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For all of you Apple lovers...
On 1/27/2014 9:58 AM, Boating All Out wrote:
In article , says... I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista, one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac. Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product? Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor. I'm a gamer, so I never considered one. The display on the new iMac is nice, although I wish there was a way to turn down the overall color drive. There's a display "calibrations" procedure that I've done but it doesn't allow you to simply turn down the color. Some websites, like Yahoo's homepage, is just way too overly saturated, color-wise. Other than that, I'd say the iMac is well built but so far does not offer any special features or capabilities that I can't do on a Windows machine. I use the Windows laptop 90 percent of the time and use the iMac only for off-line stuff like my mini recording studio. |
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#12
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For all of you Apple lovers...
On 1/27/14, 10:22 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/27/2014 9:58 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista, one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac. Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product? Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor. I'm a gamer, so I never considered one. The display on the new iMac is nice, although I wish there was a way to turn down the overall color drive. There's a display "calibrations" procedure that I've done but it doesn't allow you to simply turn down the color. Some websites, like Yahoo's homepage, is just way too overly saturated, color-wise. Other than that, I'd say the iMac is well built but so far does not offer any special features or capabilities that I can't do on a Windows machine. I use the Windows laptop 90 percent of the time and use the iMac only for off-line stuff like my mini recording studio. You couldn't find a setting you liked in Calibration Assistant or whatever it is called under preferences, display, color? I did that once a few years ago and toned everything down a tad. |
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#13
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For all of you Apple lovers...
On 1/27/2014 10:30 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/27/14, 10:22 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/27/2014 9:58 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista, one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac. Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product? Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor. I'm a gamer, so I never considered one. The display on the new iMac is nice, although I wish there was a way to turn down the overall color drive. There's a display "calibrations" procedure that I've done but it doesn't allow you to simply turn down the color. Some websites, like Yahoo's homepage, is just way too overly saturated, color-wise. Other than that, I'd say the iMac is well built but so far does not offer any special features or capabilities that I can't do on a Windows machine. I use the Windows laptop 90 percent of the time and use the iMac only for off-line stuff like my mini recording studio. You couldn't find a setting you liked in Calibration Assistant or whatever it is called under preferences, display, color? I did that once a few years ago and toned everything down a tad. I've gone through the calibration two or three times and also tried the other RGB standard options. It calibrates the black, etc. but there is no apparent way to simply turn the color drive down overall. There probably isn't on a Windows machine either but the Windows machines don't produce as vibrant a display as the iMac. |
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#14
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For all of you Apple lovers...
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:21:04 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 1/27/14, 9:58 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista, one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac. Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product? Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor. I'm a gamer, so I never considered one. I think the media applications work better and slicker on the Mac computers than on the Windoze computers. I also think that much of the software common to both vehicles, such as Firefox, Thunderbird, and many others, works more robustly on the Macs. The Windoze office suite seems the same on both vehicles to me, and WORD is just as annoying on Macs as it is on Windoze machines.  What do you mean by 'robust'. I've run Firefox, IE, and Chrome on this old XP, and find all of them very 'robust' - if you mean fast. To me, Macs and the stuff that runs on them are easier to customize, and the real estate in the OSX directories is easier to find. And there's no damned Windoze registry. From what I have seen, there are a zillion more games available for Windoze machines than Mac machines. |
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#15
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For all of you Apple lovers...
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:21:04 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 1/27/14, 9:58 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista, one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac. Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product? Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor. I'm a gamer, so I never considered one. I think the media applications work better and slicker on the Mac computers than on the Windoze computers. I also think that much of the software common to both vehicles, such as Firefox, Thunderbird, and many others, works more robustly on the Macs. The Windoze office suite seems the same on both vehicles to me, and WORD is just as annoying on Macs as it is on Windoze machines. What do you mean by 'robust'. I've run Firefox, IE, and Chrome on this old XP, and find all of them very 'robust' - if you mean fast. To me, Macs and the stuff that runs on them are easier to customize, and the real estate in the OSX directories is easier to find. And there's no damned Windoze registry. From what I have seen, there are a zillion more games available for Windoze machines than Mac machines. What do you mean by "the real estate in the OSX directories is easier to find"? The average user has no routine reason to search for and find directories in the operating system, Apple or Windows. Do you mean applications or programs? |
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#16
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For all of you Apple lovers...
On 1/27/14, 10:41 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/27/2014 10:30 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 1/27/14, 10:22 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/27/2014 9:58 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista, one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac. Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product? Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor. I'm a gamer, so I never considered one. The display on the new iMac is nice, although I wish there was a way to turn down the overall color drive. There's a display "calibrations" procedure that I've done but it doesn't allow you to simply turn down the color. Some websites, like Yahoo's homepage, is just way too overly saturated, color-wise. Other than that, I'd say the iMac is well built but so far does not offer any special features or capabilities that I can't do on a Windows machine. I use the Windows laptop 90 percent of the time and use the iMac only for off-line stuff like my mini recording studio. You couldn't find a setting you liked in Calibration Assistant or whatever it is called under preferences, display, color? I did that once a few years ago and toned everything down a tad. I've gone through the calibration two or three times and also tried the other RGB standard options. It calibrates the black, etc. but there is no apparent way to simply turn the color drive down overall. There probably isn't on a Windows machine either but the Windows machines don't produce as vibrant a display as the iMac. It seems to me there were some downloadable presets you could use, but this is a five year old memory of something I didn't do, so I'm not sure. Flip me your email address and I'll send you back the location of a site that has first-rate, free tech help. harry.krause@gmail et cetera |
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#17
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For all of you Apple lovers...
On 1/27/14, 10:55 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:21:04 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 1/27/14, 9:58 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista, one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac. Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product? Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor. I'm a gamer, so I never considered one. I think the media applications work better and slicker on the Mac computers than on the Windoze computers. I also think that much of the software common to both vehicles, such as Firefox, Thunderbird, and many others, works more robustly on the Macs. The Windoze office suite seems the same on both vehicles to me, and WORD is just as annoying on Macs as it is on Windoze machines. What do you mean by 'robust'. I've run Firefox, IE, and Chrome on this old XP, and find all of them very 'robust' - if you mean fast. To me, Macs and the stuff that runs on them are easier to customize, and the real estate in the OSX directories is easier to find. And there's no damned Windoze registry. From what I have seen, there are a zillion more games available for Windoze machines than Mac machines. Robust doesn't mean fast. |
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#18
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For all of you Apple lovers...
On 1/27/14, 11:15 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:21:04 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 1/27/14, 9:58 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista, one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac. Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product? Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor. I'm a gamer, so I never considered one. I think the media applications work better and slicker on the Mac computers than on the Windoze computers. I also think that much of the software common to both vehicles, such as Firefox, Thunderbird, and many others, works more robustly on the Macs. The Windoze office suite seems the same on both vehicles to me, and WORD is just as annoying on Macs as it is on Windoze machines. What do you mean by 'robust'. I've run Firefox, IE, and Chrome on this old XP, and find all of them very 'robust' - if you mean fast. To me, Macs and the stuff that runs on them are easier to customize, and the real estate in the OSX directories is easier to find. And there's no damned Windoze registry. From what I have seen, there are a zillion more games available for Windoze machines than Mac machines. What do you mean by "the real estate in the OSX directories is easier to find"? The average user has no routine reason to search for and find directories in the operating system, Apple or Windows. Do you mean applications or programs? No, I mean things like libraries and plist files or in windows, the registry and other arcana. |
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#20
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For all of you Apple lovers...
On 1/27/14, 12:00 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:16:40 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 1/27/14, 10:41 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/27/2014 10:30 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 1/27/14, 10:22 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/27/2014 9:58 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista, one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac. Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product? Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor. I'm a gamer, so I never considered one. The display on the new iMac is nice, although I wish there was a way to turn down the overall color drive. There's a display "calibrations" procedure that I've done but it doesn't allow you to simply turn down the color. Some websites, like Yahoo's homepage, is just way too overly saturated, color-wise. Other than that, I'd say the iMac is well built but so far does not offer any special features or capabilities that I can't do on a Windows machine. I use the Windows laptop 90 percent of the time and use the iMac only for off-line stuff like my mini recording studio. You couldn't find a setting you liked in Calibration Assistant or whatever it is called under preferences, display, color? I did that once a few years ago and toned everything down a tad. I've gone through the calibration two or three times and also tried the other RGB standard options. It calibrates the black, etc. but there is no apparent way to simply turn the color drive down overall. There probably isn't on a Windows machine either but the Windows machines don't produce as vibrant a display as the iMac. It seems to me there were some downloadable presets you could use, but this is a five year old memory of something I didn't do, so I'm not sure. Flip me your email address and I'll send you back the location of a site that has first-rate, free tech help. harry.krause@gmail et cetera Gee, a tech help site is that private? It's not private, but I doubt the sysops there want to encourage posters like some of the snarky assholes here, since their presence would create extra work. I wouldn't want to see a plethora of posters there whose only function is to insult the family members of other posters, eh. -- There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol. |
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