Take that bit of paper off the screen
Haha the paper is long gone. Still trying to get my head round the the os. Getting there but slowly
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Haha the paper is long gone. Still trying to get my head round the the os. Getting there but slowly
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13" Macbook pro retina 16GB RAM 2.6GHz Core i5
iPad Air 2 128GB Space Grey
iPhone 6 128GB Space Grey
13" Macbook pro retina 16GB RAM 2.6GHz Core i5
iPad Air 2 128GB Space Grey
iPhone 6 128GB Space Grey
Is that the generic ios wallpaper or a larger version?
Could you post the link to it please?
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It's a generic iOS wallpaper that you get with iOS 8. I will post a link to it when I get home.
Took a while to find it, as it's not available in Yosemite.
But I thought it was pretty stunning and applied it to all my apple devices.
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Never owned a mac before. I have had iphones and i do like them ( 4 & 5 )
Have been thinking of picking up a macbook for work as my cheap windows laptop is not cutting it.
I have a few questions though
How easy is it to get used to the alternate OS
Is mac genuinely as productive as people claim it to be? Ive seen a few videos and it does seem very good but would like to hear it from some people who own them who have a bit of experience
Also movie playback, i know macs are thrown at graphic/media designers ect and as far as i know have some of the best screens on the market. Including high resolution macbooks 2880 by 1800? But are they capable of playback at this resolution smoothly
Thanks
Harry ( potential new mac user
)
EDIT : Also, i know Microsoft office is available on the mac but does this work 1:1 with windows, I am currently using a lot of MS Access and the work systems are mainly windows. If i was to make a database on the mac would they then work seamlessly on the Windows pc
Have been thinking of picking up a macbook for work as my cheap windows laptop is not cutting it.
I have a few questions though
How easy is it to get used to the alternate OS
Is mac genuinely as productive as people claim it to be? Ive seen a few videos and it does seem very good but would like to hear it from some people who own them who have a bit of experience
Also movie playback, i know macs are thrown at graphic/media designers ect and as far as i know have some of the best screens on the market. Including high resolution macbooks 2880 by 1800? But are they capable of playback at this resolution smoothly
Thanks
Harry ( potential new mac user
)EDIT : Also, i know Microsoft office is available on the mac but does this work 1:1 with windows, I am currently using a lot of MS Access and the work systems are mainly windows. If i was to make a database on the mac would they then work seamlessly on the Windows pc
Soldato
I'll plead the fifth on the early questions. That and your posting style makes my head hurt!
Office for Mac doesn't includes Access. It's not 1:1 on features and the interface is different to the Windows versions. If you need to run Windows Office, then I'd advise to run it via a virtualisation product.
Office for Mac doesn't includes Access. It's not 1:1 on features and the interface is different to the Windows versions. If you need to run Windows Office, then I'd advise to run it via a virtualisation product.
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I switch around this time last year to OSX mostly since I want a unix system with photoshop and other apps I need for work.
1) Took me roughly 2 months to get used too it, some things where really annoying, like the keyboard being different @ vs " was a huge pain point for a developer that uses " 2104120412 times a day for strings
. But now I can't go back to anything else and I love how OSX work, still hate some of the keyboard choices but meh XD.
2) Yes. This is due to a lot of things, spaces is great I love them on linux love them on OSX, I can easily spread work out and never need too alt tab. Short cuts are awesome, every app I've used uses cmd + , for settings, cmd + w to close a window, cmd + q to quit an app etc etc. Once you learn the hotkeys your life becomes so much better.
3) You have access to VLC so it does everything the windows version does, I also use MPlayerX which has no issues with file types but still lacks features like playlist which is key on a Friday night when me and the misses catch up on the weeks shows. I also watch a lot of Anime with 10bit etc etc without any issue.
Dont use Office for anything.
1) Took me roughly 2 months to get used too it, some things where really annoying, like the keyboard being different @ vs " was a huge pain point for a developer that uses " 2104120412 times a day for strings
. But now I can't go back to anything else and I love how OSX work, still hate some of the keyboard choices but meh XD.2) Yes. This is due to a lot of things, spaces is great I love them on linux love them on OSX, I can easily spread work out and never need too alt tab. Short cuts are awesome, every app I've used uses cmd + , for settings, cmd + w to close a window, cmd + q to quit an app etc etc. Once you learn the hotkeys your life becomes so much better.
3) You have access to VLC so it does everything the windows version does, I also use MPlayerX which has no issues with file types but still lacks features like playlist which is key on a Friday night when me and the misses catch up on the weeks shows. I also watch a lot of Anime with 10bit etc etc without any issue.
Dont use Office for anything.