Fun Stuff. (http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-5-funniest-get-a-mac-spoofs)
"Once you go Mac you never go back."
Ask JR :lol:
I love the upgrading video. :lol: Now that is entertainment! :-D
Computerworld's Windows expert, has given the final verdict to Windows after 3 months of using a Mac. And the verdict is: "Sayonara." Finnie is known to readers here for his many reviews of Vista as it progressed to release. Quoting: "If you give the Mac three months, as I did, you won't go back either. The hardest part is paying for it â€ââ,¬Â everything after that gets easier and easier. Perhaps fittingly, it took me the full three-month trial period to pay off my expensive MacBook Pro. But the darn thing is worth every penny."
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/07/02/08/2031244.shtml
I recently bought my wife a MacBook and I'm already falling in love with it. It is more than likely when my current HP laptops nears its EOL, I'll be buying a MacBook Pro.
Maybe when I'm rich and don't care about playing PC games anymore, I'll get a Mac. :-D
AMEN To that, I like my games :-P
I'm seriously considering getting a Mac, but I want to hear about some of its downfalls first. Everyone talks about how great they are, but there has to be something wrong with them. I was just wondering if any Mac users out there would be so kind as to share the problems that they've had.
As for playing games, is there a free Virtual Machine program out there that one could use to run Windows inside and play games on that? I know it is, although a little slow, possible for a PC to do. Just a thought.
Finally, does anyone know of any good graphical C/C++ compilers for the Mac? TY :-)
There is very little software that is compatible for a Mac that can be ran on a PC.
QuoteFinally, does anyone know of any good graphical C/C++ compilers for the Mac? TY :-)
Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org/) with the CDT (http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/) extension
QuotePhoenix wrote:
I'm seriously considering getting a Mac, but I want to hear about some of its downfalls first.
I used one all through college and my issues were minor at worst:
- Like with anything, first generation hardware can be wonky. 85% of the time it's fine, but that remaining 15% can *really* suck. Let the early adopting hipsters find all the bad bugs for you.
- Networking between WinXP and OS X works, but sometimes you have to fiddle with it.
- Your software choices *can* be limited (pSpice?!), but a whole freakin' world of *nix software is only a quick compile away. For what it's worth, what Mac-native software there is (a non-trivial amount, mind you) tends to be pretty decent. Or you can always virtualize.
QuoteAs for playing games, is there a free Virtual Machine program out there that one could use to run Windows inside and play games on that?
You're funny. Mac gaming is a sad, sad joke (one that's caused me much pain over the years). On the bright side, my drug of choice (WoW) runs natively. If you're a serious gamer, though, just build yourself a machine. Trying to upgrade a mac beyond RAM/HDD is a major pain thanks to tight engineering.
QuoteFinally, does anyone know of any good graphical C/C++ compilers for the Mac?
XCode 2 (current ver) runs gcc4.0 and is free to anyone with a mac. I've only used it for ObjC and C but it'll handle C++ (or Java, if you're nasty). I really like it.
They also tend to hold resale pretty darn well. ArsTechnica summary:
< http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/2/13/7033 >
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