A Funny Video About Windows 7(& You Wonder WHY I Own A Mac)

Post Production Of This Video Series

1st of all, I appreciate the Ease Of Use of The System called Mac, with the stability of Mac OS X(Leopard), where I don't have to worry about when an application crashes, the whole system comes crashing down:

It is time to upgrade iLife & obtain a real digital camera. A simple cell phone camera will NOT do;

iWork '08 will stay put, as it was used to create titles and credits;

Hey, I like a system that works well. iMovie 5.0.2 was fine.

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Suites

If one has iWork on their Mac, be sure to download Neo Office, a full suite of Office Functions for free.

Neo Office reads, exports and saves MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as in Open Office, Star Office and WordPerfect formats as well as PalmDoc.

iWork is good for writing and page layout, ad well as for presentations. But it helps to have Neo Office along for more complex files.

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A Comparison

Neo Office only takes up 4/10 of a Gigabit of hard drive, whereas MS Office:Mac goes as much as 1.5Gigabits of Hard Drive. Neo Office is free. The savings are immense.
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The i Is The Most Important Letter In Mac Land

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A number of products have names preceded by the small letter I. This all began when Apple sold their Internet ready computer called iMac. The letter I, is now the most common small letter in connection with digital products today.

There are the iMac and iPod. What next, the Mets Inspired iChoke?

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My Main Blogging Tool Via The iPod Touch

It should be noted about Documents2, that this is my main writing tool when I am away from home. In a WiFi zone, I can either send my writings to Google Docs or email my own email box, so I can then open it up, cut and paste the text to my blog & have an article written.

Using my fingers is easier than using a stylus on my old Palm T/X. I can always use QuickOffice for writing a short MS Word Document, but for writing my blog, this is my primary tool.

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MS Word:Mac 2008 Scam

There is a scam on the web where someone advises you how to get MS Office:Mac 2008. A site is given and key code is supplied. You take the free download which takes a few hours. The MS Office then goes in your download folder. You open the application and are asked to enter the key code, but Microsoft's download wizard will not let you enter anything after the sixteenth digit. As it turns out, it is a scam as Microsoft really protects their property in licensing the software.

Besides, MS Office isn't nearly as complete as Neo Office, which is free & does what MS Office does with greater functionality, including drawing and formula function. Then there is iWork, which rivals MS Office and is just fine without the high tariff.

Besides, MS Office is too bulky and far less intuitive, and made for professional office and artist types. If you have Neo Office, that's good enough. Even better is iWork '08 or '09.

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"Handy"

One may be mobile, using one's Handy on a Tram or Metro, & be productive as if one was on a desktop, whether that desktop be a notebook or big machine.

In Apple's Case, there are the MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. In their desktop lines are the All In One iMacs and the multiple unit Mac Pro and Mac Mini. The iPhone and iPod Touch are the current fos of ultimately mobile, with the iPad due next month. Welcome to the "Digital Leash."

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A Beauty Of Software For FREE

Complete and Free

Neo Office, the Mac version of Open Office, has Writer,Spreadsheet, Presentation, Formula, Drawing, Database and Business Cards, all for free. Even MS Office doesn't give you this. It gives one MS Office Compatibility.

Enjoy the freebie.

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On iPod Touch

I now realize that with Documents2 & QuickOffice on the iPod Touch, that this device has all the wherewithall to be a laptop replacement.

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May Save You Some Bread

If you are buying a Mac for the first time and you have to choose between Microsoft Office:Mac and iWork '09, do buy the iWork, as MS Office Documents will be read by iWork Pages, Numbers and Keynote & you will save a great deal of money. One can even, for free, download Neolithic Office, which is good but not as intuitive as iWork.

I may have saved you a bundle.

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MMMCXCIX_App MVA

The Excellent Apps of the iPod Touch include QuickOffice. This is a great app for MS Word Documents, as well as MS Excel Documents.

And to think that this application makes this iPod Touch to be more than merely a Media Player, hence this is a great mobile computer. Who needs to carry a laptop? Except for Flash Player, this is a perfectly-functioning computer, which does play YouTube Videos and iTunes Music and Videos+Podcasts, as well as do email, calculations and web apps.

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D2Quick-BOTH Worth It

Interestingly Enough, but with Documents2 and Quickoffice, the iPod Touch and iPhone becomes as useful as carrying around a laptop, but this is so much lighter than lugging a laptop around. D2 is useful as is Quickoffice. D2 can be sent to Google Docs or email. Quickoffice reads Powerpoint & so does D2.
D2 saves in.txt format, which is a universal standard & has fewer bytes than .doc or .docx. D2 documents can be emailed or loaded to Google Docs.
D2 can be used to create voice documents, spreadsheets and text documents, along with photos. It is very useful in making one's iPhone/iPod Touch as functional as a laptop.
D2 is a paid application & worth every penny paid by users. Quickoffice is quite good as well.

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VOiP

VOiP or "Voice Over Internet Protocol" is a great way to make a phone call. In fact, the signal comes in clearer over VOiP than over regular cell service. Using "Skype" is great as the signal is clear.
I like the fact that the iPod Touch can operate as backup phone, using VOiP, as this comes over the Internet. Welcome to the era of not being grounded to the world of the landline, in short we are all in the "Digital Age."

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6 Years of Mac

Six Years Ago, I purchased an older reburbished PowerMacintosh G3 All In One, the computer said to be the precursor for the iMac. It was the Mac which taught me about the Mac system. The OS was Mac OS 9.2.2(Limelight Upgrade 1).
It was an education if only because Mac movements are different from Microsoft Windows Systems. One closes a browser from the left side & not the right side of the browser. There are fewer keystrokes in the Mac Systems. In Mac OS 9, there were only a few viruses. In Mac OS X, there are no viruses. In Windows, try 150K viruses.
Would I return to Windows? I doubt that so very much. The guy who plays the PC in the Mac commercials? Well, while he may represent a Bill Gates Type, he is a Mac Owner for the last 26 Years. And his "In The Past" podcast is very popular on iPhone/iPod Touch and probably will be on the Apple iPad. I currently own both an iPod Touch and G4 eMac, running Mac OS 10.5.6(Leopard) and wouldn't even consider returning back to Windows. Windows is not worth all the aggravation.

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MacTabPad

Using the iPod Touch as a document creator is interesting in that this device is lighter than a Palm PDA & has more functionality like a Notebook or Desktop, than the Palm PDA does. The iPad will be similar and larger and will allow for iWork to operate within that device. It is an All In One Tablet Style computer.

From what I could see of the Windows Style Tablet Computers, they are Notebook Style Computers which will be rather expensive and heavier than what Apple will be selling. While the iPad will be 1 Pound in weight, Windows Tablets will be considerably heavier. The iPad will actually be lighter than the Newton MessagePad, really the 1st Tablet Style Computer. Apple leads and Microsoft follows, as is usually the case.

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Office In Your Pocket

For iPhone/iPod Touch users, you can be just as productive away from desktop/notebook, with apps able to read, create and edit MS Office Documents & in the case of Powerpoint, reading a document from Powerpoint.

Quickoffice is that application, reading MS Word and Excel as well as writing in those formats & reads Powerpoint. It also reads other formats quite well.

With this application, your iPhone or iPod Touch becomes your mobile office, without needing to carry a Notebook.

And you can send the report direct from either device without needing extra wires or cables. Your office is as near as a pocket.

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Microsoft Is Not Necessarily "The Dark Side"

The Mac User who uses Microsoft Office is NOT a traitor but one who either was a Windows User or a Day One Mac User.

In fact, a Mac user with Microsoft Office Experience does see the difference in the styles of the two versions. MS Office 2007:Windows looked like MS Office:Mac 2004. Then again, MS Office was 1st introduced on Mac and not Windows. For you see, Microsoft has an intense Mac History as well as its' history in Windows. Watch MS Office:Windows 2010 mimicry MS Office 2008:Mac. Having used both Windows & Mac versions of MS Office, whatever is seen as new on the Windows side, has already been run on the Mac side.

Microsoft is as much a part of the Mac footprint as well as Windows, but I prefer lower cost alternatives, which get the job done just as well as MS Office. iWork '08 gets it done for me at $80, so WHY should I pay between $150 & $400 for a productivity suite. There is even Neo Office for free, which as one application, pays tribute to that venerable application of multiple uses, Appleworks 6.

You can save that MS Office money for something more valuable. And you will still be productive, without spending half the GNP of Micronesia. And you'll thank those of us who use alternatives, which are just as useful.

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Mo' Mac

The iPad will have a version of iWork Pages, Numbers and Keynote on it as apps. With that, one can operate as if one has a Notebook Computer, only lighter and very compact.

The iPod Touch, using Quicknote & Documents2, operates almost like a laptop, though it needs WiFi to go onto the Web.

Over on Mac, for Panther, Tiger, Leopard & Snow Leopard Users, you have a free option for an office suite, based on Open Office , called Neo Office. Like water, it's free, with word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, database, and drawing functions & fits in with Mac. You may even see Appleworks in this tight integration. MS Office Documents+WordPerfect and Open Office and Palm Documents are opened with this suite.

Freebie Time!

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Tech

As to the tactical decision of the New York City Department Of Education to have a firm in Florida take care of computer repair and networking, I must ask this all-important question:

If these computers were all Mac OS X variety or even OS 9.2.2, then the much lower costs for support are justified. But, if the great majority is Microsoft Windows Set of Networks, it will be Chaos City, as Windows requires so much more technical support.

How many headaches if this is an all Windows Network? 

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