Switch to Mac, but Keep Your PC Too

kaydell · kaydell #1 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 02:17 AM

I prefer my Mac, but I keep a PC around too. I recommend that for people who have room, that is if you're at home or in an office with enough room to have two separate desktop computers.

Use your Mac for better productivity and less work administering, but sometimes, my opinion is it's good to have a PC around too.

Is this OK to say in Mac-Forums?

Lytheil · Lytheil #2 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 02:21 AM

I find that doing a Powerpoint presentation on a PC is way easier. Maybe its just me?

cwa107 · cwa107 #3 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaydell

I prefer my Mac, but I keep a PC around too. I recommend that for people who have room, that is if you're at home or in an office with enough room to have two separate desktop computers.

Use your Mac for better productivity and less work administering, but sometimes, my opinion is it's good to have a PC around too.

Is this OK to say in Mac-Forums?

Absolutely. My gaming machine will likely always be a home made Windows-based machine.

safetyfast · safetyfast #4 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 08:43 AM

I bought my Macbook when my Shuttle's motherboard died. While waiting on the MB to arrive, I found a shuttle barebones on ebay like it and scavenged the motherboard from it. Now the Mac and PC are networked. So, now I won't corrupt my Mac with bootcamp and XP.

Strukt · Strukt #5 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 09:18 AM

It is good to have a standard PC when the gaming needs surface..

JohnTheMacGeek · JohnTheMacGeek #6 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lytheil

I find that doing a Powerpoint presentation on a PC is way easier. Maybe its just me?

I prefer Keynote myself. Maybe I'm just getting used to Macs now. Windows seems really foreign when I'm forced to use it.

Alexis · Alexis #7 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 11:23 AM

But I already have a PC!

I just hold down alt when booting up to load Windows!

ki99 · ki99 #8 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 12:04 PM

i would love to have a separate pc for gaming, for the time i'm just boot camping it

don't even need to press alt when i reboot
http://refit.sourceforge.net/

eric · eric #9 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 12:24 PM

the only reason i don't have a windows machine (well, my own anyway) is that i got my macbook when my 17" HP laptop melted itself. my wife still has a 15" HP laptop and i have a 14" HP laptop for work, but i would like to have a windows machine of my own that would be capable of some gaming - although an imac would suffice too - since most of what i do is sim city/sims/civilization/tropico/RCT/etc.

so my PS3 and my DS are my main gaming machines now.

Hit · Hit #10 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 12:31 PM

I switched to mac I thought I'd keep my PC for games(As I need Bioshock 2 when it comes out)
But what do you know, I sold it
With the Idea I will play it on PS3 ones it comes out
I have bootcamp for some games and windows appliances
But for most of the time when I need a windows program to open some file or something there is a Mac alternative to open the file

Andre · Andre #11 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Lytheil

I find that doing a Powerpoint presentation on a PC is way easier. Maybe its just me?

My MBP (3 months old) has some serious issues with Office 2008 (even after the "fix"), so I downgraded to Office 2004. Even here, I find all of Office to be really sluggish, and the Windows background glares right through. For example, cmd+right arrow in PowerPoint is like control+right arrow in Windows; instead of moving to the end of the line (the Mac way), PowerPoint moves to the end of the word (the Windows way). I have to use fn+right arrow to go to the end of the line, which actually does something different on the Mac (page down...? I forget).

Lytheil · Lytheil #12 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 01:03 PM

I should've bought iWork instead.. Bah.

Andre's right about Microsoft Office for Mac. I had the 2008 for a week. Didn't really work out. Downgraded to 2004. Same thing here. Excel is rather odd at times. Word is still okay.

safetyfast · safetyfast #13 (**permalink**)

08-11-2008, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lytheil

I should've bought iWork instead.. Bah.

Andre's right about Microsoft Office for Mac. I had the 2008 for a week. Didn't really work out. Downgraded to 2004. Same thing here. Excel is rather odd at times. Word is still okay.

I'm using the Openoffice beta. I've used it for years on PC and seems to run just fine on the mac. It does pretty much everything Office does. My wife has even done powerpoint presentations with it.

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kaydell #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 15, 2008 Posts: 25	08-11-2008, 02:17 AM I prefer my Mac, but I keep a PC around too. I recommend that for people who have room, that is if you're at home or in an office with enough room to have two separate desktop computers. Use your Mac for better productivity and less work administering, but sometimes, my opinion is it's good to have a PC around too. Is this OK to say in Mac-Forums?
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Lytheil #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 27, 2008 Posts: 176 Mac Specs: Macbook Alu 13.3 Inch , 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 duo , 2.2gb 667 DDR2 SDRAM & Ipod Touch 16gb	08-11-2008, 02:21 AM I find that doing a Powerpoint presentation on a PC is way easier. Maybe its just me?
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safetyfast #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 15, 2008 Posts: 25	08-11-2008, 08:43 AM I bought my Macbook when my Shuttle's motherboard died. While waiting on the MB to arrive, I found a shuttle barebones on ebay like it and scavenged the motherboard from it. Now the Mac and PC are networked. So, now I won't corrupt my Mac with bootcamp and XP.
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Alexis #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 20, 2006 Posts: 2,255 Mac Specs: Al iMac 20" 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo	08-11-2008, 11:23 AM But I already have a PC! I just hold down alt when booting up to load Windows!
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Hit #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 04, 2008 Posts: 136 Mac Specs: Macbook 2.4Ghz	08-11-2008, 12:31 PM I switched to mac I thought I'd keep my PC for games(As I need Bioshock 2 when it comes out) But what do you know, I sold it With the Idea I will play it on PS3 ones it comes out I have bootcamp for some games and windows appliances But for most of the time when I need a windows program to open some file or something there is a Mac alternative to open the file
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Lytheil #12 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 27, 2008 Posts: 176 Mac Specs: Macbook Alu 13.3 Inch , 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 duo , 2.2gb 667 DDR2 SDRAM & Ipod Touch 16gb	08-11-2008, 01:03 PM I should've bought iWork instead.. Bah. Andre's right about Microsoft Office for Mac. I had the 2008 for a week. Didn't really work out. Downgraded to 2004. Same thing here. Excel is rather odd at times. Word is still okay.
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