OMG my friend just bought a Mac Powerbook...

[SpiderX]

And she just asked me if a certain website was "mac compatible".

And why did she buy a mac you may ask? Because she thought they were cute. :disgust:

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: SpiderX
And she just asked me if a certain website was "mac compatible".

And why did she buy a mac you may ask? Because she thought they were cute. :disgust:

Well, I was going to say so what, until the "Because she thought they were cute" part.

 

[ElFenix]

albooks kick arse

 

[notfred]

Regardless of her ineptitude, she still got a cool notebook.

 

[RichieZ]

how different is that frm guys buying it becasue they think it looks cool/sleek? But I think I will soon have another thinkpad, T40P

 

[Aceshigh]

Blah.

Apple is the AOL of the computer hardware world. I'm not suprised a new Mac owner would ask if a site is mac-compatible.

 

[Xionide]

Originally posted by: Aceshigh
Blah.

Apple is the AOL of the computer hardware world. I'm not suprised a new Mac owner would ask if a site is mac-compatible.

 

[JetsFanatic]

Originally posted by: notfred
Regardless of her ineptitude, she still got a cool notebook.

Rite on!!!

 

[Ornery]

One thing I've never heard mentioned concerning Mac notebooks VS PC notebooks concerns compatibility with existing software. You know damn well that 95% of the computers you'll be working with will be Wintel machines. Why would you opt out of 100% compatibility with all those machines? Because it's cute?

Chances are, you have a Wintel clone sitting home on your desktop. Why not be able to use every piece of software you've collected for it? I've got no use for any notebook right now, but if I were to buy one, I'd want to be able to use my copies of PhotoShop, MS Office and AutoCAD on there, among MANY others. Seems like a valid consideration to me! And to have to spend more money for equivalent performance, or the same money for less, just because it's 'cute' or 'cool', seems like insult to injury.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Ornery
One thing I've never heard mentioned concerning Mac notebooks VS PC notebooks concerns compatibility with existing software. You know damn well that 95% of the computers you'll be working with will be Wintel machines. Why would you opt out of 100% compatibility with all those machines? Because it's cute?

Chances are, you have a Wintel clone sitting home on your desktop. Why not be able to use every piece of software you've collected for it? I've got no use for any notebook right now, but if I were to buy one, I'd want to be able to use my copies of PhotoShop, MS Office and AutoCAD on there, among MANY others. Seems like a valid consideration to me! And to have to spend more money for equivalent performance, or the same money for less, just because it's 'cute' or 'cool', seems like insult to injury.

If you were to buy a new wintel laptop as a secondary machine, not as a replacement, you would still have to buy new software, since it is considered piracy to install the same key on multiple machines.

Second, how many people here buy the latest $300 case here because it looks cool? Seems pretty silly to me, too.

 

[Ornery]

I don't feel I should have to pay for two licences of the same software for a desktop and portable. You can't use both at once! I know I'm stuck with the OS, but the balance of my software will (and should) work on both.

 

[Kntx]

Damn you haters!!

powerbooks are awesome, good for her!

 

[focusyn]

Originally posted by: Kntx
Damn you haters!!

powerbooks are awesome, good for her!

haha, yea as a apple user myself i agree, and i don't really have to worry as much about the software i've collected since i've always used macs anyway. but at the same time spending a $2000+ on a laptop with an OS you're not familiar with simply because it looks cute on the outside is loco. she must have a lot of money to splurge.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Aceshigh
Blah.

Apple is the AOL of the computer hardware world. I'm not suprised a new Mac owner would ask if a site is mac-compatible.

I hear plenty of x86 based PC owners asking similarly stupid questions.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Ornery
One thing I've never heard mentioned concerning Mac notebooks VS PC notebooks concerns compatibility with existing software. You know damn well that 95% of the computers you'll be working with will be Wintel machines. Why would you opt out of 100% compatibility with all those machines? Because it's cute?

Chances are, you have a Wintel clone sitting home on your desktop. Why not be able to use every piece of software you've collected for it? I've got no use for any notebook right now, but if I were to buy one, I'd want to be able to use my copies of PhotoShop, MS Office and AutoCAD on there, among MANY others. Seems like a valid consideration to me! And to have to spend more money for equivalent performance, or the same money for less, just because it's 'cute' or 'cool', seems like insult to injury.

I can use 90% of the software I have at home for my x86 based PC on my Mac. Of course, I don't use crap like Windows, so that helps.

 

[loup garou]

Sweet laptop...I'm jealous.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Ornery
I don't feel I should have to pay for two licences of the same software for a desktop and portable. You can't use both at once! I know I'm stuck with the OS, but the balance of my software will (and should) work on both.

You don't get the choice. They made the software, you follow their rules. Or be an ass. Whatever. And I usually use my notebook (Apple), my x86 based PC, and my sparc machines at the same time. It makes it easier on me.

 

[T3C]

Originally posted by: notfred
Regardless of her ineptitude, she still got a cool notebook.

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Ornery
I don't feel I should have to pay for two licences of the same software for a desktop and portable. You can't use both at once! I know I'm stuck with the OS, but the balance of my software will (and should) work on both.

You don't get the choice. They made the software, you follow their rules. Or be an ass. Whatever. And I usually use my notebook (Apple), my x86 based PC, and my sparc machines at the same time. It makes it easier on me.

So, software compatibility is no concern what-so-ever, eh? Talk about being an ass.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Ornery

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Ornery
I don't feel I should have to pay for two licences of the same software for a desktop and portable. You can't use both at once! I know I'm stuck with the OS, but the balance of my software will (and should) work on both.

You don't get the choice. They made the software, you follow their rules. Or be an ass. Whatever. And I usually use my notebook (Apple), my x86 based PC, and my sparc machines at the same time. It makes it easier on me.

So, software compatibility is no concern what-so-ever, eh? Talk about being an ass.

Software compatibility is not a concern to me, like I said. I use software that is not as limited as much of the proprietary software in use out there. Freedom is a wonderful thing. But that isn't part of the post you quoted. The post you quoted was in response to your idealistic comments about how things should be instead of how they are.

 

[Ornery]

95% of the computers people interact with ARE Wintels. That's reality. That's the way things are. In reality, I don't even need a notebook, but if they ever get reasonably priced enough to become an impulse purchase, I'd want the damn thing to use the software I have and use. It should be able to display the files I've created over the last 10 years. That's just common sense!

 

[Supahfreak]

Good thing she used her own money and not yours, huh...

FreAk

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Ornery
95% of the computers people interact with ARE Wintels. That's reality. That's the way things are. In reality, I don't even need a notebook, but if they ever get reasonably priced enough to become an impulse purchase, I'd want the damn thing to use the software I have and use. It should be able to display the files I've created over the last 10 years. That's just common sense!

And like I said, mine can do that, for me. I don't care what the other 95% are using. That does not in any way shape or form affect my decisions on what I use. And even if I used a Windows machine at home, 99% of the stuff I do can be done on a Mac. 99% of the files I have ever created, editted, viewed, or listened to can be used on my Mac. I'm not sure where the problem is.

If it matters, I'm not upgrading to a new Mac anytime soon. I'm buying a Dell laptop this time.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Ornery
95% of the computers people interact with ARE Wintels. That's reality. That's the way things are. In reality, I don't even need a notebook, but if they ever get reasonably priced enough to become an impulse purchase, I'd want the damn thing to use the software I have and use. It should be able to display the files I've created over the last 10 years. That's just common sense!

Uh...why would you not be able to "display the files you've created" on a Mac?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: Ornery
95% of the computers people interact with ARE Wintels. That's reality. That's the way things are. In reality, I don't even need a notebook, but if they ever get reasonably priced enough to become an impulse purchase, I'd want the damn thing to use the software I have and use. It should be able to display the files I've created over the last 10 years. That's just common sense!

Uh...why would you not be able to "display the files you've created" on a Mac?

Because he doesn't want to buy software and doesn't know where to pirate it? Because he does not realize that there is a lot of software available for the Mac? Because that one button mouse is a little complicated for him?