As much as I am loathed to do so...
Oct. 31st, 2006 05:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cassy_gIt looks like I will be purchasing a MacBook in the next 3-6 months. No gentle readers, I am not falling to the dark side. I still and will forever prefer my PC, but the more and more I am working in the independent graphics design field the more I want to smash in the faces of people that INSIST on using Mac exclusive fonts instead of universal fonts then proceed to create a graphic and THEN convert it incorrectly to 4-color process instead of spot colors.
For you non-graphics-geeks, it basically boils down to a project costing twice as much from a printer than it should, and me having to work backwards around something to try to fix it without using anything that was given to me.
It can be done, but it is very, VERY frustrating.
So, I am going to be purchasing a MacBook in order to work in a native environment when these files get sent to me and hopefully save myself much time and MANY, MANY headaches. It is worth the two to three grand it is going to set me back. Trust me.
So, be forwarned those of you in my LJ & Friends world as I may have a bit of a learning curve since it has been probably 20 years since I used a Mac. Thank the gods they are using Intel chips, at least I know how to read those and understand what their codes all mean.
For now my questions are:
Should I wait to buy one until the Mac X Leopard version is released?
Is it true that it will be dual bootable (running Mac X and Win XP)?
How does that work? Do I choose which I want to boot up with?
If that is true, would I be able to upgrade to the Windows Vista (which is 64 bit processing)? I haven't been planning on upgrading my PCs, mostly because I utterly loathe the new Vista, but will the MacBook be overall more happy if I have two OS's that run the same bit rate?
How the Hels am I suppose to make it play nice with my PC based home network?
For you non-graphics-geeks, it basically boils down to a project costing twice as much from a printer than it should, and me having to work backwards around something to try to fix it without using anything that was given to me.
It can be done, but it is very, VERY frustrating.
So, I am going to be purchasing a MacBook in order to work in a native environment when these files get sent to me and hopefully save myself much time and MANY, MANY headaches. It is worth the two to three grand it is going to set me back. Trust me.
So, be forwarned those of you in my LJ & Friends world as I may have a bit of a learning curve since it has been probably 20 years since I used a Mac. Thank the gods they are using Intel chips, at least I know how to read those and understand what their codes all mean.
For now my questions are:
Should I wait to buy one until the Mac X Leopard version is released?
Is it true that it will be dual bootable (running Mac X and Win XP)?
How does that work? Do I choose which I want to boot up with?
If that is true, would I be able to upgrade to the Windows Vista (which is 64 bit processing)? I haven't been planning on upgrading my PCs, mostly because I utterly loathe the new Vista, but will the MacBook be overall more happy if I have two OS's that run the same bit rate?
How the Hels am I suppose to make it play nice with my PC based home network?
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Date: 2006-10-31 12:40 pm (UTC)[i]Should I wait to buy one until the Mac X Leopard version is released?[/i]
No. Mac OS X still blows Vista away in terms of UI and stability. Altho Vista is a big improvement over XP.
[i]Is it true that it will be dual bootable (running Mac X and Win XP)?[/i]
Yes, there are two popular mac software titles that make dual booting a breeze although you will still need a licensed copy of XP (cough cough).
[i]How does that work? Do I choose which I want to boot up with?[/i]
Yes, or you can have your XP running in a virtual desktop.
[i]If that is true, would I be able to upgrade to the Windows Vista (which is 64 bit processing)? I haven't been planning on upgrading my PCs, mostly because I utterly loathe the new Vista, but will the MacBook be overall more happy if I have two OS's that run the same bit rate?[/i]
No clue.
[i]How the Hels am I suppose to make it play nice with my PC based home network?[/i]
Setting up a mac on a windows network is easier than setting up a windows PC on a windows network. I shite you not.
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Date: 2006-10-31 02:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-31 01:27 pm (UTC)There is a little program called boot camp that will allow you to choose which OS you want (this includes Linux, too, btw). More rumors have it that dual booting be part of Leopard, instead of an add on program. (It'll probably be able to boot Vista, too.) The good thing is that a lot of the programs that you already have will run on the new machine with boot camp.
About the only thing that you will need in order to network is a ethernet card, if you don't have a wireless network, as all the Macs have wireless cards built into the machine.
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Date: 2006-10-31 06:32 pm (UTC)Answers for you
Date: 2006-10-31 11:30 pm (UTC)I wouldn't bother. OS X Leopard is not the major os upgrade that OS X was to OS 9. It will handle some drivers a little better, but if you are just buying a MacBook, instead of trying to build/kluge a mac together, it won't matter. Everything else I have heard of is mostly cosmetic and won't matter much to the experienced computer person.
Is it true that it will be dual bootable (running Mac X and Win XP)?
It is supposed to be. Technically, it is now, but it's such a hastle, it's not worth the effort all but the most dedicated geek.