Re: [CGUYS] Buying a Mac PowerBook Pro
The Mac at the web site you linked to appears to have 2G RAM. Plenty unless you it will be doing some kind of heavy graphics lifting. If I were you I would lean towards Parallels rather than have to reboot to switch. That is of course unless you are thinking of not using OS X at all. I would stick with Tiger for now and worry about Leopard in a few months. Tiger works very well! If you want to have Leopard, consider buying from Apple. Somehow I feel that the Macs from Apple are more set up than from other vendors, and the computer will come with Leopard. If you haven't had a laptop and/or will go places with it a lot, the Applecare Protection Plan is a good service. You can get very small boxes that will multiply your USB ports for you. It's not a big deal. You can daisy chain Firewire, so that's not an issue. Just thought I'd throw in my views. Gosh, so many replies about serial ports and floppy drives on laptops. I'm thinking of buying a Mac PowerBook Pro (college daughter bought one and loves it), but I am a Windows person and don't know how to select and I've never had a laptop. The one that I am considering is a 15.4 screen, 2.2 GHz Intel processor, 1 GB memory, sells for $2000 but available at a discount for $1800. Questions: 1. What is the best software that emulates Windows on a Mac? Or, is it better to install Windows as a partition? I need this because of the very many Windows applications that I have. 2. The discounted $1800 notebook is advertised with the OS Tiger, not Leopard. How important is the latter OS? 3. How expandable is the memory and/or disk drive? I'm used to having 1.5 TB disk space, so 120 GB internal is very small. Is 1 GB memory adequate? 4. How many ports? (My desktop has 16 USB ports and 5 IEEE ports, and all are used. Of course, I know that a laptop will not need so many.) 5. Should I buy drop insurance -- i.e., insurance for repair if I drop it or run over it with my car? 6. Other advice? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] [C-GUYS] ARTICLE: Why Macs are not more expensive than PCs--an economic analysis
As has been pointed out on this list before, Macs tend to hold up longer than Windows machines. I think some of this is due to the quality of the equipment, and some of it is because unlike MS, the Mac OS and now OS X does not force the antiquation of the equipment. Snyder, Mark (NGIT-CA) wrote: No, it falls apart there for most of us, because most people and most businesses use their computers until it is time to trash them. I have seen other arguments that show competitive value for Apple computers. The most believable arguments show Mac vs. Pc to be closer than most people think, with no significant advantage on either side. I personally see value in Mac OS X over Windows, but that is just IMHO. I use XP on the job and OS X at home, so I know both. Unfortunately I use XP at work more often than OS X at home. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- I am a Mac/Apple user, but am not sure I agree about resale value driving market. Do any of you regularly resell old computers? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Apple Store acting weird
I've been checking out the Apple site lately. All of the site loads and works fine except for the store. On Firefox 2.0.0.6 the Store loads as just clickable text over on the left side of the window. No graphics at all. On Seamonkey, when I click on Store, sometimes it loads fine and sometimes I get a spinning beachball. When that happens, it does not seize the whole computer, an iMac, and if I activate the Force Quit window, it does not say that Seamonkey has stopped responding. Anyone else having trouble? Could I have some setting messed up? http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore Safari seems to load it fine. Jordan * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
