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Im getting my mac today"!!!!
yay yay shoppin!!!
Looking forward to re learning everything!!!!!
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oooh, what you getting? You will never look back. It’s easier to use and less hassles than a PC, it will take a small while to get used to because the layout is different but it all works so much better and seamlessly.
Enjoy
Warren
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I don’t know Cheryl, I just can’t see you in a mac! 😮 😮 😮 😮
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Bad idea. The Mac OS will drive you mad.
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Macs are far superior for graphic applications & the operating system is more stable than any windows based PC i’ve ever had. Have fun with it!!!
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nice one cheryl enjoy your new toy you’ll love it 😀
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quote Kev Mayger:Macs are far superior for graphic applications & the operating system is more stable than any windows based PC i’ve ever had. Have fun with it!!!
There is nothing wrong with Macs, But i would not say they are far superior for graphics applications or any other application.
As for the windows operating system i find it stable enough.. you just have to remove or disable a few things that Microsoft thinks you should have on your system.
Good luck Cheryl with your new Mac
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Marmite 🙄
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I am still using windows more then mac… but enjoying it tho
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quote Jon Marshall:Bad idea. The Mac OS will drive you mad.No way Jon, the Mac OS is a joy to use.
Didn’t Mr Gates steal the OS from Apple anyway so if he thinks it’s good enough!!!!Cheryl, you’ll never look back. Give it a little time as Warren says and you’ll get used to it. You’ll wonder why you didn’t go the Mac route earlier.
Be warned though Mac OS has it’s foibles but then don’t we all…….mines a nice pint of Guinness! But put it this way if you have a problem on a Mac you don’t feel useless as you do when windows goes into meltdown. You can generally fix the problem yourself and things are much more straightforward.
I’ve used Macs since 95 and wouldn’t use anything else as my everyday machine.
I’m in no way bias tho, let that be said!!!
😀Got to go, Steve Jobs is at the door :lol1:
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Have you been out and bought it yet Cheryl? The reason I ask is I have read on the rumour mill that new iMac’s may be out in a couple of days, maybe Thursday.
Quote: "As previously reported, the new iMac line is said to sport a new panel size purportedly due to a revised manufacturing process. It is likely that the refreshed iMac line will also incorporate Intel’s Sandy Bridge architecture for its processors and possibly even its much more powerful integrated graphics, at least in its entry-level models. This could also result in a price drop for the entry-level versions of Apple’s all-in-one.
Currently, Apple’s entry-level 21-inch iMac models are equipped with first-generation dual-core Core i3 and Core i5 chips ranging in speed from 3.06GHz to 3.6GHz, paired with ATI Radeon HD 4670 and or ATI Radeon HD 5670 discrete graphics cards. Intel’s second-generation Core i3 chips are currently offered in 2.5GHz through to 3.3GHz versions. Its new Core i5 models range in speeds from 3.30Ghz to 3.60Ghz.
Apple’s 27-inch iMac models currently start with a first-generation Core i3 processor running at 3.2GHz through to a 2.8Ghz Core i5 quad-core processer. A Core i7 clocked at 2.93GHz is also offered as a build-to-order option. These are paired with ATI Radeon HD 5670 discrete graphics for the dual-core models or ATI Radeon HD 5750 discrete graphics for the quad-core models. Intel’s second-generation quad-core Core i5 processors start at 2.5GHz and top out at 3.30GHz. Its Core i7 quad-core range starts at a clock speed of 2.53GHz and tops out at 3.4GHz. Intel also offers a new six-core Core i7 running at 3.20GHz, but it is likely that this version will be too expensive to see it fitted to an iMac at this time."
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I hear the arguments for the MAC, no doubt a good machine even if a little overpriced but if I want to use Signlab or Corel Draw both are only available on PC so I would need to run something like Parallels or similar and buy a copy of Windows so not am I only adding to the expense I’m also back with Windows so what would be the point of having a MAC?
I do run PC on Windows 7 and that is stable, so come on guys tell me why I would pay extra £s to run Windows on a machine it isn’t native to.Alan D
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LUVERLIE!!!
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Fantastic, I always consider a MAC an investment which will last for years and years. Well done, hope you enjoy it.
Jason
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See what you started Cheryl…………..please not the old MAC / PC debate.
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quote Cheryl Smith:ooooooooooooooooo
LUVERLIE!!!
cant say more than that……makes my pc look like a load o tosh at the mo…Yes, it may look lovely but wait until you find yourself longing for a right-click menu or being able to close a program by clicking the red X, or a delete key, etc.
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quote Jon Marshall:quote Cheryl Smith:ooooooooooooooooo
LUVERLIE!!!
cant say more than that……makes my pc look like a load o tosh at the mo…Yes, it may look lovely but wait until you find yourself longing for a right-click menu or being able to close a program by clicking the red X, or a delete key, etc.
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Control button and click is a "right click" but you can use a normal mouse with multiple buttons so not an issue (Mighty mouse is beautiful too :lol1: )
Mac OS also has little red crosses to close a program
and my mac keyboard has 2 delete keys on it
not sure what you are doing mate but sounds like you don’t know much about macs.
Cheryl (and most others will love it) yes there are issues about PC based software and that is why PC’s and Mac’s will always exist, they are different markets and for different people, opinions don’t matter as that’s just what they are, both a PC and a Mac can all do thew same things, some better than the other. Every day the 2 become more and more seamless to work with each other on the hardware and software front, apple make a certain product that appeals to certain people as does PC.
Get what you want and don’t mock the other as they can both be very good pieces of equipment in the right hands.
The only fact I know is Macs are safer from viruses than a PC due to the way the OS works and that’s fact. Everything else can be duplicated and replicated on both machines one way or another.
Warren
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it’s simple… plug ur PC keyboard in and mouse…. sorted 🙂
i did that the other day as the damn thing wanted batteries charged… no way!
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lovely lovely screen…and silent….makes my Dell sound like theres a train coming.
Ill use this and after 20 odd years of using windows, i should be able to make more of an opinion after a few weeks or months, but so far….gorgeous…. -
As for the windows operating system i find it stable enough.. you just have to remove or disable a few things that Microsoft thinks you should have on your system.
like windows 😀
Peter
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Cheryl. have you got the windows operating system for corel. or are you going the whole hog and moving over to adobe?
Peter
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Hi Peter hunnie
Im going whole hog over to Adobe… Have my pc as a ‘slave’ for the cutter and storage with Corel on hand as I learn Adobe… -
Once you go Mac, you never go back 😉
I run a Mac & PC side by side & the Mac is by far the superior machine to use.
It is far more expensive to buy & upgrade though 😮
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If you get stuck with any of the adobe products just ask. I moved from Aldus Freehand many years ago to illustrator, found it a little odd to begin with but it’s pretty straightforward. As you’ve been using Corel you will find most of the tools straightaway.
I must say it is almost the same on a PC and I regularly use our PC to edit work on that we created on the Macs.
Jason
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quote Gwaredd Steele:Once you go Mac, you never go back 😉
Yes Gwaredd, I would agree with that, I am a Mac Head, had a Mac before anyone had Macs, back in 1984… but, I still have a PC for its parallel port and Mach 3 (CNC) and of course Corel Draw. Do artwork on the Mac then DXF it to the PC. Use Corel for my plotter.
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you be still craving for Corel in a few days.. i promise hehe
i know a fair bit of adobe now and i still go back to corel
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well its quite odd that many run macs and PCs,
then compare the 2? got to ask why if macs are so good, why you would need a pc as well?Peter
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quote Dave Rowland:you be still craving for Corel in a few days.. i promise hehe
i know a fair bit of adobe now and i still go back to corel
when you learn a bit more, you will never go back to corel!
Peter
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id love to completely dump my old pc…I turn it on and the noise!…id forgotten what silence in the workspace was like…there seems to be no driver software for my summa and the OSX… handy to have while im learning the MAC and its software..
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kind of pervy cheryl 😀
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quote Peter Normington:well its quite odd that many run macs and PCs,
then compare the 2? got to ask why if macs are so good, why you would need a pc as well?Peter
I made the mistake of thinking PC’s had caught up with macs for user friendliness. They haven’t. Nor screen resolution.
That said though, the PC was £850 custom built, an identical mac (for performance) was over 2 grand 😮
Get what you pay for I suppose.
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You don’t get that much more for 2 grand 🙂
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quote Cheryl Smith:id love to completely dump my old pc…I turn it on and the noise!…id forgotten what silence in the workspace was like…there seems to be no driver software for my summa and the OSX… handy to have while im learning the MAC and its software..
anyway im on this great learning curve… this MAC feels like putting on silk gloves at the moment purrrrrrr…We use Summa cutters with mac since may years ago.
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quote Aitor:quote Cheryl Smith:id love to completely dump my old pc…I turn it on and the noise!…id forgotten what silence in the workspace was like…there seems to be no driver software for my summa and the OSX… handy to have while im learning the MAC and its software..
anyway im on this great learning curve… this MAC feels like putting on silk gloves at the moment purrrrrrr…We use Summa cutters with mac since may years ago.
Check Macsign or FlexiSign.cool thanks…ill investigate.
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I use my Summa with Flexisign too.
You may be better off thinking about flexisign to use on your new Mac too.
I use Flexi 8.5.
I had a trial version of MacSign which may be worth a look at.
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Not much help but we drive Roland cutters and Graphtecs using Macs. PC’s for the Edge and VersaCamms but only as RiPs really.
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According to Summa’s website, all Summa cutters are delivered with MacSign, so it
may be worth looking at all the stuff which came with the cutter to see if you have it.Have fun with the new Mac!
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Hi Cheryl
I run Adobe on my imac and run MacSign which comes with the Summa, it’s a simple free version which works seamlessly for cutting, copy and paste from Illustrator in to MacSign and cut, easy as that.
Cheers
Warren
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I love my iMac find it much better than my pc.
Also have a time capsule and mobile me so all my devices are linked up and backed up every day.I have iPad iPhone mac book pro and iMac and love them all. Iam also a Steve fan every product apple release I find they are really well designed and have great software on.
But I always find myself going back to the pc because iam addicted to sign lab!
Have fun Cheryl with you’re new machine.
Go on then someone shoot me down with the iPhone 4 antenna :lol1:
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quote Scott.Evans:I love my iMac find it much better than my pc.
Also have a time capsule and mobile me so all my devices are linked up and backed up every day:Good point Scott, I have a 1TB external HD linked to my Imac.
I have Time Capsule at home cos we’re all Mac at home too.
And a Mobile Me account is only around £60 and as Scott says all your info is synced automatically. If you get an Iphone and, god forbid, lose it you can find exactly where it is using Mobile Me and lock it, wipe it or play a sound or message.
Mobile Me also gives you 10GB of web based backup.
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quote Peter Normington:well its quite odd that many run macs and PCs,
then compare the 2? got to ask why if macs are so good, why you would need a pc as well?Peter
I have my mac for running Flexisign and my graphtec cutter and the pc is used for running roland versa works and my vp300. I also use the pc for invoices. The kids love both when i alow them anywhere near them
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quote Neil Davey:I use Flexi 8.5.
I see the PC version is up to 10 now. No mac upgrade 😕
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quote Warren Beard:Hi Cheryl
I run Adobe on my imac and run MacSign which comes with the Summa, it’s a simple free version which works seamlessly for cutting, copy and paste from Illustrator in to MacSign and cut, easy as that.
Cheers
Warren
My summa must be 10 years old now and the software with it is antiquated…downloads from the summa site are not for os10…ill do a search for macsign…
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Cheryl believe it or not my pc is about the same time to start work 😀
Lynn
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quote David-Foster-:quote Neil Davey:I use Flexi 8.5.
I see the PC version is up to 10 now. No mac upgrade 😕
No, even SA Inc. are trying to get me to ditch my Mac but I’ll never surrender!!!
8.5 is Ok for me, maybe they’ll upgrade soon but I’m not going to hold my breath!
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