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<blockquote data-quote="Amen-Moses" data-source="post: 36239" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>First off, I want to say that I am very open minded in this. </p><p></p><p>I'm used to the windows OS.</p><p></p><p><strong>My condolences.</strong></p><p></p><p>Some mac elitists scare me, with their french coffee and hip apple store.</p><p></p><p><strong>French Coffee? I thought it came from Columbia or Brazil.</strong></p><p></p><p>The mouse has only one button. Aren't creating folders and renaming files difficult?</p><p></p><p><strong>Nope.</strong></p><p></p><p>Again, one mouse button?</p><p></p><p><strong>How many do you want, my Logitech Wireless Track-ball has 7!</strong></p><p></p><p>New OS X updates every month. (I don't want to pay 200 bucks every month for the next panther or jaguar, or tiger, or some other cat.)<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /></p><p></p><p><strong>So don't upgrade, I've had my iMac for over a year now and it is still fine with 10.2.8 all my other Macs came with 10.3 and so far all 4 upgrades have been free downloads.</strong></p><p> </p><p>What about my precious games and Win32 apps?</p><p></p><p><strong>I have 3 PC's and 3 Macs, the kids play the same games on both and prefer the Macs. I'm having a hard time picturing a "precious" Win32 app btw. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></strong></p><p></p><p>Is the Airport dealy compatible with regular 802.11b/g networks, or do you have to have a Airport base station, specifically?</p><p></p><p><strong>Yes and No respectively, all my machines happily coexist on a Belkin 54mbps wireless network. The Macs didn't require any setting up. (although I have to admit that the XP powered PC didn't either but getting it to recognise the other PCs was a pain)</strong></p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p></p><p><strong>You're welcome.</strong></p><p></p><p>Amen-Moses</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amen-Moses, post: 36239, member: 114"] First off, I want to say that I am very open minded in this. I'm used to the windows OS. [b]My condolences.[/b] Some mac elitists scare me, with their french coffee and hip apple store. [b]French Coffee? I thought it came from Columbia or Brazil.[/b] The mouse has only one button. Aren't creating folders and renaming files difficult? [b]Nope.[/b] Again, one mouse button? [b]How many do you want, my Logitech Wireless Track-ball has 7![/b] New OS X updates every month. (I don't want to pay 200 bucks every month for the next panther or jaguar, or tiger, or some other cat.):mad: [b]So don't upgrade, I've had my iMac for over a year now and it is still fine with 10.2.8 all my other Macs came with 10.3 and so far all 4 upgrades have been free downloads.[/b] What about my precious games and Win32 apps? [b]I have 3 PC's and 3 Macs, the kids play the same games on both and prefer the Macs. I'm having a hard time picturing a "precious" Win32 app btw. ;)[/b] Is the Airport dealy compatible with regular 802.11b/g networks, or do you have to have a Airport base station, specifically? [b]Yes and No respectively, all my machines happily coexist on a Belkin 54mbps wireless network. The Macs didn't require any setting up. (although I have to admit that the XP powered PC didn't either but getting it to recognise the other PCs was a pain)[/b] Thanks, [b]You're welcome.[/b] Amen-Moses [/QUOTE]
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