Posted on 05/11/2016 10:04:58 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
Bill Gates contributes to gun control efforts, far, far more evil behavior than being a homosexual!
Ed
I can’t see using the iPad in a professional fashion.
It has no file structure, fir one. With OSX, if I’m doing a project on Howling Wolf, I create a folder called “Howling Wolf.”
I out all the files related to it in that folder: the ID files, the fonts, the AI .eps’s, the .psd’s, etc., and the text notes regarding it.
You can’t do this on an iPad! Such a simple, fundamental process, available since System 6, completely unavailable in iOS on the iPad!
And the fonts? How do I install Suitcase, to switch font sets?
How do I instruct ID to Save For Service Provider when I have absolutely no control over any of my files?
It’s so frustrating! I hate that Apple is leaving publishers and creatives behind, I just absolutely hate it, yet there’s nothing we can do about it...
Ed
Same old lie, posted over and over and over again.
Sword is NOT a paid Apple commentator, as is neither myself not the other dozens, if not thousands, of Apple aficionados on this forum.
We use Macs because for our particular circumstances, they are better than the Wintel offerings.
Nothing more, nothing less...
Ed
I own an Apple Quadra 800, a 604e, a Power Mac G4 and G5, two older tower-style Mac Pro’s and a trash can Mac Pro.
THEY ALL STILL WORK!! I’ve used them HEAVILY over the past twenty years, in my profession, Publishing, for 8 to 15 hours a day, with huge filed running the Adobe/Macromedia Suite, Claris and Aldus and in all those machines, and all those years upon years of intensive computing, I’ve inly had ONE component fail...the liquid-cooled motherboard of one of my Power Macs, which they paid the local Apple vendor to overnight to me a replacement Mac, then flew a new motherboard to Medford, and they had my Mac back in three days.
They are an amazing company, at least as far as their workstations go!!
Ed
Thanks for your feedback. You know what you need for your digital needs.
These two guys were not Apple fans, but they are using their IPads and I phone 6’s and seem to be satisfied.
My wife and I are grandparents and use our Android smart phones to keep in contact with our families/friends and to take photos.
My wife texts a lot with grandkids, adult children, friends and other family members. I’m light re texting but use it a few times per day for that. She now uses her Android as her main phone versus her unlisted landline number. That enables her to stay in contact with local relatives/friends and across the country people by having her Android with her and ready for calls and texts.
She has gotten very good with picture taking and sending them. I have been doing that for years and do a good job.
We both use Tracfone for the above, and Android phones that cost between $100 to $200. We are amazed at how friends/relatives our age spend a small fortune on their I phones and the service to do less or no more than what we do with our Androids.
Have a great weekend.
That's a great track record for machines doing heavy work! I have a number of vintage machines in my collection, including a 9600 (predates the G3), G3s, G4s, and G5 towers, and they all still work; however, they aren't being used in production work but used for demo purposes. I don't have the liquid-cooled machine that you have, they're rare but I remember they did have a problem with it. Collectors will take it off your hands.
One reason I collect vintage machines is that no other company is blending artistic design with cutting edge technology like Apple. These machines are elegant art, and some are indeed in museums. One of my favorites is the G4 Cube, not as powerful as the towers but strong none the less and a museum favorite, and my Cube still works and is being used to surf the Internet, not bad for a 16-year-old machine. Another favorite is the 20th Anniversary Mac, which is used in my living room for its great sounding CD stereo with subwoofer, radio and TV built in, now 20 years old. These machines do last. I do have some old Windows machines but they're real ugly in comparison, and that has not changed much.
Despite my commentary in support of Apple machines, my wife and I use Tracfones. I agree that lots of folks (mostly young ones) spend a small fortune on their cell phones and access, and it seems that they're the ones who would be better off using the money elsewhere. All we use our phones for is to contact one another when necessary, and the Tracfone does that with minimal cost and anonymity. Our iPads are for the extra functions like Facetime chats etc. (we're also grandparents and the grandkids call a lot).
They are really cool, really well-built machines, for sure!
I loved the description of your collection!
Ed
My collection goes way back. My wife is after me to pare it down, which I’m doing. I have some vintage Apple II machines from 1977, earliest is in the low 100s serial number I still have, another in the 300s I sold to pay for others, most likely worked on personally by the founders. They still work.
My husband has an Apple computer from 2007 or 2008 that can no longer access our bank records because it is so old and we use a new laptop for it. He refuses to replace the Apple, insists it will last another ten years.
Same for my wife. She’s been using a 2006 Macbook for years, works fine but she was complaining that she can’t access the new features that are in the newer machines OSX (Yosemite/El Capitan) that our relatives use like sharing of photos and movies (instant shared streaming from their iCloud accounts that I get on my Mac Mini). Older machines are limited to Mountain Lion or thereabouts. I recently replaced it with a new Macbook Pro for her use, and she is happy once more. Interestingly, the 2006 is faster what with the SSD solid state drive I have in it, compared to the new machine. I’ll upgrade to SSD later on for the newer machine, best way to make it fast. Meanwhile, the 2006 Macbook is now being used for my workshop driving a 3D printer or playing movies.
One feature my husband likes is iWeb (Leopard or something). Apple dropped tech support for it, and he was told iWeb won’t transfer to the newer models.
Apple products are so hugely overpriced I cannot believe anyone would waste their money on them.
I have an HP desktop which I purchased in 2008. It has had no problems. The problem with Apple is they are not worth the 3 times price of other desk/laptops.
I would rather replace my computer every 3 yrs and get the very latest technology then sit with an imac for 9 or 10 yrs with dated technology.
Shhh! Fanbois are lurking...
Have two in my family and I never fail to tell them how much money I am saving with the latest computer/phone/tablet compared to what they have.
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