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- Macbook Pro 13", 4th gen Touch
I'm another one of those guys who has always been a PC guy. Came to PCs right from the Apple IIe.
At work, I use a Windows machine. Not bad, maybe because I'm familiar with it. My mom and sister both love Macs. My sister's a graphic designer. My mom bought a Mac a while ago (had an original iMac) because she was a music teacher at the time. She came to the computer world. She was delighted with the Mac because everything was so easy & intuitive to her. She bought a PC to make her work easier; she has to enter grades on a PC. (she teaches 5th grade now) She *****es about it all the time. Says that when she retires, she's going to get a Mac again, if she can afford it.
So here I am. Comfortable with PCs for the last 20 years. I'm an amateur photographer, but can do everything I need to do with a PC and simple IrfanView software. Most of what I do is web surfing and Irfanview. I'm active on a few different internet fora. I do general surfing, and some video editing. Also not too bad on Windows Movie Maker.
Then, there's my wife. She's going to be starting her residency as a family doctor in June probably. She surfs too, but wants to make sure she can use a Mac for presentations. She had just learned PowerPoint for PC. It doesn't appear that PowerPoint is available for Mac. It also doesn't appear that the Macbooks have a regular monitor output such as PCs have to plug into a video projector.
So here are the specific questions:
At work, I use a Windows machine. Not bad, maybe because I'm familiar with it. My mom and sister both love Macs. My sister's a graphic designer. My mom bought a Mac a while ago (had an original iMac) because she was a music teacher at the time. She came to the computer world. She was delighted with the Mac because everything was so easy & intuitive to her. She bought a PC to make her work easier; she has to enter grades on a PC. (she teaches 5th grade now) She *****es about it all the time. Says that when she retires, she's going to get a Mac again, if she can afford it.
So here I am. Comfortable with PCs for the last 20 years. I'm an amateur photographer, but can do everything I need to do with a PC and simple IrfanView software. Most of what I do is web surfing and Irfanview. I'm active on a few different internet fora. I do general surfing, and some video editing. Also not too bad on Windows Movie Maker.
Then, there's my wife. She's going to be starting her residency as a family doctor in June probably. She surfs too, but wants to make sure she can use a Mac for presentations. She had just learned PowerPoint for PC. It doesn't appear that PowerPoint is available for Mac. It also doesn't appear that the Macbooks have a regular monitor output such as PCs have to plug into a video projector.
So here are the specific questions:
- Is web surfing as fast on a Mac as on a PC? (with similar spec equipment)
- Do Macbooks include software equivalent to PowerPoint?
- If so, how does a Mac user connect to a video projector?
- What are the Mac disadvantages? (be honest!)
- What kinds of websites will I NOT have access to with a Mac?
- What kinds of applications will I NOT have access to with a Mac?