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Subject: Re: Laptop for personal use?
From: "William Sherman" <bsherman77 -at- embarqmail -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:56:48 -0500

I have to agree wholeheartedly.

We bought Final Cut for my daughter who is in video and TV production in school. First thing we learned was the latest Final Cut was garbage, so much that even Conan made fun of it on his show. Look for the YouTube on it.

So we had to get the older version.

I think she did an upgrade or update on the OS, because until last summer, the Macs sort of worked on the network here. At least I could see the drop boxes from a PC and they typically could see the PC computers and the shared backup drive G.

Since summer, her iMac shows but has no public folder showing. Can't transfer anything to her across the network. She also cannot see any of the PCs on the network, so she can't transfer files to the backup drive or to anyone else for review.

The MacBook Pro still shows its public folder and drop box. It can't see any PC.

Also, the Office 2008 for Mac was working fine but about two months ago, it began letting Word docs change to yellow font for anyone receiving them on a PC. The are black on the Macs but yellow on a PC.

Small docs aren't a big hassle to email back and forth if needed, but transferring video files of 30 to 60 Mb is.



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Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: Laptop for personal use?


On 30 Jan 2012, at 22:57, Porrello, Leonard wrote:

I also wonder if anyone can explain why someone would buy a MacBook.


If you'd asked me that pre-July 20, 2011 I would have told you the following:

1. No viruses/malware issues

2. Intuitive GUI, that included (among other things) fewer clicks per task

3. Consistent UI design (pretty much if you know where a function is in one programme, it will be in the same place in every other program)

4. Increased productivity (downtime from blue screen, crashing, freezes etc almost non-existent).

5. Aesthetically pleasing design, both in terms of the hardware and software.

Now, things have changes somewhat since July last year with the release of OS X 10.7 (or 'OS X Lion' ). Apple has fundamentally changed direction in 2011. I no longer unreservedly recommend Macs or OS X as I have done for the last 7 years or more because the new direction is basically locking down choice, versatility and compatibility in a way that Macs have never done before. In essence, Apple's direction seems to be the complete reverse of what it always has been: it is now largely focussed on making systems aimed at consuming rather producing digital content.

For personal use (browsing, emailing, etc) then the 5 reasons above still more or less provide a compelling reason to buy a MacBook. But for creative professionals, Mac is becoming far too idiosyncratic and restrictive. Apple seem to be moving Mac OS away from its traditional stronghold and aiming for a mass market, locked-in iTunes/iBooks/App Store/iOS "home entertainment" audience.

I've no idea what will take its place for professionals, but I hope something appears in the next two years or so (before my current 2009 hardware becomes obsolete).

Best

Phil
Tech Writer:
http://applehelpwriter.com




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