JHZR2
Staff member
Hi,
I made another thread stating that my Dell Precision Workstation is dying badly. Maybe it is the power supply, maybe it is the motherboard, I dont know. What I do know is that though its a great system, its a huge system, very heavy, not easily moved, and has way more capacity than Ill need. I used to (as a student) run mathematical simulations, heavy chemical modeling, large mathematical programs, etc., but nowadays I do all that at work, so all my home computer is used for is email, internet, quicken, excel, word, doing some mapping for trips, listening to MP3s, etc.
I have a great monitor (19" LCD), a good set of speakers, printer, etc. I am thinking that I might like to get a barebones mac to use from this point on. Probably a mac mini, with minimal memory, running OS X. I would upgrade the memory later by myself.
I was originally an apple person, because my mother is a teacher. I grew up on the apple IIe, macintosh, then the mac IIIsx or something like that, then I got a performa, one with an original powerpc chip (75 MHz). That got me through high school, and then when I went to college I got my first PC (233 MHz Packard bell). I upgraded quick in the PC world, but at this point, besides perhaps some software offerings, I dont have much need for most that the PC has to offer.
So long as I can run MS word, excel, maybe powerpoint (which Im pretty sure is available for the mac), hopefully use outlook, so I can import all of my old stuff into it, and keep my mp3s, Im happy. Id rather not use a windows emulator, but rather do it all in native mac.
I do have a few questions though about interoperability. My last mac had the ability to read and show the filesof a PC formatted floppy disc. So thats where my knowledge level is.
If I want to burn a CD of files from my Mac (say a CD full of MP3 files), can I burn it so that it will be openable/readable from macs and PCs?
If I have a USB flash drive with different stuff on it, can I put stuff on it from on a PC, then see the stuff (and open it provided I have the correct software) on the mac?
Is there anything that I can count on NOT being able to do on a mac? I dont need the silly answers like crash, loose data, explode, etc., etc.
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks!
JMH
I made another thread stating that my Dell Precision Workstation is dying badly. Maybe it is the power supply, maybe it is the motherboard, I dont know. What I do know is that though its a great system, its a huge system, very heavy, not easily moved, and has way more capacity than Ill need. I used to (as a student) run mathematical simulations, heavy chemical modeling, large mathematical programs, etc., but nowadays I do all that at work, so all my home computer is used for is email, internet, quicken, excel, word, doing some mapping for trips, listening to MP3s, etc.
I have a great monitor (19" LCD), a good set of speakers, printer, etc. I am thinking that I might like to get a barebones mac to use from this point on. Probably a mac mini, with minimal memory, running OS X. I would upgrade the memory later by myself.
I was originally an apple person, because my mother is a teacher. I grew up on the apple IIe, macintosh, then the mac IIIsx or something like that, then I got a performa, one with an original powerpc chip (75 MHz). That got me through high school, and then when I went to college I got my first PC (233 MHz Packard bell). I upgraded quick in the PC world, but at this point, besides perhaps some software offerings, I dont have much need for most that the PC has to offer.
So long as I can run MS word, excel, maybe powerpoint (which Im pretty sure is available for the mac), hopefully use outlook, so I can import all of my old stuff into it, and keep my mp3s, Im happy. Id rather not use a windows emulator, but rather do it all in native mac.
I do have a few questions though about interoperability. My last mac had the ability to read and show the filesof a PC formatted floppy disc. So thats where my knowledge level is.
If I want to burn a CD of files from my Mac (say a CD full of MP3 files), can I burn it so that it will be openable/readable from macs and PCs?
If I have a USB flash drive with different stuff on it, can I put stuff on it from on a PC, then see the stuff (and open it provided I have the correct software) on the mac?
Is there anything that I can count on NOT being able to do on a mac? I dont need the silly answers like crash, loose data, explode, etc., etc.
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks!
JMH