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<blockquote data-quote="Clark Kent" data-source="post: 753130" data-attributes="member: 69636"><p>I changed over because of how slow my PC was and because everyone I know said Mac would be easier to use and is a better machine. I don't know off the top of my head what kind it was exactly, but I bought it in September from the Mac store. I know that doesn't answer the question, but I include it to show that it's probably the same machine that anyone else has from there.</p><p></p><p>Videos do not play the same. Meaning, that in order to play most videos, I had to download VPC (I think that's it) for most wmv files. Real media movies don't play at all because I have not downloaded a program for those. Then I ran into the problem with getting the plug-in message through America Online. I have to see if this same message shows up using Safari, but it's annoying that the computer will not recognize those videos no matter which program I'm using to go online.</p><p></p><p>Safari doesn't even load sometimes because the computer fails to find the router automatically. I have to re-recognize the router in order to get online; the same has happened with the printer, as well. The speed for getting online is no faster than my old PC though.</p><p></p><p>USB. The keyboard, external HD, iPod, printer, and something I'm forgetting all need to be connected, and sometimes I have other components I want to plug in, like a different external.</p><p></p><p>My old external has to be replaced because it wasn't formatted for a Mac. Once I formatted it, the machine said that in order to run Time Machine, I would need an external with like 160 bits of memory instead of the 56 external drive that I had. Not a big problem though.</p><p></p><p>The keyboard is obviously not old, but just stops working. I will try that update that someone offered in the thread.</p><p></p><p>Privacy, meaning that you need to clear your history, the files you have gone through, and even when all that has been done, one can still see the folders visited upon opening another file. AOL desktop allows anyone to open the program and see you mail and other info. I just don't like the trail that a Mac leaves.</p><p></p><p>There are some other issues I'm forgetting, but it obviously has not been a smooth transition. I'm not ready to try and sell the thing, but I don't want to continue to work with all of these problems. Any advice would be appreciated on any of these. I wish I had the same positive comments to add like most of you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clark Kent, post: 753130, member: 69636"] I changed over because of how slow my PC was and because everyone I know said Mac would be easier to use and is a better machine. I don't know off the top of my head what kind it was exactly, but I bought it in September from the Mac store. I know that doesn't answer the question, but I include it to show that it's probably the same machine that anyone else has from there. Videos do not play the same. Meaning, that in order to play most videos, I had to download VPC (I think that's it) for most wmv files. Real media movies don't play at all because I have not downloaded a program for those. Then I ran into the problem with getting the plug-in message through America Online. I have to see if this same message shows up using Safari, but it's annoying that the computer will not recognize those videos no matter which program I'm using to go online. Safari doesn't even load sometimes because the computer fails to find the router automatically. I have to re-recognize the router in order to get online; the same has happened with the printer, as well. The speed for getting online is no faster than my old PC though. USB. The keyboard, external HD, iPod, printer, and something I'm forgetting all need to be connected, and sometimes I have other components I want to plug in, like a different external. My old external has to be replaced because it wasn't formatted for a Mac. Once I formatted it, the machine said that in order to run Time Machine, I would need an external with like 160 bits of memory instead of the 56 external drive that I had. Not a big problem though. The keyboard is obviously not old, but just stops working. I will try that update that someone offered in the thread. Privacy, meaning that you need to clear your history, the files you have gone through, and even when all that has been done, one can still see the folders visited upon opening another file. AOL desktop allows anyone to open the program and see you mail and other info. I just don't like the trail that a Mac leaves. There are some other issues I'm forgetting, but it obviously has not been a smooth transition. I'm not ready to try and sell the thing, but I don't want to continue to work with all of these problems. Any advice would be appreciated on any of these. I wish I had the same positive comments to add like most of you. [/QUOTE]
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