O/T Mac help needed please

[Cian]

Why are you spouting this shit? Like your stuff above - it's completely irrelevant.

Largely people buy a Mac because they want a machine that, straight out of the box, is easy to use and does everything they need at home.

Home. Not in an office. Not some big lumpy SQL/RDB based work. Not some geeky f***ing around.

It may not suit you. You may have issues with any or all of Apple, Macs and OS X. Fine. Fight your little crusade. But it doesn't change the fact that for the home user wanting a slick, easy to use machine to handle home tasks - the web, photos and music - a Mac does the task wonderfully and without fuss.

So whats an XServe then? Only Apple's second most profitable hardware line (after the iPod). Oh, and its a server, in case you hadn't guessed

 

[Bozza]

So whats an XServe then? Only Apple's second most profitable hardware line (after the iPod). Oh, and its a server, in case you hadn't guessed

You've done me good and proper sir. Well played.

Everyone goes out and buys a server for their home, don't they?

Whatever point you're trying to make is highly relevant to the home consumer. Highly, highly.

 

[Cian]

You've done me good and proper sir. Well played.

Everyone goes out and buys a server for their home, don't they?

Whatever point you're trying to make is highly relevant to the home consumer. Highly, highly.

So, you've effectively admitted the system is unsuitable for server use, despite Apple selling as such; unsuitable for office use, despite Apple selling it as such; and say that its only usable for "home consumer"s. So, effectively, its a highly priced toy for home use that can't be used to game or do office work.

Sounds about right, to be honest.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Mac and proud

 

[bhaexpress]

Mac and proud

They say that ignorance is bliss

 

[Lady Bracknell]

I don't want a server. I don't want a computer that can't I can't use for work but it's my work I'm talking about here, not some esoteric job in Geekworld. I want a computer that I can bring home, unpack, and start working on about 2 minutes later. Like mine! I don't want some bollocky interfering operating system that wants everything stored away in folders called My Aunt Fanny and I want to be able to plug stuff in without a sodding stupid routine that tells me I've put a Hi-Speed USB into a Hi-Speed USB port when I'm perfectly well aware of that fact. Oh, and when I want to unplug stuff, I don't need another sodding interrogation. I also want a stonking great screen. I particularly don't want a computer that is so logically designed that you have to press the "Start" button to shut it down!

So for me there's only one choice and it's a Mac.

If you choose differently that's just fine. But don't impose your choice on me!

 

[The Large One]

I don't want a server. I don't want a computer that can't I can't use for work but it's my work I'm talking about here, not some esoteric job in Geekworld. I want a computer that I can bring home, unpack, and start working on about 2 minutes later. Like mine! I don't want some bollocky interfering operating system that wants everything stored away in folders called My Aunt Fanny and I want to be able to plug stuff in without a sodding stupid routine that tells me I've put a Hi-Speed USB into a Hi-Speed USB port when I'm perfectly well aware of that fact. Oh, and when I want to unplug stuff, I don't need another sodding interrogation. I also want a stonking great screen. I particularly don't want a computer that is so logically designed that you have to press the "Start" button to shut it down!

So for me there's only one choice and it's a Mac.

If you choose differently that's just fine. But don't impose your choice on me!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

They say that ignorance is bliss

I'm very informed about a lot of things thank you.

 

[bhaexpress]

I'm very informed about a lot of things thank you.

Although computing isn't one of those things

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Whatever.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

I didn't realise i was opening a can of worms when I asked for help with my Mac! Thanks to all who replied - I have resized a photo but at the moment it is displaying on the web as a ? Oh well, one step at a time....

 

[REDLAND]

I didn't realise i was opening a can of worms when I asked for help with my Mac! T

come on now, surely you know if you start a thread on this site the flouncers will turn it into a BINFEST !!

 

[adrian29uk]

Why are XServe so expensive? I know it has nice hardware, but common the prices are a rip off.

Why do I not see hosting companies using Apple Hardware?

PC can be split to in three categories

Windows - General use
Mac - Design
Linux, BSD - Servers

 

[gullshark]

I use linux as a desktop OS, in fact te only thing I use windows for is games and j2me development

 

[adrian29uk]

I use linux as a home server, I also set a small server up @ work.

I'm still not able to use Linux as my main machine because I still need Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

I have used CXOFFICE to get these running in Linux but their still not the same.

Wait in hope the one day Adobe will bring out native versions for the both Photoshop and Dreamweaver then I can switch as Mac users call it.

 

[dougdeep]

Anything a pc can do, a mac can do it better

Can it look shit?

 

[Wozza]

I don't have a problem with Macs, but Apple fanboys...? Oh my.

 

[gullshark]

When those stupid mitchell and webb ads come on in the cinema i slink back in my seat.

Yeah I use a mac, but to me its just a shiny brushed aluminium (thats far too easy to scratch) laptop that I can use to get my porn and NSC on

 

[bhaexpress]

I can see people looking hard at Linux as an alternative to Vista. Vista looks very clumsy to me.

Mind you it'll sell more copies than any Mac system, must be a good reason.