I've Got This Overwhelming Urge...

[Amaris]

I've tried, over the last few months, to exclusively use a Mac laptop that I got from work. There are some things I like about it, but many more that I don't. We all have things we don't like about Windows / Micro$oft, but I say Windows (XP) is the way to go.

Keep in mind that Boot Camp is a deal where you need to reboot the machine to switch between operating systems. If you want to pay for the ability to switch between on the fly, you'll have to buy something like Parallels or VMWare Fusion.

After using Microsoft products all my life, I'm ready for something better. I'm hoping that Mac OS X is that "better". As for Boot Camp, yep, I have my XP SP2 disk here if I need to install it, which I might to run some of my older Trek games, otherwise, I'm going to be happy with OS X. Why didn't I choose 3 day mail!? Oh yeah, because it was $20 more.

J.

 

[Lindley]

While you say goodbye to it the British Navy just has just equipped twelve nuclear submarines with Windows. If it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me...

Speaking of.....
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[Lindley]

There are some things I like about it, but many more that I don't.

Anything that an experienced user can help out with? EG, is it related to problems finding how to do stuff?

Keep in mind that Boot Camp is a deal where you need to reboot the machine to switch between operating systems. If you want to pay for the ability to switch between on the fly, you'll have to buy something like Parallels or VMWare Fusion.

Also note that any such "side-by-side" environment will be running one of the systems (in this case Windows) inside a virtual machine. It may be a thin layer in this case since the underlying hardware supports the OS, but it will still represent a performance hit over using the reboot-into-Windows approach.

 

[Amaris]

I'm posting this from my iMac.
It is a fantastic machine.

J.

 

[Charlie Kelly]

I'm posting this from my iMac.
It is a fantastic machine.

J.

While I'm not a fan of Macs myself I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it. One of my favourite things in life is getting a new computer and using it for the first time (which is quite sad when you think about it).

Charlie

 

[Amaris]

I'm posting this from my iMac.
It is a fantastic machine.

J.

While I'm not a fan of Macs myself I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it. One of my favourite things in life is getting a new computer and using it for the first time (which is quite sad when you think about it).

Charlie

I didn't know what to make of it at first. When I started it up, there was this little white light glowing, and then it just jumps into this symphony of music, welcoming me to my Apple computer.

J.

 

[Meredith]

I would switch to a mac but I would spend all my time in either firefox or a terminal windows, I may as well save a couple thousand and run Linux.

 

[backstept]

I'd compromise and put mac OS on a netbook like a Dell Mini

new toys are always exciting

 

[Amaris]

I would switch to a mac but I would spend all my time in either firefox or a terminal windows, I may as well save a couple thousand and run Linux.

You could buy a mini for $500, or you could do what I did and buy refurb for much less than retail. So far, this iMac has repeatedly impressed me, primarily with it's response times. It is FAST.

I'd compromise and put mac OS on a netbook like a Dell Mini

new toys are always exciting

Yes. Yes they are.

J.

 

[BCI]

XP on my machine is fast as well. Disabling unneeded services did it.

The Mac I have here is fast now, too. It's a G4 Mini. I upgraded the harddrive, put Ubuntu on a seperate partition, and disabled the spotlight search.

And 10.4 did the unprecedented: I could actually connect to a Windows share! I did it first on Ubuntu, though. 10.3 would never connect, it would always hang.