tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post6281644693535590918..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: I hate computersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-67690098778562126142008-08-13T07:13:00.000+01:002008-08-13T07:13:00.000+01:00Thanks, WG, that was very useful. I just want to d...Thanks, WG, that was very useful. I just want to drive - I'm not the type that has three cars in pieces on the front lawn.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-62761816535325118642008-08-12T13:34:00.000+01:002008-08-12T13:34:00.000+01:00You need a Mac, and install Parallels if you want ...You need a Mac, and install Parallels if you want to continue to run some Windows software.<BR/><BR/>I have Windows at work, my wife has a Windows laptop, I have a Mac laptop (G4 iBook) and a Linux laptop, (Arch Linux), and desktop (Debian).<BR/><BR/>Linux leaves me in control, but I work in IT and have been using it since 1993, (v0.98 of the kernel). I built a machine running Ubuntu for my parents - but they can always call on me if they need help.<BR/><BR/>Windows is a nightmare.<BR/><BR/>The Mac just works.<BR/><BR/>At your level of IT (in)competence you need a Mac.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948105455433369982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-1028062898453454182008-08-07T09:05:00.000+01:002008-08-07T09:05:00.000+01:00Check these, it's super easy to set up (you need t...Check these, it's super easy to set up (you need to basically know how to install Windows...)<BR/><BR/>http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/<BR/><BR/>http://www.parallels.com/en/desktop/pejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958133367017526690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-66342746240639207112008-08-07T06:52:00.000+01:002008-08-07T06:52:00.000+01:00Pej - sounds wonderful, I'll have to get someone t...Pej - sounds wonderful, I'll have to get someone to sort this for me.<BR/><BR/>Cherrypie - boasting! Just because I'm a two-finger typist and non-techie.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-15079925387408544792008-08-06T22:22:00.000+01:002008-08-06T22:22:00.000+01:00I am lucky I know quite a few techie people. For ...I am lucky I know quite a few techie people. For my current PC I decided what I needed and my brother built my it for me, then I loaded all the software myself.CherryPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788084724907992076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-73042324662340194232008-08-06T20:53:00.000+01:002008-08-06T20:53:00.000+01:00Basically, with Virtualisation (some software) you...Basically, with Virtualisation (some software) you can run Mac OS X and windows and linux at the same time, without noticeable performance issues.<BR/><BR/>That's awesome.<BR/><BR/>Pej The IT-guy :-(pejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958133367017526690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-52546265190056729572008-08-06T20:06:00.000+01:002008-08-06T20:06:00.000+01:00PEJ: virtual mode? I'm lost already. JMB: I starte...PEJ: virtual mode? I'm lost already. <BR/><BR/>JMB: I started with the early Amstrads - the Sinclair Spectrum and, I think, the one before it. Should have kept up with developments after that.<BR/><BR/>DM: Microsoft's predominance is like the victory of VHS over Betamax, even though (I understand) Betamax is technically superior and is what TV companies used.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-40332950802254951042008-08-06T19:24:00.000+01:002008-08-06T19:24:00.000+01:00I used to be a Mac user and remember the pain of s...I used to be a Mac user and remember the pain of swapping to a PC. Nothing was intuitive any more, or was intuitive only to an autistic non-English speaker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-89155331817136571592008-08-06T19:12:00.000+01:002008-08-06T19:12:00.000+01:00I wonder about switching next time, but besides pr...I wonder about switching next time, but besides price it's learning another new thing that puts me off.<BR/> <BR/>Yes well we all hate them but do you want to go back to the pre home computer days? I don't think so. Our first home computer was a Northstar Horizon with no hard drive in the early 80s. We've come a long way baby.jmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-23540291163143397612008-08-06T18:26:00.000+01:002008-08-06T18:26:00.000+01:00well, basically Excel2008 for mac is like Windows ...well, basically Excel2008 for mac is like Windows ME: very slow, crashes all the time, and you can do VBA nor use addins!!!!! useless rubbish!<BR/>But excel for windows works like a charm in virtual mode.<BR/><BR/>Downside would be that after using a pc for so long, your mind is totally twisted, so you will try to look for some very complicated way of getting things done with your mac where the solution is super easy ;-)<BR/><BR/>downside: you might need to reboot your mac to windows to play the latest games. I don't play :-)pejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958133367017526690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-16338448466293492762008-08-06T17:53:00.000+01:002008-08-06T17:53:00.000+01:00Hi, Liz! Don't me started on cars, I'm nursing a F...Hi, Liz! Don't me started on cars, I'm nursing a Fiat Brava at the moment - only because some toerag stole my old Vauxhall Astra.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-29394565159731961822008-08-06T13:05:00.000+01:002008-08-06T13:05:00.000+01:00Just to throw a spanner in your engine, Husband, w...Just to throw a spanner in your engine, Husband, who works in IT, reckons MACs are for nerds who like gimmicks.<BR/><BR/>That said, we have 3 old cars that we both prefer to the modern ones ...Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-77085120910846914642008-08-06T11:25:00.000+01:002008-08-06T11:25:00.000+01:00PEJ, Tom, thank you. PEJ, I do use Excel a lot, th...PEJ, Tom, thank you. <BR/><BR/>PEJ, I do use Excel a lot, though. Can I transfer data from Mr Crappy to Mr Easy-use? What pronloems are there with the Mac spreadsheet?<BR/><BR/>And what's the word on Linux?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-33300643965823552922008-08-06T10:13:00.000+01:002008-08-06T10:13:00.000+01:00One additional thing:- if you spend 99% of your ti...One additional thing:<BR/>- if you spend 99% of your time in Excel, then maybe switching to Mac is not such a great idea, because Office 2008 (for Mac) is really crap.<BR/>- I use virtualization software (like Parallels and VMWare) to run Visual Studio and Excel on my mac and limit the Windows usage to that.pejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958133367017526690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-45302358670489815572008-08-06T09:19:00.000+01:002008-08-06T09:19:00.000+01:00pej does not exaggerate. I was on the verge of giv...pej does not exaggerate. I was on the verge of giving up on my home PC, having concluded that life was simply too short to spend on fighting viruses and coping with Windows' manifold idiosyncrasies. <BR/><BR/>Windows is designed by engineers for people with no lives and no aesthetic sense. I would never use it without 24/7 tech support (as I have at work - and even then I still hate logging on). <BR/><BR/>Having moved over to Macs at home, my computer has become what it should always have been, a reliable tool for the things I want to achieve in my life. Even my IT support brother-in-law, who makes his living supporting Windows, has moved over (on the basis -initially- of watching how a new Mac asks for the old one to be connected so its data and settings can be transferred - and then just does it). <BR/><BR/>Just incidentally (although Windows puritans suspect this is all that it is) a Mac and Mac OSX are also aesthetic delights.<BR/><BR/>I had an uncle once who so loved messing with cars that the traded a reliable one for an East German Wartburg, so he could spend his weekends tinkering. If you have that mentality, stick with Windows. If you like your car to fire up when you turn the ignition key, get a Mac.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-63628972181578477892008-08-06T09:00:00.000+01:002008-08-06T09:00:00.000+01:00Macs are the best!!I have been using them for year...Macs are the best!!<BR/>I have been using them for years, and every morning when I walk into the office and log into my Windows box, I want to cry :-)pejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958133367017526690noreply@blogger.com