?viewlocale=en_US

and

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518?viewlocale=en_US

If the only issue you are having is with Numbers, then why not simply get MS Office for Mac and begin using those apps? Then you can continue using Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook if those apps are what you most comfortable with. In addition there are several web based MS Office clones you can use.

Like yourself (and millions of others) I switched from a Windows machine (which I still use at work) to OS X and haven't looked back. OS X without doubt is more secure and elegant than Windows will ever be. Dealing with Apple is a much more pleasant experience then dealing with Dell, HP, or the other hardware vendors which inevitably has to point a finger at Microsoft. After using both OS's (personal and work) given the choice I would choose Apple every time.

You have not been specific about your frustrations with Numbers so it is tough to help you and we don't know if you have had the opportunity to pose questions in the Numbers (Pages or Keynote) forums where the application gurus hang out.

As far as using a Mac as a developers platform, I'd also suggest that you look into becoming a registered OS X or IOS developer and speaking to those users.

you can also try out libra office it's a free office suit for both windows and OS X

I'm a code monkey too but I never really do much in terms of spreadsheet and word-processing at home but I do have libra office and iWork's on my mac I dualboot with windows 10 where I don't have a office suit installed as I use that for gaming and software development mostly

I agree with both recommendations (consider LibreOffice or MS Office for Mac). I have find Numbers to be, frankly, the least impressive of the popular spreadsheet programs. I'd even use Google Spreadsheets before using Numbers.

That said, it's possible Numbers or some configuration file related to it is corrupted somehow.

Have you tried creating and logging in as another user to see if Numbers also needs the force-quit for that user (indicating a user-specific problem)?

If it's not user-specific, have you considered just deleting Numbers completely and then re-downloading it from the Mac App Store?

There is something else going on. I am also a former Windows user for a bajillion years and switched to iMac and could never be happier. I also regularly use Numbers and in the last four years it has never locked up once. So, I think you have some other things going on. I would suggest you download EtreCheck and post the results here and let some of the folks much smarter than me take a look and see if they can spot your issue.

EtreCheck's web site can be found at this link. http://etresoft.com/etrecheck

Since you were a recent convert from Windows, did you out of

force of habit install any antivirus apps? These almost always cause all

manor of strange issues.

woodmeister50 wrote:

Since you were a recent convert from Windows, did you out of

force of habit install any antivirus apps? These almost always cause all

manor of strange issues.

Antivirus apps for OS X simply are not necessary and in many cases make more problems than they solve. OS X is an extremely elegant OS and needs no third party antivirus, cleaning, or other maintenance utilities. It runs best and most reliably if left alone.

MD_Gene wrote:

So rkaufman87, when you switched how did you adjust to help on the Mac. I thought that help on Windows, especially apps like Excel and Word had great comprehensive, robust, and accurate help functions. I do not find that on Mac. In help I will search on an option in an app menu and the search of help returns nothing. So how did YOU deal with that? I find it frustrating as does my wife who followed me over to Mac.

Thanks.

I used Apple's help and because I bought AppleCare I relied on that too. AppleCare is a smart investment because you can pick up the phone call for up to 3 years and get someone that speaks in my native tongue (English) and is friendly and generally knowledable. It also extends the warranty to 3 years. If they first line support does not know an answer they elevate to a senior advisor and get you help. This is totally different than the experience I had as a Windows user. Every new machine I have bought I get AppleCare and from time to time still rely on their phone support. Fortunately I have had great luck with the hardware and have never required any repairs. I now have owned 2 iMacs, 1 Mac Mini, 2 MacBook Airs (1 was stolen) and 1 MacBook Pro. Currently we have one of the iMacs, the MM and the replacement MB Air.

MD_Gene wrote:

You sound like an ad for Apple. :-) I

I know I do but it's only because my experience using their products has been so good. Of course my experience is mine and yours is yours, if moving back to Windows is the right decision for you then by all means do so.