Finally drank the Kool-Aid

[wildcard451 0]

...and bought a Mac.

Time to change my license over on Lightroom3, and buy Photoshop while it is still on sale.

Let's hope I don't regret this decision.

[Coreece 189]

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...and bought a Mac.

Time to change my license over on Lightroom3, and buy Photoshop while it is still on sale.

Let's hope I don't regret this decision.

Um...no. You finally stopped drinking the Kool-Aid.

Congrats!

Just beware the withdrawl symptons...It may take a couple weeks to detox.

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[Andrewwhyte 1]

Welcome. You will love it. Tomorrow we are all going to the airport to sell flowers. It will be great.

[skydiver604 0]

Since you're still here to write about it you didn't drink the Jim Jones Kool Aid,,,,so it must be the Ken Casey Kool Aid.

( for you younger folks I've provided reference links below )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones

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[ianmdrennan 2]

So did I.

Of course my next computer will be a PC again.

The mac is ok. I can see why people like them. However, it's pretty clear to me that it's an overpriced trendy piece of hardware.

If they were priced similar to PC's I'd consider them viable. I just can't justify the price and what I can get with a PC.

And, they suck for gamers.

edit: I will say that the trackpad is amazing, beyond amazing actually. I prefer to NOT use the mouse on the computer. The battery life is REALLY good too.

Still, I'm going to move back to a PC but stick with my iPad for the 'mac benefits'

Ian

Performance Designs Factory Team

[squirrel 0]

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Since you're still here to write about it you didn't drink the Jim Jones Kool Aid,,,,so it must be the Ken Casey Kool Aid.

( for you younger folks I've provided reference links below )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones

oh man, i remember the jim jones thing... thanks for making me feel my age.

on the mac thing, you will like it. we are a PC/Mac family, and we all get along.

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[monkycndo 0]

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Since you're still here to write about it you didn't drink the Jim Jones Kool Aid,,,,so it must be the Ken Casey Kool Aid.

( for you younger folks I've provided reference links below )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones

Went to work for a company where the running gag for the supervisor was to offer something to drink to the new hires during their first Monday staff meeting. We were so busy at the time, didn't have the weekly meeting for about a month. By the time we finally had one, he forgot about the joke. The crew let me in on the significance of the whole thing.

The supervisor was Steve Jones and the beverage was Kool-Aid. Yes, Jim Jones' only surviving son, Steve.

Let's just say you needed a warped sense of humor to work there.

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[JENNR8R 0]

I was sure you were announcing your engagement with that title. Seems to be going around at Orange lately.

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[Mickochet 0]

Paying more for the same computing power is drinking the Kool-Aid.

If you never fall down you aren't trying hard enough.

[Andy9o8 0]

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Went to work for a company where the running gag for the supervisor was to offer something to drink to the new hires during their first Monday staff meeting. We were so busy at the time, didn't have the weekly meeting for about a month. By the time we finally had one, he forgot about the joke. The crew let me in on the significance of the whole thing.

The supervisor was Steve Jones and the beverage was Kool-Aid. Yes, Jim Jones' only surviving son, Steve.

Let's just say you needed a warped sense of humor to work there.

I guess that explains the sick practical jokes Jeff Hitler used to play on people back in the dorms.

[wildcard451 0]

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So did I.

Of course my next computer will be a PC again.

The mac is ok. I can see why people like them. However, it's pretty clear to me that it's an overpriced trendy piece of hardware.

If they were priced similar to PC's I'd consider them viable. I just can't justify the price and what I can get with a PC.

And, they suck for gamers.

edit: I will say that the trackpad is amazing, beyond amazing actually. I prefer to NOT use the mouse on the computer. The battery life is REALLY good too.

Still, I'm going to move back to a PC but stick with my iPad for the 'mac benefits'

Ian

I got the trackpad - but also a Wacom editing tablet.
I pick it up in the morning, so we will see how I do with editing on it, and it the photo side of things really is that much better.

[PLFKING 3]

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I guess that explains the sick practical jokes Jeff Hitler used to play on people back in the dorms.

No.....Jeff was pissed 'cause everybody kept making fun of the mustache he was trying to grow.


Don

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I got me a rock-and-roll band.
It's a free-for-all."

[FlyingJ 0]

If not familiar with using the Mac in general it is very worth the time to go through the Mac 101 and PC to Mac tutorials on the Apple website. Most of the info is super basic, but it covers most of the things people that have recently switched often complain about. The simple stuff like "I used to do "XYZ" on my PC, how do I do it on my Mac."

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[wildcard451 0]

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If not familiar with using the Mac in general it is very worth the time to go through the Mac 101 and PC to Mac tutorials on the Apple website. Most of the info is super basic, but it covers most of the things people that have recently switched often complain about. The simple stuff like "I used to do "XYZ" on my PC, how do I do it on my Mac."

Yup. It was a strange feeling actually reading a manual. Even bought a "for dummies" book on the switchover for the shit of it. I can't say I love it any more than my PC right now, as I have just taken it out of the box, and this is my first post on it.

I can't wait to get Lightroom and Photochop up and running on it though. Should be blistering.

[Coreece 189]

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I can't say I love it any more than my PC right now

True...You probably won't see any benefit unless you're a creative professional that demands blistering performance...

Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are...

[wildcard451 0]

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I can't say I love it any more than my PC right now

True...You probably won't see any benefit unless you're a creative professional that demands blistering performance...

Creative amateur that wants blistering performance.