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02-12-2008, 03:32 AM
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Mac Fans?
I know there are probably 98% PC lovers on this siite, but we've got to have a few people who enjoy Macs. I bought mine a year and half or so ago and love it. I did some minor programming in college and was always on a PC but started toying around with a Mac and love it.
Anyone know of any companies that are only using Macs? I'm sure there aren't a lot besides the graphical companies, but was just curious.
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02-12-2008, 09:17 AM
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hate michigan week
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i'm buying my first macbook this spring. i've gotten more into digital photography and the way that lightroom/photoshop run on a mac is so much nicer than the pc.
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02-12-2008, 10:13 AM
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We use a few Macs here at work. The only reason we have them is because the software we use for a particular application is OS X only. The rest of the company is hardcore 100% Microsoft - Exchange servers, Outlook, Sharepoint sites, etc. However, with a little tweaking, I can do 80-90% of everything I need to do in a day on my Mac that I can on my PC. I can log onto our secure wireless, access our intranet, and get email off our Exchange servers with Entourage. Not perfect, but certainly better than I thought.
Macs are by no means business machines, and they aren't meant to be. A case could be made for their Mac Pro's, but they are for content creation or mathematical/graphical modeling, not programming or systems administration.
I personally have a Macbook at home and love it. No complaints whatsoever.
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02-12-2008, 11:06 AM
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Italy - World Cup Champs !!!
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Chances are.. outside of an ad agency or graphic design shop... you're not going to find many or any entire companies that are solely Mac...
Virtually all business software is written for PCs... and even if a Mac can run the software, the IT folks would always be apprehensive that they will eventually run into snags down the line... an IT group has to be risk averse... just can't take chances
One of my departments at Goodyear was IT... we literally brought PCs into Goodyear... and around Xmas time my top brainiac (now retired) bought a Mac for his house... he is RAVING about it...
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02-26-2008, 01:34 AM
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Been Sober Now For 5 Hours
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I just got a MacBook Pro around Christmas, and have been very pleased. Basically the only limits I've found are due to my own computer illiteracy. GarageBand is pretty fun to play around with, as is iMovie.
I'm sure I will have some questions for those of you who are much more in the know than I am (rocketman, ohioste) as I look to create some of my own Buckeye highlight videos.
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02-26-2008, 03:36 AM
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First off...welcome to the Mac world.
Feel free to ask any questions. If I can't answer, I'm sure I can find someone who can.
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First Annual Buckeye Planet Golf Outing now in planning.
This will be held in the Columbus Area this year and possibly branch out in the years to come.
Please PM me your e-mail address and location if you are interested and I will keep you updated.
If you are not from the area and are interested, still send me your information and I can possibly team you up with someone close to carpool!
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02-26-2008, 05:47 AM
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Macs cause cancer.
-BTW if anyone wants to ignore my above warning and risk their health by trying OSX (10.5 to be exact) do a search on "Kalyway". The .iso can be found as a torrent and isn't too hard to get up and running on most P4 or greater based systems (no AMD, Intel only).
Keep in mind that it is an illegal license of the OS so use your best judgement.
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02-26-2008, 06:07 AM
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As soon as I clicked on "New Posts" and saw your name on this Muck...it just put a smile on my face because I knew it was going to be interesting...
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First Annual Buckeye Planet Golf Outing now in planning.
This will be held in the Columbus Area this year and possibly branch out in the years to come.
Please PM me your e-mail address and location if you are interested and I will keep you updated.
If you are not from the area and are interested, still send me your information and I can possibly team you up with someone close to carpool!
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02-26-2008, 08:57 PM
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Unleash The Fury.
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