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Hi everyone! Like most of you in this section I have recently moved from PC to Mac. I am now in day 5 of ownership of this machine. Below I have listed a few of my gripes and likes in point format. I'm sure there will be simple solutions to a lot of them, or perhaps another individual is having the same problems as I am, anyroad, any comments are most welcome!
Thanks in advance everybody, and what a great forum
Exact Machine Purchased
24inch iMac
2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme
2GB memory
500GB hard drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory
Wireless Mighty Mouse
Likes
- 24inch screen is awesome.
- GUI is just superb, loving the way everything looks just brilliant, icons etc.
- The way its not just a computer, but a media center too, totally changing the interface, which also looks amazing.
- Remote included, great for when your in "media mode" as I call it.
- Installing of programs seems exceptionally straight forward.
- Lack of separate tower unit saves space.
- Exceptionally bright and vivid display.
Gripes
- Some of the icons in the bar along the bottom, are cut off at the top, when another screen is in front of them.
- Cursors are not of the correct type when hovering over certain things. A text select cursor when it should be a pointer for example.
- Lack of information given regarding music. Things like "artist name", "song title" etc, seem to be unavailable to be shown.
- When phoning apple help, phone took 30 mins to be answered. Another 30 mins was spent on the phone with an individual that obviously didn't understand my language. Problem went unsolved after 1 hour in total.
- A burnt CD doesn't eject when finished burning. Although some programs allow this option to be selected, it doesn't seem to be on by default.
- Sound card is rubbish. Something along the lines of a "breakout box" is an absolute must, as working with audio is a big part of my life.
- Why do the shortcuts simply not work at all? For example, in "keyboard shortcuts" it says that F11 is set to show the desktop. It doesn't. What F11 actually does do, is turn the volume down.
- Shows MP3's as MPEG's.
- When moving the mouse very short distances for precision work, the cursor does not respond well. Often not moving at all, when you have in fact moved your mouse. This can get very frustrating.
Software Related
- Garage band loops are not present and even after following the simple instructions, I cannot for the life of me seem to get them installed.
- When I burn a CD in iTunes, enabling CD text, it actually burns the name of the PLAYLIST to the CD, meaning the artist of a song doesn't show up.
- Windows Media player wont open mp3's.
What I need - for most of these I have already tried numerous versions, but still have not found anything to match my needs
- A CD/DVD burning software, that supports cd text. The more options the better really!
- An ID3 tag editor that works well! I tried one recently that opened a whole new window for every single song! Tag&Rename was what I used on the PC.
- Something to replace "Adobe Audition" for the PC. From what I can see they dont make a MAC version. If this is true I find it almost laughable that Adobe dont make this excellent audio software for the king of multimedia.
- A media player with VISUALIZATIONS! You know those nice changing colors etc that play on RealPlayer and Windows Media Player on the PC....they suddenly just disappear when moved onto the mac.....why is just beyond me.
General Overview
Generally the mac wins outright with styling and looks. The interface and accessories are just to die for. That said, it still seems to SERIOUSLY lack in software, as I still find myself very prohibited in what I can do, being used with the functionality of a PC.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I'm sure I have made a lot of silly points here to experienced Mac users, please feel free to correct me. All input is welcome.
Thanks
Thanks in advance everybody, and what a great forum
Exact Machine Purchased
24inch iMac
2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme
2GB memory
500GB hard drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory
Wireless Mighty Mouse
Likes
- 24inch screen is awesome.
- GUI is just superb, loving the way everything looks just brilliant, icons etc.
- The way its not just a computer, but a media center too, totally changing the interface, which also looks amazing.
- Remote included, great for when your in "media mode" as I call it.
- Installing of programs seems exceptionally straight forward.
- Lack of separate tower unit saves space.
- Exceptionally bright and vivid display.
Gripes
- Some of the icons in the bar along the bottom, are cut off at the top, when another screen is in front of them.
- Cursors are not of the correct type when hovering over certain things. A text select cursor when it should be a pointer for example.
- Lack of information given regarding music. Things like "artist name", "song title" etc, seem to be unavailable to be shown.
- When phoning apple help, phone took 30 mins to be answered. Another 30 mins was spent on the phone with an individual that obviously didn't understand my language. Problem went unsolved after 1 hour in total.
- A burnt CD doesn't eject when finished burning. Although some programs allow this option to be selected, it doesn't seem to be on by default.
- Sound card is rubbish. Something along the lines of a "breakout box" is an absolute must, as working with audio is a big part of my life.
- Why do the shortcuts simply not work at all? For example, in "keyboard shortcuts" it says that F11 is set to show the desktop. It doesn't. What F11 actually does do, is turn the volume down.
- Shows MP3's as MPEG's.
- When moving the mouse very short distances for precision work, the cursor does not respond well. Often not moving at all, when you have in fact moved your mouse. This can get very frustrating.
Software Related
- Garage band loops are not present and even after following the simple instructions, I cannot for the life of me seem to get them installed.
- When I burn a CD in iTunes, enabling CD text, it actually burns the name of the PLAYLIST to the CD, meaning the artist of a song doesn't show up.
- Windows Media player wont open mp3's.
What I need - for most of these I have already tried numerous versions, but still have not found anything to match my needs
- A CD/DVD burning software, that supports cd text. The more options the better really!
- An ID3 tag editor that works well! I tried one recently that opened a whole new window for every single song! Tag&Rename was what I used on the PC.
- Something to replace "Adobe Audition" for the PC. From what I can see they dont make a MAC version. If this is true I find it almost laughable that Adobe dont make this excellent audio software for the king of multimedia.
- A media player with VISUALIZATIONS! You know those nice changing colors etc that play on RealPlayer and Windows Media Player on the PC....they suddenly just disappear when moved onto the mac.....why is just beyond me.
General Overview
Generally the mac wins outright with styling and looks. The interface and accessories are just to die for. That said, it still seems to SERIOUSLY lack in software, as I still find myself very prohibited in what I can do, being used with the functionality of a PC.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I'm sure I have made a lot of silly points here to experienced Mac users, please feel free to correct me. All input is welcome.
Thanks