Mac stuff

Post #233,893 by pwhysall 11/13/05 12:54:10 PM 11/13/05 12:58:35 PM Reply	Mac stuff Naturally, I'm inclined to recommend the Mac. Windows, these days, requires too much maintenance to recommend in what is basically a hands-off environment (as far as you're concerned; of course, if you wish to train your dear old mum in the weekly updating of antivirus (over dialup - ick), plus spyware doodads, plus Winders Update - all just to stay NORMAL, knock yerself out). Anyway, here's some of your Mac points addressed. All in my humble, of course. Safari and Mail are what you want to use; Firefox and Thunderbird have integration issues. Plus, they're slower. Plus, they look different. AV/Spyware software is irrelevant on a Mac. No, really; it is. You've been Windowsised! The base machine will run Tiger and Safari/Mail quite cheerfully You'll need a USB KVM, because the Mini has no PS/2 ports The Mini is appallingly cute. I have one[0], and it's just the cutest thing ever. Dunno about .mac; ask Rand or Todd. Office can be obtained for the Mac (and very nice it is too); the very casual Word user may find Pages to be more approachable, and it's Word-compatible for simple work. And it's cheaper. Remember that the Mini comes with AppleWorks 6, which is not unpleasant to use, and exports Word files. [0]The Graphite G4 is currently playing host to Mr Random Hard Lockup, and I wanted to get something to tide me over until the Intel PowerMacs come along. For about \ufffd350, I got me a Mini off the Bay of e. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! Edited by pwhysall Nov. 13, 2005, 12:57:12 PM EST Edited by pwhysall Nov. 13, 2005, 12:58:35 PM EST Expand All History
Post #233,911 by Steve Lowe 11/13/05 3:18:32 PM Reply	Wholeheartedly Seconded. Check out the refurbs on Apple's site, too. Deals to be had. Recommend 512M minimum RAM. My 12" iBook has 256M and, while usable, is sluggish. .mac is worth it. My wife has an account. She puts up webpages with pictures and captions, shares files, backs up important files to her iDrive, and uses her mac.com email exclusively. If she can do that, anyone can :) -- Steve [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu]
Post #233,919 by admin 11/13/05 5:48:10 PM Reply	Safari has its problems At least in the version we have (haven't upgraded to Tiger yet). At random points (once a week, maybe? I haven't been keeping track) Safari will start using Lots O' CPU (symptom is the fan on the Mini becomes audible). Shutting down Safari fixes this. Come to think of it, though, every month or so I have to reboot the Mini due to it coming down with the Beach Ball Flu. Windows take forever to open, programs take forever to start or shutdown, and going to the login screen results in a fetching Dark Blue Screen O' Interminable Waiting with nary a login box to be seen. At this point I have to hard reboot. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."

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