Re: Just venting (totally OT)

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On Jan 24, 11:47 am, Mandy <mandy...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've just found some resellers that sell Macs around here so I'll see if
I can persuade Steve to take me to each of them so that I can have a
look!  :o)

I strongly recommend you find a friend who already has a Mac and make
sure it will run everything you need before you buy one.

Most software companies develop their programs to run on Windows, and
only subsequently do a Mac port if they think there will be enough
demand. Hence Mac versions of Windows software are often a couple of
years behind the times, or don't include all the features.

As a former website developer, I used to have to test websites using
browsers on the Mac and that was one of my least favourite parts of
the job because things operate differently and web pages that look
fine in windows can look crap on a Mac, even using the 'same' browser.

There's really no point in buying a Mac to run windows - you're just
paying more for a computer to do something less well.

Evil Nigel
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