A MacBook in the family
After many years as the token Windows geek in a medium sized firm of Electrical component manufacturers my brother has taken delivery of a new MacBook. For very good reasons Relay Monitoring Systems has run on a network of PC’s kept in secure harmony under the gaze of my little brother. AutoCad and advanced networking and backup procedures have dictated geekness in the Redmond direction but after some playing around with various Linux installations at home it was time for the bold experiment.
I think geekness runs in the family genetics but until now I have been the lone OS X nerd.
As a fair and balanced individual I look forward to the response of the now multi platformed house of Greenwood. He will also be trying the new Apple Airport Extreme basestation, presumably to have access to his local network while in bed with the wife.
Little geek innuendo there, sorry.
April 11th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
” Little geek innuendo there, sorry. ” ……, very, little at that ; )
April 11th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
His wife is going to kill me if she reads that….
April 12th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
I read it Phil, but have decided to let you live…
April 12th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Well thanks Mandi, I hope you get into the MacBook and enjoy it.
April 18th, 2007 at 9:52 am
So does that mean that he now needs new software to run on the Mac? ie: can’t use all his Windows apps?
April 18th, 2007 at 10:02 am
It is a machine that runs Open Office for the most part. It is also used for family photos and Mandi’s email.
No extra applications needed as the Mac comes with iLife, Mail, Safari and a bunch of other stuff. The rest of the machines ( 4 I think ) are still on the network so they still do what they do. The media server runs open source software.
He can also load Vista or XP or both on the Mac and install any existing apps.
He made the choice based on price and ease of use.
April 19th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
That’s good to know - because if I were to ever want to get a Mac - one of the major reasons I wouldn’t is not wanting to buy Mac versions of PhotoShop, Illustrator etc…