I use a Mac, therefore I am

Ya, don't ask me to elaborate too much on the title of this post, I didn't mean anything too deep by it.

I picked up my new/old Mac that a reader gave me. It is an older system, but It does a great job. It's a dual 867mhz G4 with a gig of RAM, 10GB hard drive and Leopard OS. While it may seem a little dated by Mac standards, it is every bit as fast as my dual core Pentium that I typically run XP on.

I haven't used it for any digital photography stuff, but I didn't want it for that. I wanted a mac so I could use it exclusively for a few weeks and learn how to help my Mac clients adapt to "the switch" from Windows.

A few years ago, and maybe currently, Mac used the slogan, "It just works." That is about all I have to say about it. The only complaints I have are about the lack of programs that I am used to on the PC.

I really miss Picasa - iPhoto is no Picasa. Although it comes in at a pretty close second. The program I miss most though is Cloudmark Desktop. Filtering spam is a royal pain. I setup Thurderbird as my email system because the Mac Mail program is pretty limited.

I also loaded Firefox and I am using Zoho for my word processor. I tried AbiWord, but it wasn't completely compatible with Leopard.

After spending a few hours yesterday configuring the system, I am totally ready to use it exclusively indefinitely. I will probably boot up my Windows system from time to time for updates and to use Picasa, but that's about it.

I will post more as I discover more. Viva La Mac!

• ‹ previous
• 236 of 1411
• next ›