cons of getting a MAC

Student Lounge College Life
21

<p>It has everything you really NEED though.</p>

<p>And yes, Mplayer is awesome</p>

22

<p>Mac users shouldn't feel special because they have an operating system that comes pre-installed with widgets. There is a program called Konfabulator for Windows that is free for download. It has more powerful widgets than Tiger.</p>

23

<p>what is a widget? :confused:</p>

24

<p><a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/dashboard/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/dashboard/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

25

<p>my many thanks to you :p</p>

26

<p>i was running konfabulator on my Emac before i got an iMac that came w/ dashboard. i find that the dashboard widgets are just as good if not better than konfabulator.</p>

27

<p>ok so i am fully in love with my curvacious white emac, but ill tell you what, a powerbook is a beautiful thing. fully loaded itll cost you what any EQUIVALENTLY EQUIPED laptop will cost you, but this one is awesome. if you have specific incompatiblity issues go ahead, but i dont feel like im missing out using a mac over a pc... BELIEVE ME</p>

28

<p>we have lotsa macs at home and we rarely if not never run into compatibility problems. </p>

<p>also...widgets are cooler simply cuz its name isnt retarded. konfabulator? ***?</p>

29

<p>Hahaha it's true. konfabulator sounds like a gay pimp</p>

30

<p>Widget is not the name of your program; Dashboard is the name of it. Konfabulator is the Windows equivalent. They BOTH use programs called widgets. Some people even use Konfabulator on Mac's.</p>

31

<p>Still, dashboard sounds better than Konfabulator</p>

32

<p>trying to download MPlayer- it's so complicated! anyone know a dummy's way to figuring it out?</p>

33

<p>mac or pc?
you can find the latest version of Mplayer OSX at <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.versiontracker.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

34

<p>how do you get Adium?</p>

35

<p>Adium download here: <a href="http://www.adiumx.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.adiumx.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

36

<p>in addition to adium you could also try Fire, it is an open source OSX instant messenger client that a lot of my friends really like. I personally use GAIM (on linux and windows).</p>

<p>And really...if you want to download something isnt it quicker to type the name into google than to make a forum post and wait for someone to do the same thing and then reply?</p>

37

<p>huh? my post wasnt just about adium, ottothecow</p>

38

<p>Then there's the whole load of built-in fun like voice command operation. Or if you're feeling bored, the mac will tell you knock-knock jokes (the cheek of them to add that!) and if you don't feel like finishing the joke the mac will usher, "Back to work, then." :p </p>

<p>Oh yeah, macs definitely rule my world now.</p>

39

<p>my knock knock jokes don't work! It says the first part but doesn't give me the punchline. Ahumph</p>

40

<p>Really? Seems ok for me most of the time. Of course whenever you don't say a command properly and the comp doesn't respond it makes the person sitting front of the comp feel a bit... silly. I'm still not over the idea of talking machines.</p>