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Earl[_92_]

F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 12/24/13, 1:13 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/24/2013 9:48 AM, wrote:

On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 8:38:09 AM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/24/2013 8:12 AM, Hank� wrote:

I was trying to set up network file sharing so I could transfer some

files from my PC laptop to the iMac. Finally got it so I could access

the PC files, but only the ones stored in the "Public" folder. If I

tried going anywhere else, the iMac stopped responding and I'd have to

do a "force quit". Still working on that one.

Place I work built a new building, and decided that there would be no
PCs in the conference rooms, instead folks would bring their laptops
and hookup to the flat panels via HDMI. Unfortunately, some older
laptops had just VGA, some had HDMI, and some just have display ports
(HPs). Now we need adapter cables, and some laptops just wouldn't
output the required resolution.

After a few weeks of wasted time and frustration, the decision was to
put Apple Mac Mini's in each conference room. Great, except... we're
a PC shop, with just a handful of people having Macs. More
frustration and wasted time.

After having a chance now to use one, I don't see any positives to
them. Different, cool looking, but no better. Macs? Meh.

Yup. Like I mentioned before, the jury is still out in my mind. I'll
give it some more time and effort to see what the big deal is other than
maybe a social status thing about being a "Mac" person. That is
meaningless to me.

Both of my PC laptops have HDMI outputs built into them. The new iMacs
don't. The have four USB ports, a headphone jack and something called a
"Thunderbolt" port that I have no clue what it would be used for.

The iMacs don't even have a CD/DVD disk drive nor a audio line input.
Like someone mentioned here, I am starting to get the feeling that an
iMac is nothing more than an expensive iPhone on steroids.

It *does* have a phenomenal display however.

My iMac, which is a few years old, has a CD/DVD burner drive, but I
use a much faster external one. My guess is that Apple removed the
internal burner because it wanted to make the display...thinner. I've
read that, and simply don't understand it, since the damned thing was
already thin and sits on a desktop.

Thunderbolt is Apple's new, faster port technology. The port can be
used for many devices and purposes. For about $12 you can buy a
Thunderbolt to HDMI connector. I use the Thunderbolt port on my
MacBook Air to attach a LAN connector cable.

Could you still afford to buy your new computers if you paid all of your
taxes and debts or are WE subsidizing your toys?