Posted on 02/18/2008 8:43:10 AM PST by rivercat
Is water really wet?
“Pretty graphics, but all the computing power of a falling brick.”
For the past several years, Macs have been using EXACTLY THE SAME processors as do Windows PC’s.
In fact, most Mac motherboards now are [essentially] PC motherboards with a few additional custom chips. But the processors are no different.
Same processors. Same computing power.
Your next argument against the Mac?
- John
“Can you explain to me why there is no rt. click capability on the imac? How does one get past this?”
I’m typing this reply on a 4-year-old Macintosh g/4. The mouse beside me is a _Logitech_ MX-610 wireless mouse, with no less than TEN buttons on it (plus scroll wheel, up and down and side-to-side).
The MX-610 was marketed to PCs only - it has NO “Mac support” from Logitech, no drivers, no nothing.
I plugged it into my Mac and OS X recognized it IMMEDIATELY, and gave me use of most of the buttons, including the “right click” button. No drivers needed - NOTHING needed. I just plugged it in and it WORKED.
Try THAT with a PC product.
Where did you EVER get the idea that modern Macs don’t recognize and can’t utilize multi-button mice?
- John
Love my macbook pro..just got a call today from the tech. the macbook pro that i have is the second in less than a year and it too had a bad logic board! tests are being done to see what else may be a problem..
nevertheless i love my macbook...and even find myself slobbering over the new macbook air for travel! sigh : )
Of course it is...shucks I knew that...just enjoyed your humor! : )
“3. One who doesn’t have to reload the system SW on his own computer once a month because it has slowed to a crawl from of all the adware, spyware, viruses and bloatware.
I fit all three of the definitions. I guess I’m a snob”
Another snob here, I guess.
Talk about “reloading software”...
I got this g4 in March of 2004. At that time, I re-initialized and partitioned the internal hard drive, after which I had to do a reinstall of the software (OS 10.3.2).
Since that time, I have use Apple’s “software update” to download and upgrade the original system as updates were released. I do the “usual things”, like repairing permissions - and I also like to defrag and optimize my boot drive from time to time (although I know that the Mac OS doesn’t require this).
Yet, for almost FOUR YEARS now, I have been running on the original software installation (updated periodically), and have NEVER done a complete re-install of the System Software. It’s still running along just fine, now at version 10.3.9, where it will remain.
Does it work that well on PC’s? :)
- John
Can you care to elaborate?
“If I’m still using a PowerComputing Mac clone from 1996, am I still allowed to be snobby?”
I’ll say.
Actually, I just retired my old PowerMac 9600 from the same time about 6 months ago. Not because it was broken, but I was running into an increasing number of websites that the older “Classic” OS 9.2.2 (along with my old Netscape 4.0.1 browser) wouldn’t handle well any more.
It still worked great for Free Republic, though...!
- John
Oh I see, there is DNA sequencing software available for the MAC.
“Precisely what I’m trying to do; become educated. Dh bought me an imac for Christmas. I’m starting with nothing, except little pieces of help from FReepers. One day, I’ll get on over to the area Apple store and learn even more. Until then, I’ll continue to ask questions, which unfortunately means I’ll continue to tolerate posts such as yours.”
You might try..
“The Little Mac Book”
“The Mac Bible, Tiger version” (not sure if a Leopard version is out yet)
“ Mac OS X - The Missing Manual”
The first two would be just what you’re looking for...
- John
The fastest Windows Vista notebook we've tested this year (through 10/25/07) is a Mac. Try that again: The fastest Windows Vista notebook we've tested this year--or for that matter, ever--is a Mac. Not a Dell, not a Toshiba, not even an Alienware. The $2419 (plus the price of a copy of Windows Vista, of course) MacBook Pro's PC WorldBench 6 Beta 2 score of 88 beats Gateway's E-265M by a single point, but the MacBook's score is far more impressive simply because Apple couldn't care less whether you run Windows.
I remember now... you want your Mac to run exactly like a Windows machine... and don't want to learn how to use it properly. You even said as much in a previous thread. When it doesn't run like Windows you blame it.
In recent years, Apple's fundamental product is software like the OS X operating system. Hardware is almost irrelevant, especially since Apple switched to Intel chips.
In most respects, the Mac hardware is just a commodity PC in a well-designed case. The thing that distinguishes Macs from Windows PCs is the operating system.
I already did in reply #339... with news reports of the use of Macs in Genetic Research.
In fact, it can do exactly what the IT guy claimed it couldn't do...
“Mac makes our presentations do backflips, but can it defrag a DNA string, and send the code to Hopkins? Hardly.”
... and does it very well.
Yep, lots of it...
Mac OS X uses a Unix utility called "cron" to schedule periodic tasks like updating log files, file maintenance, etc.. cron can run those tasks daily, weekly, monthly, etc. in the "background". Generally, the user is unaware of the background activity, but you noticed it apparently due to the pattern of when the beach ball was occurring.
It's possible that you might find some clues about the problem by checking your log files. The "Console" application - in the Utilities folder - allows you to look at the log files. In log files like "system.log" and "daily.out", you may find some entries that tell what was going on when the "beach ball of death" occurred.
In my experience, the most common cause of the beach ball is Internet communication errors combined with bad client-side scripting. But it may be possible to get past the beach ball by clicking on the Finder desktop, then using the "Force Quit" command under the Apple menu to terminate the frozen application.
Most Mac software developers would agree with your critique of C, C++, data-alignment issues, etc.
I don't know about Bob but you can leave Window ME and Windows Vista out of this conversation if you expect to remain FRiends.
XP, however, is another story. You can mention that all you like, XP was the perfection of the user interface, the challenge they said was insurmountable when talk first started of introducing computers for the home. XP was the final perfection to all that fiddling in 95, 98 and 2000.
Now have you seen the flipping hour glass on your PC?
[ ] Yes
[X] *No
[ ] I refuse to admit that it is the SAME THING as the spinning beach ball.
* But I do know that if I ever do see one that it is the PC equivalent of the spinning beach ball.
Those things should work on your Mac. You may need to download and install some free software, like Microsoft's Windows Media Player, or Flip4Mac or VNC.
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