....picked up my Mac today...and despite all my thumbs, I sorta figured
some of it out. Maybe.

hk wrote:
...picked up my Mac today...and despite all my thumbs, I sorta figured
some of it out. Maybe.

Harry, I know some people that are Mac addicts. They wouldn't use any
other system.

I've never been around one. so I really don't know. Is there an
advantage to using a Mac besides less virus/worms etc?

Tim wrote:

hk wrote:
...picked up my Mac today...and despite all my thumbs, I sorta figured
some of it out. Maybe.

Harry, I know some people that are Mac addicts. They wouldn't use any
other system.

I've never been around one. so I really don't know. Is there an
advantage to using a Mac besides less virus/worms etc?


I'm barely a beginner...will let you know. I do like the ergonomics of
the Apple hardware.

I tried a MAC about five or six years ago, and I just could not get used
to it. But there have been a lot of improvements to the MAC interface
the last few years.

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Tim wrote:

hk wrote:
...picked up my Mac today...and despite all my thumbs, I sorta figured
some of it out. Maybe.

Harry, I know some people that are Mac addicts. They wouldn't use any
other system.


Software issues aside .... are there any claims or evidence that Mac
hardware is better ... more reliable .... longer lasting ... etc. than the
typical CPUs and components used in PCs?

Eisboch

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Tim wrote:
hk wrote:
...picked up my Mac today...and despite all my thumbs, I sorta figured
some of it out. Maybe.
Harry, I know some people that are Mac addicts. They wouldn't use any
other system.


Software issues aside .... are there any claims or evidence that Mac
hardware is better ... more reliable .... longer lasting ... etc. than the
typical CPUs and components used in PCs?

Eisboch



I don't see how that could be, as the main ingredients are pretty much
the same quality, and depend more on price. If you buy certified memory,
you are getting something that may be better than uncertified memory.
The drives are the same, the cpu's are the same, the ergonomics are a
lot different.

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Tim wrote:
hk wrote:
...picked up my Mac today...and despite all my thumbs, I sorta figured
some of it out. Maybe.
Harry, I know some people that are Mac addicts. They wouldn't use any
other system.


Software issues aside .... are there any claims or evidence that Mac
hardware is better ... more reliable .... longer lasting ... etc. than
the typical CPUs and components used in PCs?

Eisboch





I don't see how that could be, as the main ingredients are pretty much the
same quality, and depend more on price. If you buy certified memory, you
are getting something that may be better than uncertified memory. The
drives are the same, the cpu's are the same, the ergonomics are a lot
different.


The CPU's are the same?
Just goes to show how ignorant I am about computers. Last I knew, Apple
had their own CPU's.

Eisboch

hk wrote:
...picked up my Mac today...and despite all my thumbs, I sorta figured
some of it out. Maybe.

Rumor has it Mac users are so dumb they don't even know what the word
crash means.

LdB

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Tim wrote:
hk wrote:
...picked up my Mac today...and despite all my thumbs, I sorta
figured
some of it out. Maybe.
Harry, I know some people that are Mac addicts. They wouldn't use any
other system.


Software issues aside .... are there any claims or evidence that Mac
hardware is better ... more reliable .... longer lasting ... etc. than
the typical CPUs and components used in PCs?

Eisboch





I don't see how that could be, as the main ingredients are pretty much
the same quality, and depend more on price. If you buy certified memory,
you are getting something that may be better than uncertified memory. The
drives are the same, the cpu's are the same, the ergonomics are a lot
different.


The CPU's are the same?
Just goes to show how ignorant I am about computers. Last I knew, Apple
had their own CPU's.

Eisboch


Intel is now making Apple CPUs.

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Tim wrote:
hk wrote:
...picked up my Mac today...and despite all my thumbs, I sorta
figured
some of it out. Maybe.
Harry, I know some people that are Mac addicts. They wouldn't use any
other system.


Software issues aside .... are there any claims or evidence that Mac
hardware is better ... more reliable .... longer lasting ... etc. than
the typical CPUs and components used in PCs?

Eisboch





I don't see how that could be, as the main ingredients are pretty much
the same quality, and depend more on price. If you buy certified memory,
you are getting something that may be better than uncertified memory.
The drives are the same, the cpu's are the same, the ergonomics are a
lot different.


The CPU's are the same?
Just goes to show how ignorant I am about computers. Last I knew, Apple
had their own CPU's.

Eisboch


Intel is now making Apple CPUs.


Well, isn't *that* special.

So, what's the difference between a Mac running Windows (I've read that it
can) and a PC running Windows?

Eisboch

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Tim wrote:
hk wrote:
...picked up my Mac today...and despite all my thumbs, I sorta
figured
some of it out. Maybe.
Harry, I know some people that are Mac addicts. They wouldn't use
any
other system.


Software issues aside .... are there any claims or evidence that Mac
hardware is better ... more reliable .... longer lasting ... etc. than
the typical CPUs and components used in PCs?

Eisboch





I don't see how that could be, as the main ingredients are pretty much
the same quality, and depend more on price. If you buy certified
memory, you are getting something that may be better than uncertified
memory. The drives are the same, the cpu's are the same, the ergonomics
are a lot different.


The CPU's are the same?
Just goes to show how ignorant I am about computers. Last I knew,
Apple had their own CPU's.

Eisboch


Intel is now making Apple CPUs.


Well, isn't *that* special.

So, what's the difference between a Mac running Windows (I've read that it
can) and a PC running Windows?

Eisboch

For you entertainment and knowledge enhancement your might try this site:

http://www.macwindows.com/winintelmac.html

I'm sure they can do a far better job of explaining than I can. I've never
seen a Mac running windows.

My latest experience with a Mac was a few weeks ago when a neighbor lady
asked me try and figure out why here printer from an old Mac would not work.
I couldn't even navigate through the "intuitive" interface. It took me a
couple of days searching the Internet to get educated enough to figure out
that drivers were not available for her version of Leopard(?).

I'm too old to learn something new. My Windows systems serve me just fine.