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Chick Hazzard 3T WIS 
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Just got a MAC, and it is fantastic! My first computer back in '83 was an Apple IIe, and I think it only had 34K. It had a green monitor one disk drive and an Epson dot matrix printer. I think my Dad paid over 3 g's for it. I know I should have bought a new watch, but I think I had to get something my wife could enjoy as well. happy1.gifhappy1.gif |
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srh_pres 3T WIS 
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"something the wife could enjoy as well"... hmmm..... naaahhhhh... but congrats on the Mac. I can remember using on old Mac way way back when, but even before that I had used a Radio Shack TRS-80 (better known as the Trash-80), which used a cassette tape for storage. :shock: |
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Onkel C 3T WIS 
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Welcome to the brighter side of computing!hand6.gif |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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I've thought about getting one, may just do so in 2008. :) I toyed with a few over the years. Been messing with computers myself since 1983. :dude: Went to Windows late 95 with Win95 and been there since. Did toy with Linux some back in 2003. :cool: |
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mcwright Admin 
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Hurray for U. cool10.gif You didn't say which Mac so it could be anything. Maybe an iMac, or a new laptop??? I'm using a Mac G-5 running the latest OSX. I also have an old iMac G-3 and a G-4 cube. Yes, I have a PC too. :D |
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mcwright Admin
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Skipdawg wrote: I've thought about getting one, may just do so in 2008. :) Windoze 95!!!! Skipdawg, are you still wearing a pocket watch too?   Windows PC or Mac, it's time to upgrade! :shock: |
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KenC Admin 
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Sorry to hear that...:) |
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jhowton 3T WIS
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I am another guy who stared with Apple in 1979 (Apple II with no disks, it booted from cassette) and switched to PCs in the early 80s. I have used Apples occasonally throughout the years but never felt the urge to buy one. I set up and administrated for many years a 30 user network with Novell and MS servers in various roles, developed websites, databases and standalone software all on the PC platform. I have played with a dozen flavors of Linux, OS/2 and even for a while ran BeOS on a PC. In April I decided to pick up a MacBook Pro to replace my Sony Vaio laptop, my travel computer. Since then I have replaced my wifes PC with a MacBook and replaced my Kids PCs with an iMac, I cannot believe after all these years how much better these things are. I keep trying to describe to people I know why it is "better" but for the life of me I can't except that since I have owned it, it hasn't crashed or locked up once. Everything just works without having to screw around with settings or re-install drivers just to get something to work correctly. It isn't that it does anything that a PC doesn't do, it's just it does it all without any hassle. I have a newish Quad core Dell workstation on my desk that is set up to boot Vista, Vista 64 Bit and XP and I am writing this on my MacBookPro, it actually irritates me at this point to have to use Windows. Anyway, I don't want to sound like a zealot but anyone who hasn't tried a new Mac should. Regards Jamie |
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Scuba Steve 3T WIS 
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mcwright wrote: Skipdawg wrote:I've thought about getting one, may just do so in 2008. :) What you laughing at? I still use DOS on one of my machines in my Winery that holds all my winemaking records in a homemade database program and Lotus 123 hand6.gif smile8.gif |
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goldengrr 3T WIS 
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Apple is the only way to go. I started with an Ipod(not Ikepod), then a G4 Powerbook, then a Intel Imac. I'm a Windows guy for work (the dreaded Powerpoint and Excel), but all Apple out of the office for the fun stuff, mainly pictures and music. It is scary how intuitive it is to use for my 8 year old son. Attachment: green_apple_logo.jpg (Downloaded 37 times) |
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KenC Admin
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goldengrr wrote: Apple is the only way to go. Yep, 4.8% of the computer users can't be wrong!!! Must be true! |
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Scuba Steve 3T WIS
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KenC wrote: goldengrr wrote:Apple is the only way to go. I must be the only person in the world that hated Apple computers. I never saw the advantage or superiority in them. The Wife's business had them and I yanked them all out and replaced them with PC's. Everyone seemed much happier after. |
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KenC Admin
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Scuba Steve wrote: KenC wrote:goldengrr wrote:Apple is the only way to go. No, 95.2% of the US market also dislikes them ...and no major business, that I know of, maintains them as a platform! You need to realize that when you deal with "Apple-ites" (or are the "Mac-ettes") you are dealing with an ideolgy not pragmatism! |
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Chick Hazzard 3T WIS
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All I can say is no more Ctrl+Alt+Del...:D |
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KenC Admin
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Chick Hazzard wrote: All I can say is no more Ctrl+Alt+Del...:D ..and all I can say is high price and lack of software! :D |
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zippofan 3T WIS 
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Heh, after administering 600 Windoze boxes and servers all week, the last thing I want to do when I get home is deal with Microsoft torture of patches, hotfixes, and fixes for the patches and hotfixes. Plus virus updates running every 15 minutes because some pimply faced script kiddie has come up with a new variation on an old virus or new bot. :X 7 Macs here, from a ca. 1989 Mac IIci to a G5 PowerMac running OSX 10.4. One of them runs my home automation system flawlessly. I still haven't bought an Evil Empire (Intel) Mac and I am not happy about it but they caved to market forces so I eventually will. I won't have a Windoze PC in my house, my work laptop sits in my closet unused unless I am on a business trip. I have never had an OSX Mac crash, ever. Yes, the old systems (System 6, 7, 8 and 9) were really no more stable than Windoze, but I have found that the BSD foundation that OSX is on is pretty bulletproof. Market penetration doesn't mean superiority. Remember Betamax? The best video quality on videotape, but VHS held up to 8 hours of (abysmal quality) video compared to 6 for Beta. VHS won in the marketplace, though Beta remained at production houses and TV studios for years and many iterations. Microsoft business practices and Apple's premium hardware pricing have kept them out of businesses, not the superiority of the Windoze OS. Go to a TV studio, recording studio or other media production house and you won't find Windoze...  Cheers, Griff |
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KenC Admin
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zippofan wrote: Heh, after administering 600 Windoze boxes and servers all week, the last thing I want to do when I get home is deal with Microsoft torture of patches, hotfixes, and fixes for the patches and hotfixes. Plus virus updates running every 15 minutes because some pimply faced script kiddie has come up with a new variation on an old virus or new bot. :X I ain't got no TV studio, recording studio or othe media production house...and what are "Microsoft Business practices"? Yes, they dominate the market, but Apple had both the opportunity and head start in the industry to do that....they just weren't smart enough. In fact, it was Bill Gates that had to come to Apples rescue with an infusion of $150 million plus to keep them from going down the tubes...Do the have fewer viruses than PC's..yes, because guys that do that sort of thing want to make an impact...and shutting down a MAC or 2 just! Do they have fewer problems than PC's...perhaps. I have had problematic PCs and I have had PC's that never had a problem....perhaps we just don't here from those that throw their MACS away! Bottom line, better or not, Industry uses PCs because ultimately, with all of the problems that MAC users claim that PCs have, it is less expensive and MORE EFFICIENT to use the PC platform than it is to use the Apple MacIntosh platform. BETA may have been better, but it didn't meet the needs of the guy on the street...MAC may be better, but to industry and the guy on the street, it is not worth four times the cost for twice the effectiveness (and I beleive that is an exagerrated effectiveness). That said...enjoy your MAC!  |
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mcwright Admin
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Jeeze, just be happy for someone who got something new that they like. |
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Scuba Steve 3T WIS
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mcwright wrote: Jeeze, just be happy for someone who got something new that they like. I agree. We forgot someone got a new toy. They love it so that is all that matters. Sorry Chick Hazzard. Hope your Mac exceeds all of your expectations! smile8.gif Last edited on Fri Aug 31st, 2007 09:30 pm by Scuba Steve |
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KenC Admin
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oops! face4.gif |
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Chick Hazzard 3T WIS
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KenC has made me depressed with his harsh postings about about my Apple. I was almost to the point of selling it and all my watches. It was mean and cruel. Nah... Only kidding! |
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zippofan 3T WIS
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Chick Hazzard wrote:KenC has made me depressed with his harsh postings about about my Apple. I was almost to the point of selling it and all my watches. It was mean and cruel. Congrats on your new Mac Chick!hand6.gif Cheers, Griff |
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KenC Admin
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Chick Hazzard wrote: KenC has made me depressed with his harsh postings about about my Apple. I was almost to the point of selling it and all my watches. It was mean and cruel. And that...was my good natured approach! :cool: |
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srh_pres 3T WIS
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Yeah you gotta work on that Ken... there were a couple of Chick's watches I was ready to go to the sales forum and wait for... ;) KenC wrote: Chick Hazzard wrote:KenC has made me depressed with his harsh postings about about my Apple. I was almost to the point of selling it and all my watches. It was mean and cruel. |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS
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 srh_pres wrote: Yeah you gotta work on that Ken... there were a couple of Chick's watches I was ready to go to the sales forum and wait for... ;) |
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dalstott 3T WIS 
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Old Macs never die (nor Seikos either). |
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