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<blockquote data-quote="didymus" data-source="post: 902592" data-attributes="member: 98293"><p>Well, the first Apple I used was, I think, one of the Apple IIe's we equipped our first teaching lab with. Then the university more or less standardised on the IPM PC, so it was goodbye to the Apple.</p><p></p><p>Years with the PC followed until I finally got fed up with all the stuff that comes down the line - viruses, trojans, etc., etc., plus update messages seemingly every day - it just felt all too yech! Plus the tedium of downloading and installing software, which seems to take more trouble than it often turns out to be worth.</p><p></p><p>So I switched and now use a 24" iMac, which performs beautifully - I expected to have trouble with getting into my wireless network but the machine detected the network, said, "Give me the WEP code" and that was that! I stuck on an external hard drive and it said, "Do you want to use this for backup?" and that was that - brilliant.</p><p></p><p>I have Windows XP running under VMFusion for legacy software I don't want to spend money on replacing (e.g., Photoshop), or where no good Mac alternative exists (why is there nothing for the Mac like Homesite for the PC in html editors, or like DVD Shrink?) and I've ditched the keyboard and the mouse - dreadful crap - they look pretty but are ergonomically awful - and use a Msoft ergonomic keyboard and a Logitech wireless mouse.</p><p></p><p>But the Mac itself is here to stay!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="didymus, post: 902592, member: 98293"] Well, the first Apple I used was, I think, one of the Apple IIe's we equipped our first teaching lab with. Then the university more or less standardised on the IPM PC, so it was goodbye to the Apple. Years with the PC followed until I finally got fed up with all the stuff that comes down the line - viruses, trojans, etc., etc., plus update messages seemingly every day - it just felt all too yech! Plus the tedium of downloading and installing software, which seems to take more trouble than it often turns out to be worth. So I switched and now use a 24" iMac, which performs beautifully - I expected to have trouble with getting into my wireless network but the machine detected the network, said, "Give me the WEP code" and that was that! I stuck on an external hard drive and it said, "Do you want to use this for backup?" and that was that - brilliant. I have Windows XP running under VMFusion for legacy software I don't want to spend money on replacing (e.g., Photoshop), or where no good Mac alternative exists (why is there nothing for the Mac like Homesite for the PC in html editors, or like DVD Shrink?) and I've ditched the keyboard and the mouse - dreadful crap - they look pretty but are ergonomically awful - and use a Msoft ergonomic keyboard and a Logitech wireless mouse. But the Mac itself is here to stay! [/QUOTE]
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