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The MAC hacker sticks again

Posted on 04/10/2010 3:39:03 PM PDT by Prairiegal

I am on my 3rd MAC at the office in less than 5 years. Safari stinks, Entourage not better, NEOOffice is awful, ICal doesn't talk with other MAC software. My database kept reporting damage and after rebuilding it 6 times in one day, guess what, I got a new MAC. .ODT does not open .doc or .docx files correctly or in the same format. I sat with the folks at the Apple store with a list of 30 problems and they could not tell me how do do what I use to do on my PC. They visited the office to see our set up but I think that was just "let's see what your doing" and then nothing. I am currently working on another list of problems and I'm on number 24. Check this out. http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888 Apple Slaps Developers In The Face. Another problem. .pdf's another problem. We had to load update 5 times. It taked me double and triple the time to do my work and its getting tiresome.


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I am on my 3rd MAC at the office in less than 5 years. Safari stinks, Entourage not better, NEOOffice is awful, ICal doesn't talk with other MAC software. My database kept reporting damage and after rebuilding it 6 times in one day, guess what, I got a new MAC. .ODT does not open .doc or .docx files correctly or in the same format. I sat with the folks at the Apple store with a list of 30 problems and they could not tell me how do do what I use to do on my PC. They visited the office to see our set up but I think that was just "let's see what your doing" and then nothing. I am currently working on another list of problems and I'm on number 24. Check this out. http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888 Apple Slaps Developers In The Face. Another problem. .pdf's another problem. We had to load update 5 times. It taked me double and triple the time to do my work and its getting tiresome.
1 posted on 04/10/2010 3:39:04 PM PDT by Prairiegal
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To: Prairiegal

Oh.


2 posted on 04/10/2010 3:40:32 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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To: Prairiegal

Oh.


3 posted on 04/10/2010 3:40:32 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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Ever notice in movies they always use MAC’s and every time there’s a time element involved where they have to download or close a file real fast, it doesn’t? Movie that comes to mind is Office Space where the guy wants to close a bunch of files and it’s so slow doing he gets nailed by his boss and asked to come in on the weekend ....


4 posted on 04/10/2010 3:43:23 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If someone calls me a racist I'll just tell them you're just saying that because I'm white ....)
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To: Swordmaker

ping


5 posted on 04/10/2010 3:46:35 PM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: Lazamataz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrpS9m2VF1c&feature=related


6 posted on 04/10/2010 3:48:06 PM PDT by stefanbatory (Weed out the RINOs! Sign the pledge. conservativepledge.org)
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To: Prairiegal
I am on my 3rd MAC at the office in less than 5 years... I got a new MAC

Why do you keep getting them if they don't work?

7 posted on 04/10/2010 3:48:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I am on my 3rd MAC

It's not an acronym.

8 posted on 04/10/2010 3:49:15 PM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/1980)
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To: Prairiegal

I use HP stuff. Same micro sucks issues other PCs have but they are good machines and reasonably priced.


9 posted on 04/10/2010 3:49:40 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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To: Prairiegal

We have about a dozen of them here and I’ve never had any problems like you are. What are you doing to them to make them that way?


10 posted on 04/10/2010 3:51:26 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Prairiegal

Give it up, Macs are not business friendly unless you do graphics design.


11 posted on 04/10/2010 3:51:52 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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12 posted on 04/10/2010 3:52:37 PM PDT by frankenMonkey ("Natural Born Citizen" - US Constitution, 1787; "Words have meaning" - Barack Obama, 2009)
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To: Prairiegal

I see the problem - you’re not drinking enough of the Steve Jobs koolaid. A true Mac - o - phile would conclude that the tasks you’re trying to get done are either beneath you or just aren’t that important.


13 posted on 04/10/2010 3:57:07 PM PDT by Noumenon ("Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he has grown so great?" - Julius Caesar)
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To: eclecticEel

Macronym?


14 posted on 04/10/2010 4:01:09 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
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To: Prairiegal

I have a Toshiba laptop and a Dell at work.
The salesman promised me the Toshiba would not burst into flames.
I used to use those hippie computers, but they taked too much time.


15 posted on 04/10/2010 4:01:59 PM PDT by tumblindice
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16 posted on 04/10/2010 4:13:46 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Prairiegal

How can this possibly be? Everyone knows that Apple Mac’s and their owners/users are perfect and never fail or screw up. Besides, they’re so much hipper and cooler than regular PC’s or computers.


17 posted on 04/10/2010 4:22:41 PM PDT by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
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We had to load update 5 times. It taked me double and triple the time to do my work and its getting tiresome.

I think I see the problem.

18 posted on 04/10/2010 4:25:00 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: Prairiegal

“Insanity” = doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.


19 posted on 04/10/2010 4:31:49 PM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

I dont do a lot of data base stuff, but I do a lot of PDF stuff and I’ve never had an issue.

Downloads are fast.

It doesn’t shut down that fast, but if you are trying to hide stuff from prying eyes, there are better tricks out there.

PC, Mac...use what works for you. Otherwise, who cares?


20 posted on 04/10/2010 4:33:24 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (This nation, of the people, by the people, and for the people has perished from the land.)
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