iMac

[Freelander Sporrano]

Has anyone out there any iMac experience I'm thinking of investing (Poor choice of words) in a new 24" iMac core 2 Duo .

I run 2 PC on a wireless setup with a Linsys WRT54g which can be set up for mixed (b-g) traffic. Will I have problems with networking ?

The guy at the Apple store says just do a network search using airport and couple up using my network password .Is it that simple ?

Techi Mac heads please help. I know you are out there

[Raphael]

go ahead and get that iMac. Once you go Mac, you will never go back to the PC. It is just as addictive as the kilt. I just got another one earlier this year and it is a fast machine and VERY STABLE. I have been using mac for the last few years and the machine ALWAYS works. It was never a down time.

and yes, your new iMac will be able to join your current wireless set up at home. but soon, you will ditch your current router and got for an Airport Extreme. and soon enough, you will also ditch the PCs and replace them with other Mac machines.

For now, keep your Sigan Dhu ready, your family is going to fight you for the use of the Mac.

you may need to increase the Freelander Sporran output in order to substain this habbit.

[Freelander Sporrano]

Wow Raph it looks like I'm in for a great ride of discovery. I'll keep you posted. (I knew this would happen I should have never got that 60 gig 5th gen earlier this year )
It would be fun to ichat when I get the beast

[pdcorlis]

I currently own an iMac, an iBook and a Mac Powerbook. Wireless networking with all of them is a snap. That's one thing about Macs, they just work - period.

[Tattoo Bradley]

Wow Raph it looks like I'm in for a great ride of discovery. I'll keep you posted. (I knew this would happen I should have never got that 60 gig 5th gen earlier this year )
It would be fun to ichat when I get the beast

I want an I-book myself, but it's a ways down the line (lotsa kilts to buy first :rolleyes: ) I bought the 30g V gener Ipod (didn't want to run into a "need" for a bigger machine ) Have you seen they just released an 80 gigger???? Itunes conveniently offers full length feature films too.

[starbkjrus]

Yep, what they said. I'm an old IT guy accomplished with Unix, Windows and MAC OS's. What do we run at home? A Power MAC G5, iBook G4 and MAC Mini Dual Core Intel all on OS X 10.4 Tiger

Buy the MAC. Take it home. Plug it in. Surf.

(Wouldn't hurt to pick up a copy of OS X Tiger for dummies though - lots of good tips and tricks if you like to play around with settings.)

May a dram be with you.

[chasem]

I don't currently own a mac, but I have been considering a mac laptop for my next computer. It's still a little while off, so I'm interested in this thread.

[Pour1Malt]

ai've been oan mac since the very fierst yin wi' the wee smily face...



noo ai run oan a G5...

[MacWage]

Using a Mac Powerbook (now with fresh new battery ) and an Airport RIGHT NOW. I love the flexibility and mobility of the set up, as well as the reliabilty of the mac. I still prefer the "classic" tools and all, though the sidebar (I put it on the far right side) is nice.

I also think Pages (mac's custom word processor) is MUCH more "user friendly" than Windows (in all but footnotes). So is Safari and most of the other "standard" Mac designed programs.

Tiger OS solves the main Mac problem-> now it runs windows programs too.


My brother-in-law, another PC to Mac convert says:
He likes the mac b/c it is so "intuitive," while PCs, especially Windows itself AND WORD is very anti-intuative.
The hardest part is to unlearn windows-ness and remember to think intuitively.

To quote Obi-Wan: "You must unlearn what you have learned"

[Freelander Sporrano]

Thanks for the comments Guys. Someone at work said when I said I was concidering an iMac....Thats Typical you David. .It'll suit you. First Landrovers ,kilts and, now iPod (Only one at my workplace) and. Mac.
You are just different
PS any of you Guys (Don't laugh) use an anti virus program ? I don't want to infect my PC's