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Offline dazzler

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Re: Just threw the baby out with the bath water and bought an iMac!
« Reply #25 on: July 11, 2014, 05:28:06 PM »
Good point Dan.  Didn't realise they come with the magic mouse now.  Mate has one and its sweet.
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Re: Just threw the baby out with the bath water and bought an iMac!
« Reply #26 on: July 11, 2014, 05:45:16 PM »
Quote from: xcvator on July 10, 2014, 03:59:11 PM
Why not have the very best  ???
Take your pc and install a free linux distro (http://elementaryos.org/), install virtualbox (https://www.virtualbox.org/) (free) then install the Mac osx which is really another version of linux with a fancy gui over it and Windoze xp or 7 if you really need a certain program.
You won't need a new pc either, just about any pc built in the last 6 years will fly with this sort of system on it and will very rarely crash, you don't need anti virus software and you can do a complete system backup at the touch of a key/mouse click  :cup: :cup: :cup: :cheers: :cheers:


I'm really glad you have put this on here, thanks.
I worked with an IT guy long ago who was into Unbutu and raved about it, but as I was moving out of "full blown interest in computers" and over to "I hate having to use the damn things", I couldn't be bothered with it.
Now that you shared this, I will have a good long look at it as our PC Desk top needs sorting out, so I may just have to put this on it me thinks.
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Re: Just threw the baby out with the bath water and bought an iMac!
« Reply #27 on: July 11, 2014, 05:49:48 PM »
My daughter and husband have macbooks and I have PC and a laptop both of which have caused no end of trouble recently so much so that we had a look at the lastest 27" from Apple and must say it is great.  Looking to buy one at Christmas.   We were always under the impression that Apple was hard to use but we have found it extremely simple. 
Good luck with your purchase, sit back and enjoy the beautiful photos you create on the big screen.
Cheers Lesley
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Re: Just threw the baby out with the bath water and bought an iMac!
« Reply #28 on: July 11, 2014, 07:16:03 PM »
Bought a Macbook Air and it's so thin. Hope to load my good photos on it. The screen is very clean and crisp. Still have my stand alone pc  but doesn't get used much.
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Re: Just threw the baby out with the bath water and bought an iMac!
« Reply #29 on: July 11, 2014, 09:11:20 PM »
I converted 7 years ago and found Apple extremely easy to use. All you have to do is forget everything you need to know to use windows and just do what  feels natural, the mac will do the rest.
2 weeks ago I bought another 27" imac only cause the new software out grew the old 24". My 8yr old daughter now uses the old one for school and it has the elgato tv so doubles as a PVR and HD TV.

But I miss the days of getting up in the morning, turning on the office PC, then making a coffee and having breakfast and still waiting for outlook to finish loading. ;D
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Re: Just threw the baby out with the bath water and bought an iMac!
« Reply #30 on: July 11, 2014, 10:50:35 PM »
Quote from: Rogerthatv2 on July 11, 2014, 02:35:34 PM
Great bit of gear, I have been using Mac's all my life - love them for their ease of use etc. Jump over to MacTalk.com.au for a great Mac based forum with plenty of information.

Also no need to buy a new mouse.  The magic mouse can support LH and RH click even though it has only '1 button' just go to System Preferences and then to Mouse. You will now have the options to choose how to use the different sides of the mouse, I made the right side of the mouse the secondary button. To right click you click on the top right hand side of the mouse and it becomes the right click, as you would with any mouse.  You may also want to change the scroll direction as apple do it naturally which is backwards to windows, if that makes sense. 

Have fun, cheers Dan

Cheers Dan will make those changes. I have noticed the backwards scroll!
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Re: Just threw the baby out with the bath water and bought an iMac!
« Reply #31 on: July 12, 2014, 04:52:42 PM »
Do you get fries with that  >:D
Ok back into my corner I go
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