Thread: iMac

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

I try and get anyone who falls in my personal "support network" to get a mac. The reason is I can spend a night with them showing them a few things about them and then off they go and don't come to me for help with all the usual windows dramas.

Great isn't it. Like my sister in law. She has an old G3, Powerbook, and an HP tower. She is always having 'issues' with the tower.

Originally Posted by tombraider

And as for running weezdows on a mac... At least we can on rare occasions use it if we need to!!!

it wasnt a critasism, just an observation

Originally Posted by camel_landy

I make a nice living out of being a Windows expert... Thing is, when I get home, I only use Macs. As for running Windows on an Intel Mac... VM Ware is what you need.
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Just curious, (we use a VMWare server @ work) VMWare uses it's own OS why would an Apple derived server, (didn't know they made them??) be more efficient than a standard Intel server?
Or did you mean don't use the "Apple" use VMWare to run windows?
BTW I agree, VMWare is quite it has huge advantages.

Originally Posted by HangOver

Just curious, (we use a VMWare server @ work) VMWare uses it's own OS why would an Apple derived server, (didn't know they made them??) be more efficient than a standard Intel server?
Or did you mean don't use the "Apple" use VMWare to run windows?
BTW I agree, VMWare is quite it has huge advantages.

Apple servers have been around for donkeys years. They have always done more than just Macs. The new breed are, well, just amazing - see here Apple XServe.

VMWare and Parallels allow for virtualisation. That means you can run any intel based OS; Windows, Linux, some Solaris, some BSDs, etc. And you can have various OSs installed and running at the same time or multiple editions of the same OS, such as on XServe.

Originally Posted by HangOver

Is that the new shape with all the bits in the monitor?
They look nice. Did you get the 20" or 24" screen?

20 inch monitor, 4 gig mem, all the bits in the monitor new version style iMac, its lovely machine

Originally Posted by cartm58

20 inch monitor, 4 gig mem, all the bits in the monitor new version style iMac, its lovely machine

Excellent 4Gb RAM - I bet it'll run iLife'08 really sweet

Originally Posted by HangOver

Just curious, (we use a VMWare server @ work) VMWare uses it's own OS why would an Apple derived server, (didn't know they made them??) be more efficient than a standard Intel server?
Or did you mean don't use the "Apple" use VMWare to run windows?
BTW I agree, VMWare is quite it has huge advantages.

I was suggesting that you use VMWare to run Windows rather than Parallels. VMWare is better in its processor usage.

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Originally Posted by disco2hse

harharhar

You mean you can't make a living fixing macs, eh

I can & I do (sometimes), I just find I can make more working on other projects & platforms...

I've actually worked on a handful of nice OS X rollouts where I've designed & built a standard OS build for the Macs. 2,000 - 3,000 workstations (small by Windows standards but fair size Mac installations).

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Mundane for you peeps, but I was checking out a 'young tech freak' site and so many young people have a quality screen and mac gear including something called the mini and it is their tv, movie player, hi fi, etcetera, they store huge volumes of movies and music, it seems to be the whole package!
Sounds intriguing!