Mac Guys
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it took me a while to convert :shrug: I think Joker pushed me over the edge :toast: now it's to the learning phase :0corn
Turn it on and click around - it will suck for the first week or so getting to know how to use it - you have to understand that it is easier on a mac, PC have made it complicated so, often times on a mac you are looking for a complicated answer. If need any help, let me know.
Once you know how to open a browser, boot up your computer and see how fast you can get online - no more booting up your PC and going to get a cup of coffee and waxing your Escalade in the driveway and then coming back to your PC which is almost finished booting up.
Once you know how to open a browser, boot up your computer and see how fast you can get online - no more booting up your PC and going to get a cup of coffee and waxing your Escalade in the driveway and then coming back to your PC which is almost finished booting up.
Just remember, the hardest thing to learn with a Mac, whether it be now, or a year from now, will be trying to find software that works on it
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This is getting less and less common all of the time.
Especially with more and more software going to the web services route.
This is not nearly as much of a problem as it was 5-10 years ago.
Simply not true.
You can get Microsoft Word on it for cryin' outloud!
Education is the combatant of fear.
My cousin is a computer tech he works on both personal computers and sets up commercial networks. His opinion is if you are a college student or an elderly person buy a mac. He agrees with mac proponents that they are more reliable. A parent can buy their kid a mac, and for the most part not worry about it having any technical problems. Same goes for the older generation. EVERYONE else should buy a PC. Everything in the computer world works with a PC. There is never a problem having to find a mac software that is similar to what you really want. I still can't figure out why Mac users are so sensitive when someone disagrees with them about the advantages of a PC over a Mac. Like I said, just going off my cousin who has worked on and used a computer their entire lives.
On another note, I have a question that I don't know the answer to. I think everyone would agree that Mac's biggest drawback is the small amount of programs that are available. And PC's biggest drawback is the amount of malware and viruses that are out there because hackers target these programs. To combat this Apple has been making it to where Microsoft programs can be used on their computers (I'll admit I don't know how it is done). So my question to any computer techs out there is, if these Microsoft programs are now somehow being allowed on Macs what is going to prevent these Macs from being attacked just as PCs are and lowering their reliability? I have been wondering for awhile and have always forgotten to ask the question when I'm around computer nerds.
On another note, I have a question that I don't know the answer to. I think everyone would agree that Mac's biggest drawback is the small amount of programs that are available. And PC's biggest drawback is the amount of malware and viruses that are out there because hackers target these programs. To combat this Apple has been making it to where Microsoft programs can be used on their computers (I'll admit I don't know how it is done). So my question to any computer techs out there is, if these Microsoft programs are now somehow being allowed on Macs what is going to prevent these Macs from being attacked just as PCs are and lowering their reliability? I have been wondering for awhile and have always forgotten to ask the question when I'm around computer nerds.
well I got both a pc & mac running side by side so I'm going to find out
there's so much free stuff out there I don't think I would miss microsoft hell this is even free http://openoffice.org
To me the answer to that question is simple. The vast, vast majority of people I've met in "real life" who say they prefer Macs are Microsoft haters. I honestly think a Mac could be an abacus next to a PC and some of these people would still say they prefer Macs over PCs. When I ask these people why they prefer Macs, most of them start by saying "Because Microsoft sucks!" or "Because Bill Gates is a douchebag!" 9 times out of 10 it's an attack on Microsoft, rather than talking about the virtues of a Mac. It's kind of like asking a Red Sox fan for their opinion of the Yankees. Personally, that's not the way to sell me. If anything, that makes me NOT want to buy a Mac because they just come off sounding petty and spiteful.
Having said that, most of the guys on this board I've asked have given good, unbiased opinions as to why they prefer Macs. They bring up some good points and I don't doubt for a second that Macs have some things to offer that PCs don't. I am curious to know the answer to your question about security when using Windows software though, because that seems to be one of the bigger selling points of a Mac.
Also, while I agree that it takes a while for a PC to boot up, that's only if you use the 'shut down' function. I usually use sleep mode on my computer and I'm on the Internet in 10-15 seconds, tops.
