To Mac or not to Mac - is my Q

[Click This IT Solutions]

With regards to setting up cisco routers

Busy doing it now. Serial to USB or can use serial to ethernet and get usb ethernet adapter.

Most guys I have seen working for IS also doing same.

With regards to using for business... Mail is a bit of downfall but my company has web based login so I use that instead. Mac is quicker to boot up and if need to access windows use Parallels and make small partition.

btw: CLI is better with macbooks SSH and telnet is on by default.

I have switched to OpenOffice and Thunderbird about a year ago (after Office 360 said pay or leave) and use it on both Linux and Windows machines, both are available on Mac as well, so no change there. My main worry would be connectivity to routers, but it sounds like that is nothing to worry about. I have a USB to Serial cable, my only concern now would be setting that up to work.

I only realised it now, they don't have Ethernet either, must you get an adaptor for everything? Eish, I use that a lot for config on ADSL routers and some others. Need to check the availability of these adaptors.

I'd hate to have a Mac and run Windows on it, even if it's only a VM.

 

[Thor]

I have switched to OpenOffice and Thunderbird about a year ago (after Office 360 said pay or leave) and use it on both Linux and Windows machines, both are available on Mac as well, so no change there. My main worry would be connectivity to routers, but it sounds like that is nothing to worry about. I have a USB to Serial cable, my only concern now would be setting that up to work.

I only realised it now, they don't have Ethernet either, must you get an adaptor for everything? Eish

I'd hate to have a Mac and run Windows on it, even if it's only a VM.

Outlook is the only reason I stay on Windows.

I can't find a email client that can compete, tried both geary and thunderbird, thunderbird just can't cope with a 20gb mailbox and mine is around 45Gb.

 

[Click This IT Solutions]

I also liked Outlook a lot, but I'm slowly moving away from MS and that was the hardest part. I'm now only using Windows because it came free with my laptop. If I had to pay for it, I would install Ubuntu in a heartbeat, been using it since about Ubuntu 3.04. Unfortunately I can't alway help people with Windows issues without sitting in front of a Win pc, but that's a sad excuse, I can probably use TeamViewer on a Mac for that.

I have been threatening to stop using all MS products, but they are unfortunately what most people use and I need to know how to do fix things and would probably be forced to upgrade my crappy 8.1 to 10 when they have sp1 released.

 

[backstreetboy]

they have sp1 released.

Ain't gonna happen. They killed off service packs in favour of a rolling release. No biggie though Windows 10 is the best windows yet...

 

[PostmanPot]

mine is around 45Gb.

:wtf:

Ours is pretty big, mail from about 6 years ago, would be keen to check size. Thunderbird works well, perfect in fact. Would imagine SSD is a big help too?

Otherwise you can run Outlook for Mac, or Outlook for Windows with a VM or Parallels.

 

[Sonic2k]

I can even do all my embedded stuff on Mac (and yes, even Arduino works there, better than it does on PC)
I won't be buying a normal PC again. Rather save up for a Desktop Mac

 

[Thor]

:wtf:

Ours is pretty big, mail from about 6 years ago, would be keen to check size. Thunderbird works well, perfect in fact. Would imagine SSD is a big help too?

Otherwise you can run Outlook for Mac, or Outlook for Windows with a VM or Parallels.

Yea around 14 years of mail and quite a lot of different mail addresses.

I should actually try thunderbird with the SSD now.

I will load my account with Thunderbird tonight and tests!!

Brilliant suggestion actually.

 

[HApyM3al]

I have switched to OpenOffice and Thunderbird about a year ago (after Office 360 said pay or leave) and use it on both Linux and Windows machines, both are available on Mac as well, so no change there. My main worry would be connectivity to routers, but it sounds like that is nothing to worry about. I have a USB to Serial cable, my only concern now would be setting that up to work.

I only realised it now, they don't have Ethernet either, must you get an adaptor for everything? Eish, I use that a lot for config on ADSL routers and some others. Need to check the availability of these adaptors.

I'd hate to have a Mac and run Windows on it, even if it's only a VM.

Yes the rmbp dont have ethernet. I bought the usb to ethernet and not thunderbolt. Spoke to couple guys within IS and recommended it.

I agree with running windows on OSX even a VM. I am using it literally for one reason = security certificate. tried everything to get onto the mbp but no luck. I walk round with MBP and work windows laptop. and I prefer the MBP every time. Battery life is also better work laptop will last round 4hours and mbp easily 8hours.

little things like layer 2 discovery doesnt seem to work 100%.

I dont know if you use wifi or test but thats another benefits of these MBP - 5ghz. get round 200mbps over wifi sometimes

 

[PostmanPot]

 

[Thor]

I love J create

 

[Rickster]

Its all about what you getting for your money, anything apple is just crazily overpriced, you dont get your monies worth with apple.

 

[PostmanPot]

Its all about what you getting for your money, anything apple is just crazily overpriced, you dont get your monies worth with apple.

Of course you do.

 

[Rickster]

Of course you do.

Not in my opinion.

 

[PostmanPot]

Not in my opinion.

Which Macs have you owned in order to form it?

Or is there still some time before they become affordable?

 

[Rickster]

Which Macs have you owned in order to form it?

None, but let me ask you this. If there was a way you could dual boot OSX on a normal laptop that would run just as well on Mac.

Would you buy the laptop or the Mac?

 

[PostmanPot]

None, but let me ask you this. If there was a way you could dual boot OSX on a normal laptop that would run just as well on Mac.

Would you buy the laptop or the Mac?

Of course the Mac, every time.

They are in another league. They win at both software and hardware/build/design, etc.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

None, but let me ask you this. If there was a way you could dual boot OSX on a normal laptop that would run just as well on Mac.

Would you buy the laptop or the Mac?

I know I would buy a Mac. Actually did. The 8 hours battery life I get surpasses anything I had before. Actually leave my charger at work.

Still dual booting though. The computer is fast enough for any task I throw at it and that screen resolution is just unbeatable

 

[Rickster]

Of course the Mac, every time.

They are in another league. They win at both software and hardware/build/design, etc.

Thats a fanboy answer right there.

But I respect your opinion.

 

[PostmanPot]

Thats a fanboy answer right there.

But I respect your opinion.

No it's not. It's a fact which one day you might realise if you have any sense/of quality.

Time and time again I've explained how I was a Windows fan for 90% of my life. I disliked Mac. I thought it was poor value, for stupid people with money to burn.

Then they became affordable, and everything changed. I will never buy a Windows PC again.

 

[PostmanPot]

Oh and Rickster, we're also tired of being called fanboys, suggested idiots, etc. by people who do not own or use or understand the products. Go and think about that for a while, outside of this section of the forum.