Opinions from the Apple crowd.

[O'Neille]

I plugged in a new imac 24" 2.8/320 last Friday. I wanted something I could work on while watching movies and general multitasking in my new office. I've got four Widows networked computers because of a need for windows XP to run legacy parallel port driven machinery and proprietary software. I only wish it were easier to network a mac with my windows based network printers. Bon Jour no work for moi. It's groovy to be able to work on the office website while working on an open office document and watching a movie all on the same screen. I had a hard time operating the mac laptops. The imac requires two hands to navigate and the mac laptops seem to require three thumbs.

[Freelander Sporrano]

I plugged in a new imac 24" 2.8/320 last Friday. I wanted something I could work on while watching movies and general multitasking in my new office. I've got four Widows networked computers because of a need for windows XP to run legacy parallel port driven machinery and proprietary software. I only wish it were easier to network a mac with my windows based network printers. Bon Jour no work for moi. It's groovy to be able to work on the office website while working on an open office document and watching a movie all on the same screen. I had a hard time operating the mac laptops. The imac requires two hands to navigate and the mac laptops seem to require three thumbs.

You no doubt have heard that Macs can run windows now. My sons Macbook does it via VM ware fusion. He uses a special software for his Dislexia which only runs on windows XP ... It networks just fine and can use the wireless printer we have at home both from XP and the OSX operating system. My wife and daughter use PC's and they live happily together with our 3 Macs on a Mixed network.

It doesn't take long to network ... If I can do anyone can.

PS. sorry about your Thumbs

[bowser]

Its going to be time for my upgrade soon, and whilst I love playing with the MAC in the shop, I just cant bring myself to spend that much, and I have so much time and money invested in software etc for windows that I think I am stuck with it.

[Beertigger]

You no doubt have heard that Macs can run windows now. My sons Macbook does it via VM ware fusion. He uses a special software for his Dislexia which only runs on windows XP ... It networks just fine and can use the wireless printer we have at home both from XP and the OSX operating system. My wife and daughter use PC's and they live happily together with our 3 Macs on a Mixed network.

Not only can a Mac run Windows, it can do it better at times. Right now I'm running the Mac OS, and Windows 98, and two flavors of XP - at the same time on the same box. Cross-platform/cross-browser testing on one desktop. Parallels has saved me a LOT of time.

[Rob Wright]

Didn't get a display due to being out of stock, but that can wait, here is my Macbook Pro which is replacing my hardworking G5 imac:





I added the wireless keyboard and mouse from the deceased desktop to my set up.

Rob

[Bob C]

I've been forced to use Macs at work for the last 11 years. I would never allow one in my house.

[Rob Wright]

I've been forced to use Macs at work for the last 11 years. I would never allow one in my house.

It would not be an Apple thread without Bob chiming in, thank you sir for participating.

Rob

[Bob C]

It would not be an Apple thread without Bob chiming in, thank you sir for participating.

Rob

My pleasure (posted from my reliable HP laptop).

[GDub]

I've been forced to use Macs at work for the last 11 years. I would never allow one in my house.

I exactly the opposite. Been a Mac user at home since the Mac Plus--Amiga user before that. I LOVE the Mac! PCs I tolerate at work because I have to, but I have a dual processor G5 (with Parallels and RDC) that's my main work machine so I can pretty much stay in a Mac environment 75% of the time.

Sticking to the original post, at home I currently use a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac. Great machine! It's serving me well.

[mudd]

Didn't get a display due to being out of stock, but that can wait, here is my Macbook Pro which is replacing my hardworking G5 imac:



I added the wireless keyboard and mouse from the deceased desktop to my set up.

Rob

Hey, that's a real perty laptop.

Who's that in the picture? (Never mind. I know who it is. Nice avatar too. )

Typing this on an iMac G4; the one with the half-a-basketball shaped base and the gooseneck monitor. My wife and daughter both use an iBook G4. And I still have one of the original iMacs, which doesn't get much use anymore.