On Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:40:40 AM UTC-5, Califbill wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 12/24/13, 3:55 PM, Califbill wrote:

"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 wife likes it as it is all self contained, and wires not running around

pretty much. But you still have to plug int he time machine disk and the

CD.





You back up your desktop to a CD? That must take a long time.





Read for comprehension.

He must have missed the word "disk", as in "time machine *disk* and CD". Pretty obvious you have an external hard drive and a CD, at least to me.