wanted: realistic reasons to buy a mac

[tagliatelle]

I can't say that I have had a sleepless night. It exists from thirdparty software. I can't say that unlike having an other processor the $799 iMac is very usefull. It is a very basical computer, but it is sold in the computershop and finds some spying from cspeople.

[tagliatelle]

www.mosr.com any1? It will be very fast superseeded!

[edX]

so now that the new line of macs and iphoto have been released, does anyone have anything to add to this thread or to change from a previous answer?

btw - didn't see my friend today. so i couldn't ask him any specifics.

[Captain Code]

Originally posted by ZeroAltitude


Hi all,

What *I* thought Herve meant was that unlike Windows machines today, Mac OSX/OS9.x does not *seem* to have an out-of-the-box configuration for NATing -- that is, you can't just hook your Mac up, out of the box, to your local broadband connection and NAT out the rest of your network over a hub to the Internet.

Now, I don't know much about macs yet -- got my PowerBook G4 667 about 2 months ago, and have done just about everything I can find short of reformatting/repartitioning (which is soon to come!). Is there NAT out of the box on MacOSX/OS9? Something like Windows "Internet Connection Sharing"? Or do you currently need 3rd party software?

-ZeroAltitude

You can use the natd daemon to do NAT for you in OS X, but not in OS 9.
There are threads here that tell you how to do it, and I don't think it's that hard.

[iMan]

I think that the reasons 'why' are getting a bit too complicated.
I mean for a home user that doesn't care about all the tecnical aspects it won't make a differens.

My reasons for the consumer user:

For, say an iMac, you have two cables to connect, power and modem.
The computer is shipped with all the programs most people need. And they are of high quality and easy to lern and use.

Set up is easy and not time consuming. It's stable and you don't have to worry to much about getting infected with virus. To add a printer, scanner etc it won't take you allday and long phone calls to the support. If it made for Mac it's plug and play as it should be.

This is what I think is most important for the normal consumer who's not a computer expert and have no intention to be one. Someone who just want to use the computer and don't want to worry about what makes it all work, just that it does work.

[tagliatelle]

What I have spoken about @ Ed Spruiel is that the new Ilamp is so easy to use for videoclips. You synchronise the voice of the performer with the moving of the screen and the music. If the musical baseline sounds to poorly, you can add an other instrument. You must also have the face of the performer on the screen preventing from being a scary disaster.

[mrfluffy]

the new iMac is a great reason to buy

either you'll have the coolest computer available, which regardless of the pessemists is a great computer (the only place i could get the old iMac had the bottom of the range, a 600Mhz with 64MB and OS X installed so it didnt start up, for £800 about $1,200 the same price as the new iMac).

or he could get an old iMac for a dirt-cheap price cos the retailers will be clearing out.

[tagliatelle]

Mr Fluffy I know you has something to do with guitars. But I go bankrupt if I'm listening to your advice. I can't even choose my hardware. I have never been very keen in guitarplaying, but in the dactyloclass the teacher was forcing me to type blind and softwarecontrolled. They have judged at the university to study 2 modules instead of 3 or 4, because they are seeing that I have serious problems, and even to stop studying. You know Steve Jobs can kiss my ass!