Home | FAQ | Server | Presentations | Mailing Lists/Archives | Member Tools | Links | Sponsors | ContactHome | FAQ | Server | Presentations | Mailing Lists/Archives | Member Tools | Links | Sponsors | ContactAs a note, I'm giving a presentation before the MU-ACM and MUG (Mac Users Group) for students on the 10th (Tuesday) at 6:30pm in EBW 117. The topic is Java, Oracle, PHP, and other development languages and their implementation on OS X. If anyone's interested, drop me a private email for more information. Cheers! Jason /--------------------------------------|---------------------------\ | Jason McIntosh | CELL: 573-424-7612 | | Webmaster, thinker, Programmer, etc. | WORK: 573-884-3865 | | http://poetshome.com/ | | |------------------------------------------------------------------| |"How should I know if it works? That's what beta testers are | |for. I only coded it." | |(Attributed to Linus Torvalds, somewhere in a posting) | \--------------------------------------|---------------------------/ GnuPG Key: http://poetshome.com/about/jmcintosh_mlug.missouri.edu.gpgkey On Feb 6, 2004, at 12:10 AM, liz wrote: > THANKS > I was truly in the dark about it all and now I have an idea what to > look for. > Back to ebay! I haven't checked out apple yet but I will, best buy > has had the great foresight to give me credit so I may actually get > something new?!! I may get an older one first just to feel it all > out. > How much of a student do I have to be @ MU, I was going to take > psychology courses or get started at least?? > Thanks, > Teresa > (liz) middle name > > > > Jonathan King wrote: > >> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, liz wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >> >>> Last night I'm cruising ebay and bought a thinkpad for another >>> kid. I saw a snow white apple imac and fell in love. I looked @ >>> the processors etc and said hey this is goooooooooooood. I didn't >>> get the imac but wondered if you all had had experience with the >>> mac os and apples. I don't play intensive games but I want things >>> to WORK. I don't like freezes or slowdowns or having to reboot or >>> spending all day trying to figure out why printer won't install. >>> (needed to reset printer bios settings, duh) I want to surf and >>> send email with the best of em basically and run an accounting >>> program and a couple graphics programs if I ever get the time. If >>> things don't work I tend to get obsessive about them, I think I >>> spent 2 months trying to get windows xp home and knoppix which was >>> really unstable debian to network happily. I finally did a vpn >>> and said enough. >>> >>> So is the mac os really more stable than windoze??? I'm not >>> giving up on linux but those imacs are pretty and someone said you >>> could install linux on them too??? And they are actually fairly >>> cheap. Opinions???? Pleeze?? Thanks, Teresa >>> >> >> Mac OS X is certainly more stable than Windows 98, NT or 2K (in my >> experience). Win XP is the best of the Windows lot so far, and I >> think it can be made to be pretty stable. But out of the box, I'd >> say that Mac OS is about the easiest and most stable thing you're >> likely to see. In the last five years, I think I can still count >> the number of honest-to-God, have-to-restart crashes on two hands, >> and at least 3 of those were due to a bug in Keynote that has since >> been fixed. For web-browsing, Safari is very nice, as is your >> favorite flavor of Mozilla. Mail is a decent email client (although >> I still use pine). The pervasive use of PDF is incredibly handy >> also. Also, iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes are basically the best >> programs I've seen in those niches. Plus, OS X can be as unixy as >> you like. You can also install linux on a Mac, and that's probably >> a pretty good idea for some of the older hardware (especially >> hardware that isn't supported by OS X). >> >> If you do buy a more recent Mac (post-2000 or so), there have been >> many improvements in the OS over the last two versions (Jaguar and >> Panther) and I wouldn't recommend using anything older than 10.2. >> Ebay probably has a decent selection of used Macs, and there are >> also refurbs available (with warranty) directly from Apple. The >> best deals in the new Mac line-up these days are the eMac (you can >> actually get a new one for about $500 if you're an MU student) and >> the 12-inch G4 iBook. The LCD iMac is very nice, but I can't say >> it's cheap. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> jking >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> members mailing list >> EMAIL:PROTECTED >> http://mlug.missouri.edu/mailman/listinfo/members >> >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > members mailing list > EMAIL:PROTECTED > http://mlug.missouri.edu/mailman/listinfo/members
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