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Well I've finally decided to move from the dark side into the light. I've been a passionate hater of windows now for some 12 or so years and you might well ask, "What took you so long?"
Well that's complicated, partly because of a severe 'accident' some 11 years ago which left me largely vegetated for a couple of years... now reduced to just partially vegetated.
However, the main reasons were, my dependence on my Lotus Smartsuite, but particularly my Lotus Organizer and Palm which I use to keep myself on track after my 'accident'; I've got cognitive problems and no short term memory, but also partially because some of the other PC software I was attached to (nothing from Microsoft!) such as John Walker's HomePlanet.
Anyway, I'm here to solicit help in my decisions.
Firstly I'm reasonably sure it will be a Mac Pro, since I'm a vidographer with a Sony HDRHC1 camera. By background I'm a Metallurgist/Engineer and I was blown away when I looked inside a Mac Pro. I've owned Laptops but I don't believe they have the power of a desktop, nor the fixability.
I'm probably going to wait till Macs sort out the Bluray thing, which I'm hoping will be before say August.
To be honest I am a little blown away by the prices of Mac gear, such as hard drives, monitors and RAM, but I'm hoping you guys; and by this I mean girls as well, will help me out with such incidental matters.
Anyway guys, thanks for your time and I will pop in from time to time to ask possibly inane questions about Macs, both prior to my buying one and most definitely after I've 'moved into the light' and actually own one... see ya
Beam
Well that's complicated, partly because of a severe 'accident' some 11 years ago which left me largely vegetated for a couple of years... now reduced to just partially vegetated.
However, the main reasons were, my dependence on my Lotus Smartsuite, but particularly my Lotus Organizer and Palm which I use to keep myself on track after my 'accident'; I've got cognitive problems and no short term memory, but also partially because some of the other PC software I was attached to (nothing from Microsoft!) such as John Walker's HomePlanet.
Anyway, I'm here to solicit help in my decisions.
Firstly I'm reasonably sure it will be a Mac Pro, since I'm a vidographer with a Sony HDRHC1 camera. By background I'm a Metallurgist/Engineer and I was blown away when I looked inside a Mac Pro. I've owned Laptops but I don't believe they have the power of a desktop, nor the fixability.
I'm probably going to wait till Macs sort out the Bluray thing, which I'm hoping will be before say August.
To be honest I am a little blown away by the prices of Mac gear, such as hard drives, monitors and RAM, but I'm hoping you guys; and by this I mean girls as well, will help me out with such incidental matters.
Anyway guys, thanks for your time and I will pop in from time to time to ask possibly inane questions about Macs, both prior to my buying one and most definitely after I've 'moved into the light' and actually own one... see ya
Beam