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Alright you Mac dorks.....
- Thread starter MJ5150
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The simple explanation is that some people find it easier than others. No technology is likely to be universally intuitive to all people.
i would like to see how mike is doing with his new toy, now...
how ya doin??
We bought the Mac, and I flew out to Denver the next morning. Not sure yet. I only got to check out our iMac for about five minutes. I'll be home tonight so I can load Fusion and really dig into it.
But actually, the guy I am staying with here in Denver has a 13" MacBook Pro that I am using right now. He's had it for about two months now. It's a cool laptop, but it is far from "oh my gawd, this laptop is a million times better than any Windows based piece of trash".
One thing I have observed.....the "Delete" key on the Mac seems to be like the "Backspace" key in Windows. Since it is in the same place on the keyboard, no biggie.
I have zero problems with any of my Windows machines, outside of a failed CD-Rom on a Dell desktop I bought in 2002. I go five to six years per device. I upgrade them along the way to keep up with the latest technology.
Viruses? Never had one that I did not intentionally introduce into my system to experiment with disaster recovery.
-Mike
The iMac is for my wife, and she wants to be able to toggle between OS's without rebooting. The EMR software we both work with does not run on Mac.
-Mike
You've been lied to,
Things got more space for addons than any consumer PC
I just upgraded the heck out of my mactower,
regular PCIe geforce card
regular PCI sound card
regular sata drives
Memory was a little out there but readily available and cheap 16gb of course. (not that I need it, just because I could).
Dual booted with Slackware and snowleopard. (though my slackware install has along way to go, but it boots).
And PC =/= Windows
Come on now. This is the kind of hokey comments that turned me off from even wanting to try a Mac for years. Even the salespeople at the Apple store would not make such a claim, and there was $1800 at stake for them.
-Mike
every computer, every OS, hell any electronic device nowadays get virus' if you've got stupid at the console.
It's been a couple weeks, but I still haven't spent much time with the new Mac. I did get Fusion installed, then loaded XP Pro SP3 on it the other day. That went smoothly. The Mac is still every bit as fast as it was before I installed Fusion and XP. The "unity" mode is most awesome.
I have around 10 hours total on the Mac. I like it. It's not going to replace Windows for me. I am too used to how Windows operates to ever toss it aside. But yeah, this Snow Leopard is a great OS and does have some very intuitive functionality. At the same time, Windows has some cool features that make it easy to use as well. The guy at the Apple store told me I need to "immerse" myself in Mac for a couple weeks. Sorry, but I don't have the time or desire to do so.
I haven't had any issues switching between Mac world and PC world. I was doing it frequently while installing XP on Fusion. It seems fairly simple to transition between the two. For now, the Mac is new and exciting for my wife and I. After another few months, it will become just another tool to get our work done.
For someone who has never used a computer in their lifetime, I would imagine the Mac may be a little easier to use. For someone that has used Windows their entire life, I could see the transition being cumbersome. Not because Windows sucks, just because there are some big differences in how the two OS's operate.
-Mike
I have around 10 hours total on the Mac. I like it. It's not going to replace Windows for me. I am too used to how Windows operates to ever toss it aside. But yeah, this Snow Leopard is a great OS and does have some very intuitive functionality. At the same time, Windows has some cool features that make it easy to use as well. The guy at the Apple store told me I need to "immerse" myself in Mac for a couple weeks. Sorry, but I don't have the time or desire to do so.
I haven't had any issues switching between Mac world and PC world. I was doing it frequently while installing XP on Fusion. It seems fairly simple to transition between the two. For now, the Mac is new and exciting for my wife and I. After another few months, it will become just another tool to get our work done.
For someone who has never used a computer in their lifetime, I would imagine the Mac may be a little easier to use. For someone that has used Windows their entire life, I could see the transition being cumbersome. Not because Windows sucks, just because there are some big differences in how the two OS's operate.
-Mike
I'm a long time Mac user since the first Mac and now on a 24" iMac with Snow Leopard (10.6.2).
Just installed Parallels 5.0 with Windows 7 Professional (32 bit). The installation went very smoothly. I needed these in order to write software applications (Filemaker Pro 10) for both Mac and PC.
Windows 7 is better (faster) than I hoped but it is not OS X.
Just installed Parallels 5.0 with Windows 7 Professional (32 bit). The installation went very smoothly. I needed these in order to write software applications (Filemaker Pro 10) for both Mac and PC.
Windows 7 is better (faster) than I hoped but it is not OS X.
When I first switched entirely to Apple, I was very loud about Apple being amazing and Windows being useless. Since then, I've come to realize that, while I still think that statement is entirely true, I forgot to add "for me."
If you dig Windows, cool. If you dig OS X, cool. We're talking about computers, after all, nothing worth getting upset about.
If you dig Windows, cool. If you dig OS X, cool. We're talking about computers, after all, nothing worth getting upset about.
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
LOL
This picture doesn't take into account that you have to spend half your time sitting around the Ninja performing maintenance
And why is it that my trike can run a Ninja in a window, huh?
*tough boy stance*
Here's my metaphor for the average Geek's PC:
it's missing an espresso machine, 10.2 surround system and dual GAU-8/a rotary cannons.
-then- it qualifies
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
Mac Pro... You have seen them right?
I love the Mac vs. PC debates everyone has... It is like a P-nus size contest, and no one ever wins.
PC Guys: I am glad you like your computers. You like to customize them and make them your own. You believe that only you can game on them, and think that everything is so much better for you because you "know" how to handle your machine. Your "drivers" and other "add ons" are just part of the experience, and honestly you wouldn't have it any other way. Defragging, virus scanning, and cache cleaning are all typical things, which you have down to a science...
Mac Guys: Yes, your computers require no real add ons to function. All your regularly used software is available, free to use. You have little no no need to worry about viruses and spyware, and everything just "works"... Unless you program for a windows enviornment. That would require you to install windows, which "taints" you r experience. #1 in customer satisfaction feels pretty good, but I hope you like what you bought, cause you are living with it for years. Just because your hardware can run both doesn't give you the right to boast that you are superior. Since you need not worry about viruses so much, or defragging, and all that other maintainence, you have more time to do what you want... Making movies, pictures and music, and placing them on your favorite blogs. Congratulations... You are now a Mac Fanboi...
it's missing an espresso machine, 10.2 surround system and dual GAU-8/a rotary cannons.
-then- it qualifies
If my MacBook could prepare decent espresso by itself, I think I would start calling it darling.
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
actually, i own a mac pro (2008 model), and it cannot use any old regular geforce card. it requires a card loaded with specific firmware, and only a few cards from either major chipset manufacturer (ati and nvidia) have cards appropriately configured. they are marked up substantially in my experience, compared to their equivalent pc-compatible versions, hence one of my biggest complaints about my mac.
Newer versions tend to accept generic cards now. I know is sucks, but the 2008 models did not...
Just letting you know.
this is just another one of Apple's FAILs.. another reason why i'm not a fanboi..
Mike, how's it coming along?
