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[Kitejumper]

Real noob question. Sorry.

I am currently using a windows desktop. I am thinking of getting a macbook. Question is will it connect to my SKY ISP out of the box ? Just looking into making the switch.

Cheers
KJ

 

[Kitejumper]

Thanks for the fast reply ( and no flame! ).

I thought it might as doing my initial reading on a possible change over to using a macbook did look like that but I want 100%.

I want to make the change over as any new laptop I would buy will be using visa and I dont like it.

I thought for what I want to use it for, surfing, music, films, design, ease of use , then I could learn to use MAc OS for a change as I have been MS for tooo long. As the wife would use it and she used to have a mac then we can both learn together! The more I read the more i am liking the whole package.
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Cheers
KJ

 

[Kitejumper]

" I've been a Mac owner for over a year now. You may still need Windows depending what kind of user you are. If you're just surfing and reading email then a Mac on it's own is probably fine. You might still run into a few annoying issues though like websites not working properly or other things not compatible. This past week I've had to get my work laptop out to use the kitchen designer on the Magnet website, a firmware recovery program for a Sky router and Nokia PC suite. At the moment owning a Mac is a compromise unless you're doing really simple tasks, no matter what anyone here might like you to believe. Either make sure you keep a windows machine, or get VMWare Fusion/Parallels."

- Well, the windows machine I hope to keep but it may get put into the mac fund as they are a good £300 more than my budget. I see what I can ebay!

I am not gaming on my pc anymore, I dont programme, I design sites, use Adobe products ( elements, photoshop etc)

I want to sort my music out so need itunes, I burn burn dvd's, movies, store my family photos, use Office - so I cant see there is much that I will lose out by having a OS swap.
The only other major thing I use it for is to stream my content from my pc via my 360 using WMP. Can the mac allow this ?

I think the macbook can let me do all this as the MBP is out of budget !
So I dont expect to lose out on anything.

Cheers
KJ