I'm about to make the big change (computers)
I'm about to make the big change (computers)
#0I'm about to make the big change (computers)
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:04pm
No Rath, this is about computers. Next week I'm planning to go from PC to Mac. Can anyone recommend a model that's good for someone like me who's technologically slooooow on the uptake?
#1re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:06pm
YAY FOR YOU!!
haha, my baby is like a month old and I loove hiiiiiim. It's taking me a bit of a long time to adjust, and I still have to e-mail my friends with frantic help questions every so often, but it's so. much. easier.
I have a 15 inch Powerbook, but I guess everything's different now that they made the switch to Intel? I would go to an Apple store and talk to one of the sale representatives; that's what I did, and it was SO helfpul.
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#2re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:10pmWow, why Jane??
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
#3re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:10pm'cause PC's are the devil.
iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#4re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:11pm
I love my iBook. I'm actually on my second one at this point. Its capabilities exceed anything I am likely to want to do with it, so I felt no need to head upward to the Powerbook.
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#5re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:12pm
I made the switch, too.
Love it!
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#6re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:12pm
Emcee, if there was an Unappreciated Board Member of the Day, YOU would be it!
(I have GOT to stop with the emoticons.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
#7re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:13pmSorry, but my PC hated me. But the feeling was pretty mutual, you know, after he almost exploded.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#8re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:16pmGreat move. If you are going for a laptop.. both the powerbooks and the medium sized Ibooks are great. It depends on what you use it for. And if you are going for a desktop.. I LOVE my Imac. Net to my lover.. it is my best friend.
#9re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:17pmJust to point out one problem right here-I type a word, and nothing shows up on my screen for several seconds. It took me five minutes to type this sentence. I'm past warranty (dell) so I can't get tech help. This all happened since I installed my new f***ing NORTON!!!
#10re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:19pmJeez. What a reputation I must have!!
#11re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:20pm
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#12re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:20pmHey Jane, Fatty Fat Lover, if you're not planning on using the rest of your Norton subscription, I will gladly take it off your hands. Mine expired a few weeks ago and after an ill-advised search regarding Tommy Lee's member, I apparently got the Trojan virus. (Ironic, huh?)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
#13re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:25pm
Tiff-if the Norton is transferable, it's yours!
Rath-no bad reputation-just really popular-it's a good thing.
Emcee-thanks for that link!
Arrrrgh! This typing one letter every five seconds is unbearable!
#14re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:27pmi have the middle size powerbook. it is awesome. the only difference is really how the ibook and powerbook looks. the ibook is white and plasticy and the powerbook is silvery and metal like. lol.
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#15re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:32pmAre those "books" laptops or desktops? (see how dumb I am?)
#16re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:32pmBooks are laptops.
#17re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:48pmGuess what folks? On a whim, I deleted the personal firewall which came with the Norton package, and now I can type fast again. sheesh!
#18re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:58pmi hate dell. my dell laptop NEVER worked from day one. and now i have my gateway laptop and i haven't had any problems (knock on wood). i love my new one.
#19re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 9:58pmsorry Jane, PC's are SO much better than MACS.....even schools are getting away from MACS. MACS are the work of SATAN!
#20re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 10:15pmYeah, but I'm told Macs don't get viruses.
#21re: I'm about to make the big change
Posted: 1/25/06 at 11:20pm
".......even schools are getting away from MACS"
I guess this school didn't get that memo:
Apple Wins Florida School Contract for 30,000 iBooks
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