Posted on 06/16/2005 9:56:07 PM PDT by BJungNan
"You can effortlessly do things on a Mac that PC users only dream about, without giving up any of the compatibility with the PC world that you need."
So says the Apple Switch website. I have some questions though.
I've been using a Mac 8 hours a day, 7 days a week for the past six weeks. I'm trying to figure out what is better about it than a PC. Perhaps I am still "getting over" it, learning how to us it, but I have to say at this point it may be different, but it is not better.
This is not intended to spark a debate on the subject. Since I'm stuck at work using a Mac, I'm hoping some of you Mac lovers can help me with a few things.
1. How the heck to you find the program you want if it is not in the "most recently used programs" option under the apple?
2. I was led to believe Mac was such a great plateform that it almost never crashed. All Mac computers in our office crash at least once a day - or at best get so terribly slow that you have to shut down and reboot. What's up with that?
3. Is there the equivelant of a "Home" and "End" key on a Mac that will take you to the beginning or end of a sentence?
4. If Word does not work on a Mac, what word processing program does? MSWord for Mac is so limited it is like a kiddie game - again, I may be the problem not knowing the commands to get around. But, the concensus in the office is that Mac and Word don't get along.
5. When you open a program, the only clue you have the program is open is knowing you opened it. Except for the top menu bar (that does not change) nothing changes. On A PC the opening screen goes to the opening page of the program you have opened. On the MAC, you have to open a file before the screen will beging to look like the program you are using.
I have more questions but I will not make this so long. Really, with all the people that love Mac, I can not be this wrong about the things. What am I missing?
And in case anyone wants to know. We use Quark, Photoshop, Acrobat (that seems to crash the system often) and Roundhouse (mostly).
Thanks for you help.
The word is "Intuitive".
That may be your shortcoming.
That's what the link in this thread says. This just plain is not true.
Oh, maybe that's it. I'm trying to use the keyboard and mouse instead of chanting and willing it to do what I want. Come on, that is a non-answer. I'm looking for some help here.
I can't answer your questions because I gave up on Mac and accepted Windows XP pc's years ago. Got tired of higher prices for - everything. Based on experience with both, I don't think the average user sees a significant difference. The fact is that Microsoft more or less "stole" or "copied" what was different about a Mac years ago - to the casual user (that's me) the two operating systems are about the same.
hehehe. :D
With Mac OS X, now up to version 10.4, Mac OS has a UNIX core, and thus the system itself is quite stable. Individual, poorly written apps may crash, but the system itself stays up.
Word works great on the Mac. It lacks no feature at all. And I paid my rent through most of grad school crunching word docs for a bank.
I think you have a watered down version.
And as for recent apps...do you use the dock? Do you put your apps in the Applications folder? How is that any different?
With Mac OS X, now up to version 10.4, Mac OS has a UNIX core, and thus the system itself is quite stable. Individual, poorly written apps may crash, but the system itself stays up.
Buy a Mac now and it will obsolete in 6 months when Apple upgrades to the Intel processor. You'd be crazy to buy now.
Mac help needed over here...
Some of the answers depend on which version of Mac OS you are running. Is it Mac OS X 10.4, or Mac OS 9, etc.?
Simply hit Command-Space to start a Spotlight search, enter the first few characters of the application name, and the app will appear first on the search return list. Hit the down arrow to select it, hit return, and the app will lauch.
Not sure what you mean. There are various ways. Put an alias (shortcut) on the desktop. Put frequently used programs in the Dock. Look in your Applications folder. Hit Command-F to "find" it and search by name. If you have Tiger, use Spotlight....
2. I was led to believe Mac was such a great plateform that it almost never crashed. All Mac computers in our office crash at least once a day - or at best get so terribly slow that you have to shut down and reboot. What's up with that?
Not sure what you're doing to your Macs. I've had Macs for years and rarely, if ever, have to reboot.
3. Is there the equivelant of a "Home" and "End" key on a Mac that will take you to the beginning or end of a sentence?
The end of a sentence? I have a Home and End key on my Apple keyboard, just like on PCs, and they bring me to the top or bottom of documents just like on my PC at work, if that's what you mean.
4. If Word does not work on a Mac, what word processing program does? MSWord for Mac is so limited it is like a kiddie game - again, I may be the problem not knowing the commands to get around. But, the concensus in the office is that Mac and Word don't get along.
Huh? Most people who have used both say Word for Mac is the superior program. As far as I know it's not missing any features of the Windows version. What are you trying to do?
5. When you open a program, the only clue you have the program is open is knowing you opened it. Except for the top menu bar (that does not change) nothing changes. On A PC the opening screen goes to the opening page of the program you have opened. On the MAC, you have to open a file before the screen will beging to look like the program you are using.
I don't understand this either. Like I said, I've been using Macs for years and am using one right now. There's always an opening screen when you open a program, in addition to the menu bar showing the program's menu and the Dock with an arrow under the program icon showing it's open.
Are you sure you've been using a Mac? None of your questions make sense to me.
1. Use the Finder just like you would use Windows Explorer
2. What operating system do they use? OSX is far more stable than OS9 and below, do to its Unix underpinnings.
3. Home and End
4. Microsoft makes a fully functional Macintosh version of Office. Word is included.
5. This makes me believe you are using OS9 or below. Apple+tab keys will cycle you through running programs. The top left of the menu bar will also show the name of the program that is frontmost. You can go under the Apple and select whatever program that's running which you need. (At least I recall it working that way. I have OSX now, and haven't used OS9 or below in many years).
Perhaps your office should switch to OS X 10.4 (Tiger). You won't believe the difference.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/
what is it exactly that word on the Mac can't do that it can on windows? The features are about equivalent.
As for how to find the program you want, if you're running os X, find it in the applications folder, or using "spotlight" at the top right of your screen if you're running Tiger, and then when you find it you can drag it into the dock for easier access.
I bought a brand new Mac Mini a couple months ago...for one purpoe:
To surf the net - virus and spyware free....and that it is.
Crash.....are you running OS X?
There is Word for MAC's.....hello?
I think the poster works for Bill Gates......LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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