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Soon-to-be Macbook convert asks questions
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1348444"><p>The answers to every single one of the questions you ask can easily be found by visiting Apple.co.uk (in your case) or a local Apple store or independent retailer. Spending even five minutes reading the site or actually looking at a Mac with any sort of qualified salesman would answer ALL of your very basic questions in a fraction of the time it will take you to read this (dramatically shortened) post.</p><p></p><p>As for why you should buy a Mac, I can only quote you:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well do you or don't you?</p><p></p><p>I had originally written a reply to each of your questions, but the answer was always the same: yes.</p><p></p><p>The answer to 17 is no: iOS apps are separate from Mac OS X apps. For Mac, there is a Mac App Store. For iOS, there is the iTunes App Store. iOS apps work on iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads.</p><p></p><p>The answer to 19 is no, and the answer is because there are no viruses for Mac. You may want to download the free ClamXAV that may guard against some minor malwares that exist, but really common sense and avoiding illegal file sites should be all that's required.</p><p></p><p>23. There is no native support for Blu-Ray on Macs. A third-party solution can be cobbled together but its fairly expensive. I find renting HD movies from iTunes (either viewing them on the computer or "throwing" them to iPad and Apple TV) way, way cheaper and more convenient.</p><p></p><p>26. iTunes is pretty much your only option on the Mac (there are third-party alternatives but they largely suck). It's actually a great program, which is why its the most popular music/media management program on both platforms. You just need to learn it (and that's not at all complicated). Indeed I would say that learning iTunes is key to learning ALL Mac programs, since the vast majority use the same basic design, tenets and UI philosophy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1348444"] The answers to every single one of the questions you ask can easily be found by visiting Apple.co.uk (in your case) or a local Apple store or independent retailer. Spending even five minutes reading the site or actually looking at a Mac with any sort of qualified salesman would answer ALL of your very basic questions in a fraction of the time it will take you to read this (dramatically shortened) post. As for why you should buy a Mac, I can only quote you: Well do you or don't you? I had originally written a reply to each of your questions, but the answer was always the same: yes. The answer to 17 is no: iOS apps are separate from Mac OS X apps. For Mac, there is a Mac App Store. For iOS, there is the iTunes App Store. iOS apps work on iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads. The answer to 19 is no, and the answer is because there are no viruses for Mac. You may want to download the free ClamXAV that may guard against some minor malwares that exist, but really common sense and avoiding illegal file sites should be all that's required. 23. There is no native support for Blu-Ray on Macs. A third-party solution can be cobbled together but its fairly expensive. I find renting HD movies from iTunes (either viewing them on the computer or "throwing" them to iPad and Apple TV) way, way cheaper and more convenient. 26. iTunes is pretty much your only option on the Mac (there are third-party alternatives but they largely suck). It's actually a great program, which is why its the most popular music/media management program on both platforms. You just need to learn it (and that's not at all complicated). Indeed I would say that learning iTunes is key to learning ALL Mac programs, since the vast majority use the same basic design, tenets and UI philosophy. [/QUOTE]
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