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#1
July 9th, 2002, 08:40 PM
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| Major Decision - Need Advice
I am seriously considering selling my Desktop PC and earning a bit more money to pay for a Powerbook G4. This means that I would totally abandon Windows and over 5 years of experience with it and enter into the Mac world. I have no experience with Macs. I used them a little in 5th grade but besides that I have no experience. What do you think? I've been drooling over the Powerbook G4 and iBook and I've been wanting to learn UNIX. I need your advice.  |
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#2
July 9th, 2002, 08:47 PM
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 Go for it!
Definitely   Do it.
__________________ —XAQ ||| iMac G4 | 15" LCD | 800mhz | 512 mb ram | 60 gig HD | Mac OS X 10.3.1 | Super-Drive ||| |
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#3
July 9th, 2002, 08:50 PM
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| Re: Go for it! Quote:
I need to find somebody to buy my computer and I need the cheapest Powerbook G4 available. If I'm getting rid of my computer I might as well go all out and get the Powerbook instead of the iBook, right?  |
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#4
July 9th, 2002, 08:53 PM
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Mac are way better than PCs. go here: http://www.apple.com/switch Yes you might as well buy a Powerbook, they are much more powerful and have bigger screens. If you buy Virtual PC you can runall of your old windows programs.
__________________ —XAQ ||| iMac G4 | 15" LCD | 800mhz | 512 mb ram | 60 gig HD | Mac OS X 10.3.1 | Super-Drive ||| |
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July 9th, 2002, 08:56 PM
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Are there file sharing programs on the Mac? And with MS Word. If I make a document on it in Windows (at school for instance) then can I transfer it to my Mac and it will work? I know its a dumb question but this is very important... [edit] and will Quake 3 run well on a Powerbook? Can I run it at the Max resolution? |
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#6
July 9th, 2002, 09:02 PM
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1 Yes file sharing is built into the mac. 2 any Microsoft office documents (word, excel, powerpoint, etc.) is fully compatible with Mac OS X if you have Office or word for Mac OS X 3 I don't know about Quake 3, Sorry
__________________ —XAQ ||| iMac G4 | 15" LCD | 800mhz | 512 mb ram | 60 gig HD | Mac OS X 10.3.1 | Super-Drive ||| |
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July 9th, 2002, 09:04 PM
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I feel this huge urge to get one now  My only problem is that I might find out that I hate it or something...I need to find a way to get money and I need to try it out before I buy it... |
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July 9th, 2002, 09:07 PM
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1. You probably shouldn't buy it until late August or whenever Jaguar (the codename for the next software upgrade: http://www.apple.com/macosx/newversion) so that you get it for free 2. If you want to try it out, go to the nearest Apple Retail Store: http://www.apple.com/retail
__________________ —XAQ ||| iMac G4 | 15" LCD | 800mhz | 512 mb ram | 60 gig HD | Mac OS X 10.3.1 | Super-Drive ||| |
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