

Mac Advice
#1
Posted 08 October 2020 - 05:30 PM
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#4
Posted 11 October 2020 - 12:35 PM
#5
Posted 11 October 2020 - 01:02 PM
#7
Posted 11 October 2020 - 01:09 PM
Tony R, on 11 October 2020 - 01:04 PM, said:
I know, I just don't get why the average person would spend a lot more money on a Mac when they can get similar specs for a lot less or much better specs for the same price. The reliability edge is basically gone too unless you go Acer or the low end of HP.
#8
Posted 11 October 2020 - 04:19 PM
Now that Vudu doesn't do disc to digital anymore, I'm getting back into DVD with Redbox rentals and got a DVD drive for my Macbook. Can't wait to try it out on the F13 blu ray collection from Scream Factory that's coming in the mail on Thursday. I used to own From Crystal Lake To Manhattan from Paramount a decade ago.
Edited by invisible airwave, 11 October 2020 - 04:21 PM.
#9
Posted 05 January 2021 - 11:21 AM
Fordgalaxy, on 11 October 2020 - 01:09 PM, said:
Tony R, on 11 October 2020 - 01:04 PM, said:
I know, I just don't get why the average person would spend a lot more money on a Mac when they can get similar specs for a lot less or much better specs for the same price. The reliability edge is basically gone too unless you go Acer or the low end of HP.
Because a couple months after the purchase, I can tell you the Mac blows doors on any desktop or PC laptop I own. The compatibility with things like PowerPoint I have to figure out, but performance-wise it's not close.
#10
Posted 07 January 2021 - 04:43 AM
Rick N. Backer, on 05 January 2021 - 11:21 AM, said:
Fordgalaxy, on 11 October 2020 - 01:09 PM, said:
Tony R, on 11 October 2020 - 01:04 PM, said:
I know, I just don't get why the average person would spend a lot more money on a Mac when they can get similar specs for a lot less or much better specs for the same price. The reliability edge is basically gone too unless you go Acer or the low end of HP.
Because a couple months after the purchase, I can tell you the Mac blows doors on any desktop or PC laptop I own. The compatibility with things like PowerPoint I have to figure out, but performance-wise it's not close.
What I do have issues with is syncing with my work 365 account but that’s because work admin have added security features to stop sensitive material from being shared.
#11
Posted 07 January 2021 - 04:49 AM
Fordgalaxy said:
I've never had a problem doing that on a similarly powered but much less expensive Windows based product. Hmmm
Edited by Tony R, 07 January 2021 - 04:50 AM.
#12
Posted 07 January 2021 - 10:11 AM
Tony R, on 07 January 2021 - 04:43 AM, said:
Rick N. Backer, on 05 January 2021 - 11:21 AM, said:
Fordgalaxy, on 11 October 2020 - 01:09 PM, said:
Tony R, on 11 October 2020 - 01:04 PM, said:
I know, I just don't get why the average person would spend a lot more money on a Mac when they can get similar specs for a lot less or much better specs for the same price. The reliability edge is basically gone too unless you go Acer or the low end of HP.
Because a couple months after the purchase, I can tell you the Mac blows doors on any desktop or PC laptop I own. The compatibility with things like PowerPoint I have to figure out, but performance-wise it's not close.
What I do have issues with is syncing with my work 365 account but that’s because work admin have added security features to stop sensitive material from being shared.
I had to do a presentation for a client in December. Obviously, it was done virtually, where in years past I would go to their home office and give it. I have a PowerPoint I prepared some time ago, and I just update it. The client (a large corporation) uses Webex for their online meetings. I'm more comfortable with Zoom, but they don't use it. I had a little trouble doing the presentation using the Mac, although it looks like the PowerPoint itself was converted to whatever Apple's equivalent platform is. But I couldn't get it into "presentation mode," so I ended up using a PC laptop.
EDIT: The claims supervisor who asked me to do the presentation is someone I've worked with for a long time, we're sort of friends now. I explained to him it would be the first time I tried using the Mac for a PowerPoint so we did a practice run through a few days before. That's when I realized it wasn't going as smoothly as I wanted.
I'm not tech savvy nor am I someone who can't download an app. I'm sure if I had more time to fool around with it I would have figured out what I was doing wrong.
Edited by Rick N. Backer, 07 January 2021 - 10:14 AM.
#13
Posted 07 January 2021 - 02:36 PM
#15
Posted 07 January 2021 - 05:30 PM
If I was more confident in my computer competence, when I update my office's computers, I'd switch to Macs.
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#17
Posted 13 January 2021 - 09:33 AM
LedRush, on 13 January 2021 - 07:25 AM, said:
Yeah, the PowerPoint seemed like it converted, or didn't and just worked, it's not really my area of expertise. I could share the PowerPoint on WebEx, I just couldn't figure out how to switch to presentation mode. I had the thumbnails on the left side of my screen, but apparently not on the viewer's. It's not too tough to trip me up on tech issues.
Where does a Mac store documents? So, for example, if I'm drafting a letter, now I go into the C drive, pull up a similar letter, copy it, paste it onto a new document, and then edit the new document. How would that work on a Mac?
#18
Posted 13 January 2021 - 09:42 PM
Rick N. Backer, on 13 January 2021 - 09:33 AM, said:
LedRush, on 13 January 2021 - 07:25 AM, said:
Yeah, the PowerPoint seemed like it converted, or didn't and just worked, it's not really my area of expertise. I could share the PowerPoint on WebEx, I just couldn't figure out how to switch to presentation mode. I had the thumbnails on the left side of my screen, but apparently not on the viewer's. It's not too tough to trip me up on tech issues.
Where does a Mac store documents? So, for example, if I'm drafting a letter, now I go into the C drive, pull up a similar letter, copy it, paste it onto a new document, and then edit the new document. How would that work on a Mac?
For a Mac, the default place for storing documents is the “Documents” folder (crazy, right?). The default way to access anything on your hard drive is through “Finder”, which should be in your task bar (called your “Dock”) as a default (you can add any application to your task bar by right clicking it and hitting “options” and then “keep in dock”). When you open “Finder”, you should have several places listed: documents, desktop, recents, photos, music, etc. When you find your document you can right click it and “Duplicate” (which duplicates it and names the copy whatever the old name was plus the word “copy” at the end) or you can open it, go to “file” (if you’re in Word), and then “save as”. You can then change the name of the document and the location where it is saved. The original will not be changed.
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Posted 14 January 2021 - 07:35 AM
#20
Posted 14 January 2021 - 08:48 AM
Tony R, on 14 January 2021 - 07:35 AM, said:
Not yet, but the reviews are awesome and the intel emulator (or whatever it’s called) is said to work well with the popular apps. I’ll get one when they have 4 USBC ports.
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