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<blockquote data-quote="nancyspeed" data-source="post: 717779" data-attributes="member: 59571">I still have my mac I got in l994 (my first computer).&nbsp; I turn it on occasionally and remember how neat it was to have a CD player.&nbsp; Anyone remember Clarisworks?&nbsp; Then I switched to Dell in 2000 because I needed a software program that would only run on a pc.&nbsp;&nbsp; The pc is old now and has gotten slower and slower.&nbsp;&nbsp; And I'm tired of all the spyware/adware/malware stuff running in the background that slows it even more.&nbsp; &nbsp; When it came time for a new computer this year, I had no desire to go with Vista.&nbsp;&nbsp; And I came to detest IE and windows in general.&nbsp; The Dell forums are full of Vista fiascos and I didn't want to try it.The only problem I have had is with Excel--something about macs not reading the dates correctly.&nbsp; So when I'm sent a membership list, for instance, the expirations are read differently from a pc, and are incorrect.&nbsp; That is really aggravating and I don't quite understand why it has to be that way.&nbsp;&nbsp; So I still need a pc for this particular membership database I keep.Linux is greek to me.&nbsp; Never opened garage band or imovie but I might do some video editing one day.&nbsp; Iphoto is better than what a pc offers.&nbsp; Can't do ichat since Wildblue doesn't give enough upload speed.&nbsp; I like how apple doesn't include all that crapola on the computer like Dell does.&nbsp; So except for the Excel thing I'm pretty happy with mac.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nancyspeed, post: 717779, member: 59571"] I still have my mac I got in l994 (my first computer). I turn it on occasionally and remember how neat it was to have a CD player. Anyone remember Clarisworks? Then I switched to Dell in 2000 because I needed a software program that would only run on a pc. The pc is old now and has gotten slower and slower. And I'm tired of all the spyware/adware/malware stuff running in the background that slows it even more. When it came time for a new computer this year, I had no desire to go with Vista. And I came to detest IE and windows in general. The Dell forums are full of Vista fiascos and I didn't want to try it. The only problem I have had is with Excel--something about macs not reading the dates correctly. So when I'm sent a membership list, for instance, the expirations are read differently from a pc, and are incorrect. That is really aggravating and I don't quite understand why it has to be that way. So I still need a pc for this particular membership database I keep. Linux is greek to me. Never opened garage band or imovie but I might do some video editing one day. Iphoto is better than what a pc offers. Can't do ichat since Wildblue doesn't give enough upload speed. I like how apple doesn't include all that crapola on the computer like Dell does. So except for the Excel thing I'm pretty happy with mac. [/QUOTE]

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