RE: Mini Mac, is it worth switching for PC to Mac?

["Ward, David" <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd have to agree

I'm on XP & 2K at work and OSX, 2K & Xp at home
I hardly use the PC as anything other than a fileserver, or to drive my old
Parrallel port scanner and Psion Wavefinder - and most of that is done via
VNC from the Mac ;)


Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Hunter [mailto:cjhunter@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 January 2006 21:38
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Mini Mac, is it worth switching for PC to Mac?


'must say, I'm mystified by all this agonising over Windows or Mac ... I
use both, everyday - XP at work & OSX / OS8.6 at home - several hours
of
each ... and I have to say the choice for me is pretty straightforward -
if you value your time, if you just want to get things done & get on
with something else, if you want to concentrate of the job with a
minimum of distraction & concern for how it is to be achieved, if you
want a minimum of mouse-clicks, if you want to be able to leave a job
mid-sentance & come back to it just as you left it, if you want to go
back to something months after you last left it, find it quickly & get
going again with a minimum of hassle, if you have any concern for
aesthetics, if you want presentable results, if you want help that
actually helps, rather than patronising you or telling you only what you
already know, if you want a minimum of incomprehensible messages, about
things you didn't want to know, if you want a minimum of crashes, with a
minimum of consequences  - then go AppleMac.

Chris


Chris White wrote:

> We need a new PC at home, specifically for general house admin stuff
> as well as my basic web site design and management.
>
> We also have a new digi camcorder so this is the driver for upgrading
> my old P3 to a nice new machine with firewire so we can edit the
> videos and burn them back onto DVD.
>
> The crunch - we want to spend as little as possible, sub =A3500 if
> possible. Is the mini mac good enough to warrant moving over and
> changing all our software etc?
>
> Is it compatable with our exsisting wifi, as we both have work
> centrino laptops and is open or star office available for it? How much
> would the other software be to buy for it?
>
> Sorry for far to many questions!
>
> Chris







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