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IYO, what's the best thing about mac's?

My favorate things? mmm well

1) REAL plug and play
2) Having CUPS on the linux print server made setting up the printer just that little bit easier....more like no work was needed
3) REAL suspend mode on my PB, not like botched windows laptops that never really suspend properly, usually crash en burn when unsuspended.
4) you dont need to spend 3-4 weeks learning the OS, it just works naturally...

in addition to that, when i first got my powerbook i tried to learn MacOSX... spent ages scratching my head over simple things, thank god for my computer idiot girlfriend...she could use it better than i could! so talk about simple to use! i was taking a far too techincal approach to using macs.
 
I have installed only 2 drivers EVER whilst owning my mac and only cause i wanted the advanced features:

My HP Deskjet 5550 didn't need them but advanced options (such as amount of ink to use in each drop) are only available through them.

My MS Wireless Optical Mouse cause I could use it but I wanted to configure the middle button to do special things : in safari it Cmd-Clicks (open link in new tab), globally (if app not specified) it double-clicks, in preview push+roll forward zooms in, etc etc

Basically - I didn't need these drivers - I wanted them - and even though they were only meant for jag (which they worked nicely on) they installed flawlessly in panther too.
 
when i bought in, it was the hardware (fast as balls G4s, back in the pentium toasting days). through today, it's been the software. fcp, osx, itunes, and i get all the other stuff i need too. the community is an added bonus, as is the design.
 
Originally posted by Counterfit
Now there's an idea...
Kind of like the G3 iMacs they have at one of the dining halls at URI (Uni, of Rhode Island). They put some touchscreens on them, and you order your deli sandwiches.
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At NU we don't have iMacs...or deli sandwiches.
 
At UK (Kentucky) all of our mac labs are hidden in various spots around campus. Most of my friends don't know where they are, even though they pass by the labs on a daily basis. Most of the macs have scanners, keyboards, or some order of insanely expensive equipment hooked to them. The pc's on campus have a terrible grinding sound "attached" to them!

*unrelated banter*
BTW, sorry to dissapoint the rest of the Div. 1 schools out there, but the Wildcats are going to win the SEC title/championship (again) and the big dance this spring. Tubby Smith is the man.
 
Originally posted by benixau
My MS Wireless Optical Mouse cause I could use it but I wanted to configure the middle button to do special things : in safari it Cmd-Clicks (open link in new tab), globally (if app not specified) it double-clicks, in preview push+roll forward zooms in, etc etc
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Awesome! I'm assuming you mean the Bluetooth Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer?

I have the Wireless Optical Desktop and have lost my CD that came with it. I was wondering if you could possibly email the WindowsXP drivers to me at all?
 
encro - The MS Wireless optical mouse is a 27 MHz device - I do not have the BT version and sadly - stingy MS - wont let you download it.

Anyone else able to help him.
If the file is too big - i will arrange an iChat with the person as I have cable and I can then send a CD of the driver to the person.

Thanks guys in advance and sorry encro.
 
What I like about the Mac:

Dragability. If I want to put an icon in the Dock, I can just drag it there. If I want to remove it, I just drag it out. If I want to add an attachment to an email, I drag it in. And so on. Sure, you can drag in Windows too, but most Windows apps seem to like grabbing the entire screen so you can't see what you're doing!

Which leads me on to Exposé. If I can't see what I want, I can just press an Exposé key and get there immediately.

iTunes. I love iTunes. It's out for Windows now which nullifies this advantage :(

Stability. I think my iBook crashed 6 times in its 10-month lifetime. Contrast that with my mum's Dell laptop, which crashed within its first hour of use, and it took me 40 minutes to get it going again. It involved running chkdsk from a recovery console. Imagine what it would be like to have to do that if you're inexperienced with Windows!

No popups. When I got my first Mac, the first thing I downloaded was Safari. Now I don't have to put up with popups, or virii for that matter.

PDF. The inbuilt PDF creation is excellent. Time for a little story. In our programming class, our teacher draw a diagram on the board explaining how database programming works. Some people started copying it down by hand. The guy next to me, Nick, starts up OpenOffice on Windows and starts creating the diagram. I pull out my iBook, fire up OmniGraffle, and have the entire thing drawn 5 minutes before Nick has finished - and mine looks a lot nicer. I proceed to make a PDF of it, and email it to everyone who wanted it.

Portability. My Power Mac's handles make it easier to carry than my old PC :)

I could go on like this all night!
 
Originally posted by leet1
or .....

1. Drag shortcut to start menu

lol :p
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The problem with the start menu is that every program is like, "hey I'll throw my stuff in there so they can use me all the time..," and if you want to delete it you have to right-click it, then click delete.

With the dock you just click, hold and drag it out of the dock. I put what I want in the dock.

I hate having the start menu with the thing where has to wrap to another menu because i have 3000 programs intalled and every single one ever is in there. And with companies routinely attaching their name before the product, i.e. "Lavasoft AdAware" it's a pain in the ass to search for stuff i don't use that often. I look at my dock and can name each thing, even if i don't use it that much.
 
I don't have to clog my system with anti-software!

Seeing Ethernet76 mention AdAware reminded me of something I REALLY love about OSX...

I don't have to clog my system with anti-this-and-that software.

eg anti-virus, anti-hackers, anti-adware, anti-popups, anti-freeze, anti-crash

did i miss any?

PS And I love your "...little story..." Nermal. It really summed the productivity up of Macs and OSX well.
 
People say that a cheap fast PC is the best deal for surfing the web, emailing, but Im not so sure. With a Mac you pay a premium for functional simplicity which very often gives you a deal that is far faster than any suped up PC running Windows.

ie My PC mate wanted me to email some Macromedia flash code to his Yahoo account. He was like an old woman saying do this, that and the other the "Windows and free Yahoo way", by which time I had highlighted the code, opened Mail, clicked on new, dragged and dropped the code across and typed in his address. Goodbye. It was as quick as that.

Maybe the PC way would do the same job but no way is it so clear and stressless.
 
It's like comparing a tvr with an austin martin tvr may be fast but is breaks down every frickin minet the austin just runs and runs and runs
 
Re: IYO, what's the best thing about mac's?

Originally posted by kuyu
As queried in the subject, what do you feel is the best thing about a mac? Is it the hardware, software, OS, community, etc.?
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-kuyu

It's the fact I can trust it with 15+years of personal and professional information and not only not have to worry about reliability, but reporting anything back to motherships.
 
I have a friend that was a HUGE Windows buff, used them all his life, does huge amounts of php programming, and all kinds of crazy **** on his Windows machine. Having seen the work I've done on the Mac I convinced him to buy a new 15 inch PBook like mine, and he said that he loved the .dmg idea! I didn't believe him that there wasn't equivalent free part of Windows that did the same thing. I mean, it's a great idea, and most of Apple's great ideas have been bastardized into the Window's OSes.

As far as using a Mac over Windows, I feel that Windows computers can be extremely powerful and productive tools, but my Mac is really a part of me. It's an extension of my person, and that connection makes it so many more times productive.
 
What do I love?

The fact that there are so many things to list, as has been shown above, is what I love about it. It's a complete package.

But I'll add one more: trust. I trust my computer because I trust my OS and I (mostly) trust the developer. I trust it it to work, to respect my way of doing things, and to be secure. Using Windows preyed on my anxieties--I always felt vulnerable and exploited.

But what I appreciate most every morning that I wake it up is that it's so damn good looking.
 
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