“The vast majority of home computers run Windows, and that isn’t necessarily a good thing. Such PCs have long been beset by viruses, spyware and other infestations. That’s partly because Windows is such a tempting target and partly because Microsoft often borders on the incompetent in plugging up security holes,” Julio Ojeda-Zapata writes for The St. Paul Pioneer Press.
“Macintosh computers offer relief from all of that. Its Mac OS X operating system isn’t impregnable, by any means, but attacks on it are virtually nonexistent,” Ojeda-Zapata writes. “The Mac is appealing for other reasons. OS X is easy to use. Slick software Apple puts on every Mac gives you mastery over digital music, photos and home video. Macintosh machines are chic and reasonably priced for what they offer.”
“On the affordable end, I sampled an iBook laptop with a 12-inch screen and sub-$1,000 price tag, a breakthrough for Apple as it competes with Windows laptops costing as little as $600. With integrated Wireless Fidelity networking, a recent power boost and much-smaller dimensions than entry-level Windows laptops, this mini-Mac is worth a look,” Ojeda-Zapata writes. “A bit more money gets you a slightly faster processor, a 14-inch display and a DVD burner (the 12-incher records CDs but only reads DVDs).”
“In the desktop category, Apple offers what is arguably the most appealing consumer computer on the planet. Its iMac G5 seems to be nothing more than a flat-panel display until you look closely and realize all its innards are built into a svelte enclosure atop a metal stand. With the G5 processor found in professional Macs, it has power aplenty, too,” Ojeda-Zapata writes.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: If you are a Windows-only user and are considering adding a safe, powerful, and fun Apple Mac OS X machine to your computing arsenal, more information about how to do so smoothly can be found here.
In case it comes up:
Emailchemy is a utility that helps you regain ownership of your email. Emailchemy reads email from the proprietary formats of the most popular (and many of yesterday’s forgotton) email applications and converts it to a standard, portable format that any application can use.
Emailchemy currently can read the email files and mailboxes from:
Claris Emailer 1.x for Macintosh
Claris Emailer 2.x for Macintosh
Entourage
Eudora
Mac OS X Mail
Mozilla
Mulberry
Neoplanet
Netscape
Opera 4, 5, 6 & 7
Outlook Express 4 and 5 for Macintosh
Outlook Express 4, 5 & 6 for Windows
Outlook Express 5 for UNIX/Solaris
PowerTalk/AOCE for Macintosh
QuickMail Pro for Macintosh
QuickMail Pro for Windows
Yahoo! Mail
any UNIX-style (RFC-822) mailbox
Emailchemy currently can rewrite any of the above formats into:
RFC-822 mailboxes (also known as “mbox” or “UNIX-style”)
Folders of individual RFC-822 email files (.txt or .eml files)
Comma-separated value files (.csv files)
Maildir (qmail)
Maildir++ (Courier IMAP)
Variations of the RFC-822 mailboxes that are directly usable by:
Mac OS X Mail (aka “Mail.app”)
Eudora
Mozilla (including Netscape and Thunderbird)
http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/index.html
So, now you can move to a Mac. Ain’t life grand?!
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Thanks MacHelper. Your post is a great example of what the ‘real’ Mac community is all about.
RE: “Thanks MacHelper. Your post is a great example of what the ‘real’ Mac community is all about.”
Advertisements are what the mac community is about? This is blatant advertisement and nothing else feeding off of our loyalty to the mac. I’ll pass on that link thank you.
Colthere,
The materialistic world has really gotten to you, hasn’t it?
Your loss for passing up the link.
Mac Owner = Cult = Materialistic = Only in America