Posts by Patrick Larkin

Hi -   I need a whole new HT setup for a newly renovated room.  Basement area with no windows.     I'm leaning towards a Panasonic 65" plasma so that leaves around $3,000 for receiver, 5.1 speaker...

Wait. A Mac user sends jpgs and the Windows machine magically coverts them to GIFs and corrupts them and thats a Mac problem? I've worked in a Mac/Windows world for 17 years and have never seen that.

I'm assuming you have a shared folder or volume on the PC. If you do, then on the mac, you click the menu item "Go > Connect to Server" and type in: smb://IP.of.the.PC/SharedFolderName/ and type in the PC username and...

I gotcha. I wouldn't say that's a business need however. That's more a specialized need. You might want to check out MailTemplate for Apple Mail http://mailtemplate.mactank.com/

Question - What exactly does Outlook do that makes it for "business use." Sorry, but this comment was funny considering all the "business" people I know who use Macs. I saw a reference to "stationary" and "fonts." I'm at a loss.

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnRice Firefox is the browser to use. Safari used to be OK, but has kind of been left behind and is sort of twitchy at times. BTW, do you ever do "Software Update" under the apple menu? You...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ted Todorov Show me a laptop with a 750GB internal disk drive, and maybe I'll agree with you. The iMac is a full fledged desktop computer, not a laptop masquerading as one. What you are really...

Quote: Originally Posted by GloriaJeans The biggest problem with macs is not their speed or memory, but their compatibility issue. Our creative agency uses macs and there is almost always some issue that we have to take...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lee Scoggins Ron, I'm glad you got a Mac. I think you will really enjoy it. I only wish I could use a MacBook Pro for work. Why can't you? I use a MacBook Pro which can dual...

I'm not sure what is wrong with the iMacs? 1.83GHz, 2.0GHz, 2.16GHz or 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, lots of ram and drive space, NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT How is this not a mid level machine? I use a $3000 MacPro at work but have a 20"...