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[salsabike]

Those of us who live in Microsoftland know to NEVER, NEVER, NEVER get new MS software. We always wait at least a year, better two, so they can get rid of all the bugs---excuse me, I mean "features"---that they didn't bother with in their rush to market it.

Ask Bruno28 about this! Right, Ms. Bruno?

[kelownagirl]

LOVE my Mac.....

[KnottedYet]

Mac! Mac!

You'll find the new Macs (I have an iBook G4) just as intuitive and simple as the old ones. When we got our iBook, all we had to do was turn it on and we were up and running!

When I call Mac tech support I don't think I've ever been on hold more than maybe a minute, and I've only had to call them twice in over a year.

I do recommend getting "The Missing Manual" by David Pogue. Excellent book for the Mac.

[KnottedYet]

So will you mac folks be available for consult when I can't figure out the most basic things like clearing the cookie cache?

Click "Safari" (if you use Safari as your browser)
Click "preferences"
Click "security"
Click "show cookies"

Either click the "delete all button" or just delete the ones you don't want.

You can set your cookie preferences to only accept cookies from websites you navigate to. Like TE. I just deleted ALL my cookies to see how it worked. It kicked me off TE and made a bit of a mess. I won't do that again, I'll just delete the cookies I don't want individually.

[roguedog]

Hmm...

I agree. I'd never buy MS OS within two years of its release. Took me years to upgrade to XP from 98. Wanted to let all the Win2k, Millenium, NT stuff settle before I settled on an OS that looked it was going to be the staple.

Mimi -- I'm sort a with you but as someone who once worked at Apple and then went into PC nerdland.. I'm agnostic. I think it's cool that the new Mac OS is now commandline capable and so the "under the covers" stuff is open for those who want to be geeks but it's still the same ole friendly Mac to those that don't give a hoot. Pretty cool balance.

Still agnostic though I do have a soft spot for Macs.

[LBTC]

Yup, next new laptop in our house will be a mac. I know nothing about them, so all you happy mac users may be needed to provide a bit of guidance..... don't panic, it's probably a purchase that's 2 years away....

Great to hear from you, Kit! Glad you're having fun!

hugs and butterflies to you all,
~T~

[Bruno28]

Those of us who live in Microsoftland know to NEVER, NEVER, NEVER get new MS software. We always wait at least a year, better two, so they can get rid of all the bugs---excuse me, I mean "features"---that they didn't bother with in their rush to market it.

Ask Bruno28 about this! Right, Ms. Bruno?

Using Vista is character building. Just don't try and run any other programmes with it - nothing is compatible - even some of the software dell shipped with my new vista running laptop. Actually there's even problems with windows media player and vista.

Forget the help desk - you are better googling for solutions.

It looks nice though

[Bikingmomof3]

Last mac I used looked like this one:

LOL-I recognize the SE. Macs are much more portable now.

[Pax]

Imagine, if you will, two 73 year old parents who call me every time they lose the "flashy thing" (the cursor) and who click on most any pop up that shows up FREE SCREENSAVERS...NEED TAX HELP?...YOU JUST WON A MILLION DOLLARS", and who are on the slowest dial-up I've ever seen. Now imagine those same people sitting there with their shiny new computer with windows vista... ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH

I'm actually pretty competent on a PC but still couldn't make it run worth a crap.

[Bikingmomof3]

Imagine, if you will, two 73 year old parents who call me every time they lose the "flashy thing" (the cursor) and who click on most any pop up that shows up FREE SCREENSAVERS...NEED TAX HELP?...YOU JUST WON A MILLION DOLLARS", and who are on the slowest dial-up I've ever seen. Now imagine those same people sitting there with their shiny new computer with windows vista... ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH

I'm actually pretty competent on a PC but still couldn't make it run worth a crap.

I can relate (only I am not very computer literate) and my dad calls me about his PC problems. Repeatedly I tell him, dad, I use MACS. Yet he calls me, not my Brother and SIL who use PCs. That would make sense. Then he proceeds to try and explain the problem in terms similar to what you described and of course what I see on my screen is different than a PC and the terms are different enough to totally confuse and frustrate both of us. I am still trying to convince him that "reload" and "refresh" are the same term. He asks about virus protection, I tell him, please buy a Mac. Nope, so he gets a virus and needs help, which I know nothing about, I am virus free. I have begged him to take the free classes at the library. I will not even go into how horrendous it was to teach him how to send an attachment via email. *sigh*

[Pax]

.... I will not even go into how horrendous it was to teach him how to send an attachment via email. *sigh*

Funny! I spent hours trying to explain how to open attachements to my folks. "Dad, click on the thing that looks like a paperclip. Dad, that doesn't look anything like a paperclip, that was the back button".

[Bikingmomof3]

Funny! I spent hours trying to explain how to open attachements to my folks. "Dad, click on the thing that looks like a paperclip. Dad, that doesn't look anything like a paperclip, that was the back button".

LOL! Were you fortunate to help oin person? I have to help over the phone. (insert a terribly painful groan).

[Bikingmomof3]

Salsa,
Are the renovations near completion or completed on your house? I need an update. I miss the progress photos, especially your fantastic ability to pick colours.

[Pax]

LOL! Were you fortunate to help oin person? I have to help over the phone. (insert a terribly painful groan).

It's rare that I'm there to help, I live 1100 miles away. I have a friend who found some cool software, it allows her to see what her mom sees on her computer, she can navigate and fix things remotely. If my folk weren't on dial-up I'd give it a try.

[KnottedYet]

SKnot hangs around on Mac forums and says that Vista is just Microsoft's attempt at reverse-engineering Mac's OS X.

My kid is a Mac snob. (I love it!)