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Operating Systems => macOS => Topic started by: Pantso on 21 September 2002, 02:05

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: Pantso on 21 September 2002, 02:05

What can you tell me about Macs? What are your experiences with them since the release of OSX? The reason I'm asking is because I'm thinking of buying a refurbished PowerBook and upgrade it to OSX.

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: trc3 on 21 September 2002, 03:03

Well I dont know what you want to know about macs, but all I can say is OS 10 kicks ass.  Ive recently [7-8 months ago] switched to mac, and I love it.  The only thing I would suggest is ask the person your buying the powerbook from if they have ever put 10 on there.  I tryed to install 10.1 on my friends OLD  powerbook [I think it was 233mhz or something] and it wasnt having it.  Three times in a row it froze when trying to install.

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: Pantso on 21 September 2002, 03:19

Thanks for the reply trc3. Well, I want to know as much as possible since a Mac will definitely be my next buy. Everything about OS stability, looks, everything  ;)  because I've never seen OSX in action, just a few screenshots and since it's based on Darwin it's definitely worth a try.

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: trc3 on 21 September 2002, 03:42

On the issue of stability, let me say since Ive had my mac ive only had one kernel panic, and that was with 10.1.5.  Since I put jag 10.2 its been 100% smooth.  Looks well shit, OS 10 wins hands down, the only thing I dont like in the aqua GUI is the actual color aqua.  Alot of the buttons are aqua color and they get kind of annoying, but duality and the milk theme cleared that up quickly.  One thing I really like is that its very organized, most apps put the preferences in the same spot, its like everything has its place.  Thats all I can think of right now, and if for some reason you dont like 10 you can always put linux on there.

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: psyjax on 21 September 2002, 10:17

OS X is the most stable, best looking, GUI you will ever use in your life!

Seriously, I have been running it for over a year now and I have seen only one true crash, and it never did anything serious. A Mac is a damn fine computer and don't let anyone sway you from that. Also, Locolization comes for free in OSX so I think you will be able to have the greek language on if that is your language of choice.

Let me know what you think when you finaly got it up and running!

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: Pantso on 24 September 2002, 01:40

Well guys, starting tomorrow I'll propably be posting from an iBook. I decided to get the new iBook and keep my Omnibook as well but I think I'll be using my mac for a long time until I get used to it   (http://smile.gif)   . As soon as I have it up and running, I'll let you know    ;)

[ September 23, 2002: Message edited by: Panos ]

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: psyjax on 24 September 2002, 01:46

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Originally posted by Panos:
Well guys, starting tomorrow I'll propably be posting from an iBook. I decided to get the new iBook and keep my Omnibook as well but I think I'll be using my mac for a long time until I get used to it    (http://smile.gif)    . As soon as I have it up and running, I'll let you know     ;)  

[ September 23, 2002: Message edited by: Panos ]

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Awsome! Welcome to the club  :D !

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: Pantso on 25 September 2002, 19:05

Well guys I've placed my order for the iBook and right now all I have to do is wait (that's the difficult part)   (http://smile.gif)  . Anyway, I was wondering if the AppleWorks Office suite supports M$ Office file formats cause up to now I've been editing my previous *.doc documents in StarOffice or OpenOffice.org. Give me some hints you guys, please, cause I'm really clueless when it comes to Macs  ;)

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: psyjax on 25 September 2002, 19:51

Yes, AppleWorks has all of the functionality of M$ Word, and it both read's and write's .doc files, with no problems.

It is a great all around word processor.

Let us know what you think when you get it!

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: cocoamix on 25 September 2002, 20:20

You can always use OpenOffice:

http://www.openoffice.org/ (http://www.openoffice.org/)

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: Calum on 25 September 2002, 21:00

WOW!!!!

that's great! openoffice for the MAC!!!!

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Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: cocoamix on 25 September 2002, 21:20

Oh yeah, and ThinkFree Office too:

http://www.thinkfree.com/products/pd_office20.jsp (http://www.thinkfree.com/products/pd_office20.jsp)

Not quite free, but a whopping 10 times less expensive then M$ Office v.X

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: rtgwbmsr on 26 September 2002, 00:19

I have OS X 10.2 on a PowerBook "Wallstreet" 233 MHz G3, no problems here. It is a great OS...definately. If Linux is too much (or you are too impatient to learn), and Windows sucks (which it does) then Mac is the way to go.

If you need Mac help when you get it, or you need to know how to do something feel free to PM me.

Have phun with your new (or not so new) Mac!

Title: Tell me more about Macs
Post by: Pantso on 26 September 2002, 00:39

Thank you all for the replies and your offer to help  ;)  . If I come across any problems or things that look strange or just new to me, I'll let you know! Thanks again   (http://smile.gif)