OT: Intel Macs - Official dual boot for XP

Was Word 98 included with the OS?

Reply to
Antony Gelberg
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Does the case look as subtle and consumer designed orientated as the Mac Mini? :p

Reply to
DervMan

You decided you didn't like your job?

Reply to
DervMan

This speaks volumes. With all your experience, you think that all computing tasks are covered by iLife?

There were too many negatives in this sentence for me to understand it.

Reply to
Antony Gelberg

Yes, but you're not using one ;)

Richard

Reply to
RichardK

Antony, I'm TAKING THE PISS.

But really. Macs come with AppleWorks (at least until very recently) and iLife. What do normal people do with their computers that requires additional software?

I mean, there's a reason why I have nearly £10,000 worth of software on my G5, but I need that stuff for work. Not for arsing about online.

Makes sense to me. *shrugs*

Richard

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RichardK

I wasn't, but it is popular. It has come from nowhere to be one of the most popular Linux distributions, if not the most popular. It has a particularly friendly user community, stable foundation and it is very much bringing Linux to people who don't know much about computers, traditionally a Mac domain.

Reply to
Antony Gelberg

Indeed. Can't you upgrade between OS releases for free over the network? That's *so* dinosaur.

It's not now. That's the point. They are in control. You are at their mercy.

Now you're telling us what a home user needs. You should work for Apple.

Reply to
Antony Gelberg

That doesn't surprise me at all.

Reply to
Antony Gelberg

Do we have to learn the secret handshake first?

Reply to
Antony Gelberg

Ah. It speaks volumes that I believe that a Mac user would say that sincerely.

So you're not taking the piss.

Reply to
Antony Gelberg

No. You just have to obtain a Macintosh (or a suitably cracked release of OS X and compatible Intel hardware), and try it.

Really. So many people accuse Mac users of being rabid etc, but people that don't use them are considerably worse in terms of "anti-Mac" responses.

Mac users will often say something about Windows such as "it is prone to virus attacks". This is, like it or not, true. Anti-Mac people appear to just have utterly random and incorrect ideas!

Richard

Reply to
RichardK

No lie at all. Quite a simple process to do an in place upgrade to 95, 98, me, 2000, xp. Upgrading apps is also simple.

Reply to
Tim S Kemp

Yes, it does. Largely, about your own perception of modern computing. You consider that I am a computer geek of some variety, however, you appear to have a much less accurate grasp on the realities of modern computer usage by the masses.

Want to tell me what else they do that isn't covered by what ships in the box with every Mac?

Richard

Reply to
RichardK

I know more Windows owners than OSX More OSX than SCO More SCO than VMS More VMS than TOS More TOS than Amiga More Amiga tha Linux.

Reply to
Tim S Kemp

You should get a job on one of those sites and try it.

we'll watch.

Reply to
Tim S Kemp

Why a LiveCD? Goalpost shifting?

Reply to
Conor

I have tried it. I have no interest in breaking commercial licence terms to escape vendor-imposed restrictions.

Whereas pro-Mac people are sorted individuals who haven't just bought an overpriced plastic mass-produced computer.

Reply to
Antony Gelberg

Over a network? For free?

Do you buy or download one install package for each app? Yes. Does it work over the network? No. Can you do the entire OS and all your apps with one command? Didn't think so. I can. It's a three word command. People who prefer to use the mouse can do it with four clicks.

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Antony Gelberg

I have a job already, thanks.

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Antony Gelberg

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