"It's now possible to run the Windows operating system on a Mac. This is something like Pepsi selling 12-packs half-filled with Coke,"More like Pepsi selling bottles that you can put coke in... A bad analogy, as Pepsi bottles use the same architecture and chipset as Coke ;).
Kind of a lame article. I don't think a "veteran devotee" would offer the best advice for a switcher. I'd rather hear from a recent switcher who can share what he/she has learned from the transition.Why? Someone who hasn't been a longtime Windows user isn't going to truly understand the habit differences that have to made switching from Windows to Mac. His tips are pretty dumb. There isn't much you can learn from the article that the salesperson at the Apple Store or the product pages on the Apple site wouldn't tell you.I want to hear stuff like: "You'll still need a virus scanner. Not because the Mac has viruses --- so that you don't spread the Windows viruses that get sent to you.""You know how you liked using Alt-key sequences? You might need to buy QuickKeys to help you get over it." "Out of the box, the Mac doesn't support tabbing to drop-down lists. You have to enable something in your System Preferences." "Oh yeah, if you want to share a printer connected to a Mac to your old Windows machine, you'll need to install Bonjour or use a generic PostScript driver on your Windows machine.""If you're a hardcore Windows Explorer user, you're not going to be able to find a good replacement, but PathFinder might help ease the pain a little."
So much debating, so much profanity against others, and so much anger.Tsk, tsk.Use whatever computer you are most comfortable with, but please do not try and force your opinions on others.BTW: The iBook model has never had an "internal clock battery". And, more to the point, how hard is it to reset the data & time when you run the computer completely down from main battery power? (Which should be the only time it is actually lost on an iBook.) I make use of many portables that have dead internal batteries. Why pay so much money for something that is so minor an inconvenience.QUICK JAB: There is a "Check Spelling" button available when entering your comments and many other options available. Please make use of these and do not make yourself appear illiterate. ;-P
"Worse then the BSOD is the "click of death" that used to decimate ZIP disks in the old G3 machines."Thanks for info about Macs that are at least 7 years old and most likely not running OS X. And for your review of Iomega's "click of death" Zip drives. A technology that was abandoned by most 5 years ago as CD burners became cheap and accessible. You do realize this 2006?
@GABrannonLOL idiot. Using another shell is going to stop the malware? It's going to suddently fix allt he security and stability issues? What a monkey you are.
@ Wooism no you have to be smart enough to read what I said or read anything at allbut perhaps you managed to sound your way through it and it is just a problem with reading comprehension. Not sure, but you should ask your mommy for help next time
Does great job of glossing over old issues with the Mac for oblivious Windoze users. But, it's pretty weak and reads more of a "Damn, gotta write this before my deadline in 10 minutes!!" article than a well-thoughtout one.1 star out 5.
All of the people complaining about macs being expensive are idiots, look at the hard ware, infact, watch the WWDC on the apple website, a Dell of comparable hardware to a Mac pro was 500 dollars more expensive. The right click debate, CTRL + CLICK. Don't call an operating system ass backwards just cause you to stupid to read a manual. A couple times, I set up my PC, put on nortan and all sorts of crap to try and keep it safe and THEN plugged it into the internet, after five minutes (yes five) Norton was bitching about a virus, and I hadn't even opened IE, then, it couldn't remove it, and the whole system was dead in 7 minutes. Not my fault, I hadn't instigated anything. Windows sucks balls. Windows crashes when I tell it to save jpegs, wtf is that?My macs have given me 1 problem, MSN messenger froze up on me. (by the way, thats a microsoft program.)And I've been using them for years.
srg13Aug 25, 2006
"It's now possible to run the Windows operating system on a Mac. This is something like Pepsi selling 12-packs half-filled with Coke,"More like Pepsi selling bottles that you can put coke in... A bad analogy, as Pepsi bottles use the same architecture and chipset as Coke ;).
slantyyzAug 25, 2006
Kind of a lame article. I don't think a "veteran devotee" would offer the best advice for a switcher. I'd rather hear from a recent switcher who can share what he/she has learned from the transition.Why? Someone who hasn't been a longtime Windows user isn't going to truly understand the habit differences that have to made switching from Windows to Mac. His tips are pretty dumb. There isn't much you can learn from the article that the salesperson at the Apple Store or the product pages on the Apple site wouldn't tell you.I want to hear stuff like: "You'll still need a virus scanner. Not because the Mac has viruses --- so that you don't spread the Windows viruses that get sent to you.""You know how you liked using Alt-key sequences? You might need to buy QuickKeys to help you get over it." "Out of the box, the Mac doesn't support tabbing to drop-down lists. You have to enable something in your System Preferences." "Oh yeah, if you want to share a printer connected to a Mac to your old Windows machine, you'll need to install Bonjour or use a generic PostScript driver on your Windows machine.""If you're a hardcore Windows Explorer user, you're not going to be able to find a good replacement, but PathFinder might help ease the pain a little."
wooismAug 25, 2006
Maybe you couldn't "comprend" it because you don't know f#^*#_$ english you dimwit.
fligwamAug 25, 2006
So much debating, so much profanity against others, and so much anger.Tsk, tsk.Use whatever computer you are most comfortable with, but please do not try and force your opinions on others.BTW: The iBook model has never had an "internal clock battery". And, more to the point, how hard is it to reset the data & time when you run the computer completely down from main battery power? (Which should be the only time it is actually lost on an iBook.) I make use of many portables that have dead internal batteries. Why pay so much money for something that is so minor an inconvenience.QUICK JAB: There is a "Check Spelling" button available when entering your comments and many other options available. Please make use of these and do not make yourself appear illiterate. ;-P
bobmysteriosoAug 25, 2006
What do you people do to make XP crash all the time?I'm just curious.. it just doesn't happen to me.
nonpcAug 25, 2006
"Worse then the BSOD is the "click of death" that used to decimate ZIP disks in the old G3 machines."Thanks for info about Macs that are at least 7 years old and most likely not running OS X. And for your review of Iomega's "click of death" Zip drives. A technology that was abandoned by most 5 years ago as CD burners became cheap and accessible. You do realize this 2006?
wooismAug 25, 2006
@GABrannonLOL idiot. Using another shell is going to stop the malware? It's going to suddently fix allt he security and stability issues? What a monkey you are.
gabrannonAug 26, 2006
@ Wooism no you have to be smart enough to read what I said or read anything at allbut perhaps you managed to sound your way through it and it is just a problem with reading comprehension. Not sure, but you should ask your mommy for help next time
ainomuchiAug 26, 2006
Does great job of glossing over old issues with the Mac for oblivious Windoze users. But, it's pretty weak and reads more of a "Damn, gotta write this before my deadline in 10 minutes!!" article than a well-thoughtout one.1 star out 5.
herabecAug 29, 2006
All of the people complaining about macs being expensive are idiots, look at the hard ware, infact, watch the WWDC on the apple website, a Dell of comparable hardware to a Mac pro was 500 dollars more expensive. The right click debate, CTRL + CLICK. Don't call an operating system ass backwards just cause you to stupid to read a manual. A couple times, I set up my PC, put on nortan and all sorts of crap to try and keep it safe and THEN plugged it into the internet, after five minutes (yes five) Norton was bitching about a virus, and I hadn't even opened IE, then, it couldn't remove it, and the whole system was dead in 7 minutes. Not my fault, I hadn't instigated anything. Windows sucks balls. Windows crashes when I tell it to save jpegs, wtf is that?My macs have given me 1 problem, MSN messenger froze up on me. (by the way, thats a microsoft program.)And I've been using them for years.
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