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Yummy stuff.

I want one of the new iMacs really bad. My Titanium powerbook is on its last leg.

iWork’s new Spreadsheet program, Numbers, looks pretty hot, too.

Am stopping by the Apple Store tomorrow to pick up iLife/iWork updates. The new iMovie and GarageBand have me interested.

ordered a new 17” macbook pro with office ilife iwork and super high def screen today… mmmmmmm… no sleep till it arrives….

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I downloaded the trial version of iWork… Numbers is actually quite nice. It’s a little more flexible than Excel in some ways. Kind of reminds me of old Hypercard stacks…

The new iMovie makes me wish I didn’t delay my new PowerBook purchase till later this year; and with Pages doing both page layout and word processing, I may be able to totally get rid of my out dated version of Microsoft Office X. I already use Keynote instead of Powerpoint, and Numbers looks five times more preferable than Excel. Word was my last hold out, and even then I rarely use.

I have to say the new iMacs look great as well. I wish I could afford both a high-end laptop and a fully spec’d out iMac—a TB hard drive, with 4GB memory. That would be the best of both worlds. But portability, is still key for me. But who knows maybe I could get the iMac combined with an iPhone and be satisfied for 80% of my needs. So many gorgeous products. (sigh)

iWork does seem nice….  I just wish I wasn’t tied to Word.  Anyone know of any word processor that can do table of authorities?  As for an iMac—how does one stop drooling?  I’m on an old ibook 1.0 g4 beast, and it’s getting long in the tooth.  I don’t know whether I should get a new lappy or go for the iMac and keep this one for my rare portable needs.

I picked up one of the first Intel iMacs (a 20” version), and it’s been a great computer for the 1 1/2 years or so.  That being said, I feel a serious need to upgrade. 😊

[party crasher]I just bought Vista, and i LOVE IT![/party crasher]

j/k

I wish I could afford a MAC. Almost bought a Mac Mini from Costco a year ago ... then had to replace alternator on dumb car :(

iWork does seem nice….  I just wish I wasn’t tied to Word.  Anyone know of any word processor that can do table of authorities?  As for an iMac—how does one stop drooling?  I’m on an old ibook 1.0 g4 beast, and it’s getting long in the tooth.  I don’t know whether I should get a new lappy or go for the iMac and keep this one for my rare portable needs.

Hey Vanceone, not sure if it has the functionality, but have you tried Open Office?

I wish I could afford a MAC.

Once you start to factor in “fix it” time, you will find that Macs are priced competitively with name brand computers. Especially on the laptop side.

I wish I could afford a MAC.

Once you start to factor in “fix it” time, you will find that Macs are priced competitively with name brand computers. Especially on the laptop side.

I’m already determined to buy one, it would just take me time to save enough. I want to go all out. I figure that by the time I do manage to save enough, hopefully their prices will drop a little. I don’t mind the $1,500 price tag for a new desktop powerhouse.
The learning/adaptation curve is would would probably kill me. I’ve such a collection of donationware, freeware, opensource and commercial apps that I’ve bought/downloaded over the years.
I really dig the Unix core? Is that right? How they are virtually indestructible. I hate having to restart Windows after a product installation.
I want to tinker with MAMP.

I really dig the Unix core? Is that right?

Yup, based on BSD. In fact, a lot of the underlying source is publicly available as it is opensource.

How they are virtually indestructible. I hate having to restart Windows after a product installation.
I want to tinker with MAMP.

Try http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html until then.

Thanks, been using XAMPP for a few years now. I was SOO compelled to learn more, so I switched for Ubuntu for about 8-10 months.

I just barely came back to Windows when I bought a new SmartPhone - I really needed to use ActiveSync, back up contacts, tasks, emails, etc. it was just too much of a hassle with the Ubuntu+Wine workarounds. :(

I hear that Parallels is pretty darn impressive!? Looking forward to everything it can do for me in a couple of years.

I hear that Parallels is pretty darn impressive!? Looking forward to everything it can do for me in a couple of years.

It is, though I hear VMWare’s Fusion gives it a run for its money. Gotta love competition.