Thread: iMac

Originally Posted by inside

Yes, the lives of normal people trying to get normal things done on their computer.

You forgot to mention sanity, quality, lower stress levels and reduction in deforestation due to decreased levels of coffee consumption while waiting for ANYTHING to happen... the list can go on.

They are however incompatible with blue screen of death, viruses - so far the count for OSX is zip, zero, nadda, zilch - and SOME software. Even MS Office has been recently upgraded and new version is out - but unless there is a bloody good reason for getting MS Office, I'd stick with iWork - best ever package.

I've been using Macs since .. ow bugger - can't even think that far back - and now SWMBO wants one... and my 3yo too (gave her my old MacBook Duo - which has been sitting in storage for about 6 years - and she loves it). So as soon as the funds permit another Mac - most likely a MacBook - will be purchased.

And to be fair, I did spend 4 years working on a PC so I do have a good comparison and (mostly) unbiased opinion...

Originally Posted by Turtle61

Y... but unless there is a bloody good reason for getting MS Office, I'd stick with iWork - best ever package.

Like Turtle said.

I use MS Office all day at work but in the home environment iWork is excellent unless you are a power spreadsheet user. Numbers is a bit lightweight but Keynote is superb and Pages more than capable. At $99 (academic price $88) it is great value.

Excellent Smithers

Be prepared to be fining your way around for a little while... but the trick is don't think PC. Just try and think what the easy logical way of doing something would be. Remember if it seems hard you're almost certainly not doing it right.

Also spotlight is your friend. Use it to find EVERYTHING. It's the magnifying glass on the right of the menu bar at the top of the screen. Or just Apple-space

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

I hope you got fries with that!
Are those things compatible with anything?

Time for an update

Macs have been compatible with just about damn near everything since 1984 It has been the myopic PCs that were not compatible.

For years I've heard the same or similar uninformed comments particularly from PC admins, even to the extent of them saying "Oh God, We can't have a Mac on the network Macs break networks!". Absolute rubbish.




Phew that's better, 'scuse me

Oh, and I have Macs, PCs, and FreeBSD at home and they all talk to each other and play nice, most of the time (then someone gets threatened with a reformat, then they behave )

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

I see, I have never bothered with them after seeing the first ones in action. They were very "stand alone"

A bit like going into a Falcodore spares shop and asking for a part for a Lada!

A more realistic analogy would be "A bit like going into a Falcodore factory and asking for a part for a Benz"

Seriously.

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

They were very "stand alone"

Don't really understand your point, could you explain?

Having been a computer tech any parts that were required were always specific to that model, brand, type, etc. e.g. you couldn't stick just any kind of hard disk into a box. It had to be the right size and type. Same goes for CPUs, RAM, peripherals (especially with the introduction of Plug-and-Pray),... Trying getting a SCSI device to work on a PC, jeez what a drama that could be.

In a sense any computer that has ever been made is "stand alone" because every computer demands specificities according to its hardware and software requirements. This has been seriously highlighted with Vista which even now suffers from backward compatibility issues for hardware drivers on peripherals with release dates as recent as two months prior to the release of Vista.

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

Unable to be used with any other software, other than Mac.

Right. Gotcha

You mean like Windows software can be run on computers that don't run Windows, eh.








Oh wait, you can, like on a Mac

Yeah... macs are very stand offish and un-compatible with windows these days. If you need to run any windows software you're totally stuffed. LOL