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Re: Finally bought a MAC! #252511 04/04/08 05:50 AM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 5,058 Likes: 5 NYC Silversam Moderator-1A2, Cabling
Silversam Moderator-1A2, Cabling Joined: May 2007 Posts: 5,058 Likes: 5 NYC	Got the extended warranty and because I teach I got the educational discount on MS Office - so I won't have to bother you for that. Much appreciated. Sam "Where are we going and why are we in this hand basket?"

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Re: Finally bought a MAC! #252512 04/04/08 08:24 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,428 Likes: 1 Beachwood jeffmoss26 Member
jeffmoss26 Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,428 Likes: 1 Beachwood	Sam, congrats on the purchase. My school (K-12) used macs fairly extensively. Most of the network infrastructure runs on Apple X Serve servers. I have seen a lot of very cool stuff that they can do. Jeff Moss Moss Communications Computer Repair-Networking-Cabling MBSWWYPBX, JGAE

Re: Finally bought a MAC! #252513 04/04/08 09:29 AM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 5,058 Likes: 5 NYC Silversam Moderator-1A2, Cabling
Silversam Moderator-1A2, Cabling Joined: May 2007 Posts: 5,058 Likes: 5 NYC	The first time I saw networked personal computers was at my son's kindergarten. They were Commodore 64s. Sam "Where are we going and why are we in this hand basket?"

Re: Finally bought a MAC! #252514 04/04/08 10:06 AM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,039 Nowhere TexasTechnician Member
TexasTechnician Member Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,039 Nowhere	I've considered a mac for my next computer but to be honest with you I'm kind of scared of them because I know nothing about them. I've only been at the keyboard of one or two and I couldn't make heads or tails out of anything on them. But if things keep going the way they are with MS I think I can learn. I discovered the other day that MS Office XP is not compatible with Windows Vista. You have to go buy a new version of Office according to their website. Personally, I would not be a happy camper if I paid my hard earned money for a new computer with Vista on it only to learn I can't use the software I have on the hunk of junk. My redneck side would probably prevail and make me send a nasty-gram to Mr. Bill G. Sam, right after my wife and I married I found a Commodore 64 in a box and hooked it up. That was the first computer I had any real dealings with. Man, I was a Pac-Man playin' fool for a while there. She had a Q-Bert game but I never liked that one.

Re: Finally bought a MAC! #252515 04/04/08 01:58 PM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,160 Gap, Pa. USA Mark K. Member
Mark K. Member Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,160 Gap, Pa. USA	"They were Commodore 64s." your showing your age Sam That was my first 'puter when I went out solo in 1986 or there about. Can a MAC run Q-Books? My wife uses a mac and so does my daughter but the wife is a teacher and the daughter a college student, if I could use one as my office PC I'd switch. Reliable Telephone Service

Re: Finally bought a MAC! #252516 04/04/08 03:28 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 232 Missouri Brian H Member
Brian H Member Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 232 Missouri	Congratulations Sam on buying a Mac. I love my MacBook & dread having to use the PC at work every day. I think you will be VERY happy with your purchase. The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence - Charles Bukowski

Re: Finally bought a MAC! #252517 04/07/08 03:02 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 457 Pottstown, PA 93mdk93 Member
93mdk93 Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 457 Pottstown, PA	Quote Originally posted by Mark K.: "They were Commodore 64s." your showing your age Sam That was my first 'puter when I went out solo in 1986 or there about. Can a MAC run Q-Books? My wife uses a mac and so does my daughter but the wife is a teacher and the daughter a college student, if I could use one as my office PC I'd switch. I was a Commodore kid all through the 80's with a Vic 20 up through the C64/128 and even had a couple Amigas. I can't remember ever having so much fun with my computer since then. Now it's just part of the job. My father is an accountant and he's used QuickBooks on the Mac. He uses QB a ton on the PC but absolutely hated the Mac version. I forget most of his complaints but I remember he said it was extremely different from the Windoze version - like he'd have to re-learn it completely. Of course you can always run Windows on a Mac - or vice versa, if you have a lot of time and patience to set it up. "There is one thing and only one thing in which it is granted to you to be free in life, all else being beyond your power: that is to recognize and profess the truth." - Leo Tolstoy

Re: Finally bought a MAC! #252518 04/07/08 03:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,428 Likes: 1 Beachwood jeffmoss26 Member
jeffmoss26 Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,428 Likes: 1 Beachwood	You know what they say...Vista runs better on a Mac than on a PC! Jeff Moss Moss Communications Computer Repair-Networking-Cabling MBSWWYPBX, JGAE

Re: Finally bought a MAC! #252519 04/07/08 03:30 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 457 Pottstown, PA 93mdk93 Member
93mdk93 Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 457 Pottstown, PA	they might say it, but i'll put a $1000 dollar PC running Vista against a $2000 dollar Mac running Vista and i guarantee the PC will blow the doors off the Mac, even to the untrained eye. not even close. [Ed - if i can't talk politics, am i allowed to start computer wars? =) ] that being said, i really was impressed the first time i saw Leopard and Vista running side by side on a Mac. very cool stuff. "There is one thing and only one thing in which it is granted to you to be free in life, all else being beyond your power: that is to recognize and profess the truth." - Leo Tolstoy

Re: Finally bought a MAC! #252520 04/07/08 03:41 PM
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MacOSX Moderator-Toshiba Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,033 Columbus, Ohio	:toast: sorry, had to... it is now a three prong attack, let the wars begin! - Tony Ohio Data LLC Phone systems, data networks, firewalls and servers in Central Ohio. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.