Originally Posted by
CargoCan
So what's so great about MACs?
I've had an IBM laptop for 3 years. Its a T-42 Thinkpad with Windows XP. I've never had a problem with it. I use Norton Internet Security and keep it up to date.
MACs are more expensive and require additional steps to run window's based programs. Yet everyone I fly with either owns or is planning to buy a MAC, iphone, etc. Is it something in the coffee or am I just missing the bus???
Yeh, I'm a mac guy and always will be and love BidX, but macs are not perfect. The umbrella corporation--uh..I mean fedex requires IE 6.0 or better to view the flight plan release or the lido viewer. Microsoft does not support IE for the mac anymore. Latest safari and firefox browsers are great, but I cannot view th FPR or Lido or certain expense report items, not sure if any other mac users have experienced this problem,
but if you own a new mac with the intel chip and have a copy of windows xp your golden. To view the green screen you also have to run windows with IE and the support software as well.
Apple has great support and I would buy the extended warranty, but one would figure if the mac is so trouble free why is there always a line at genius bar in every apple store I visit
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As others have said can't beat a mac for movie making, music, photos, ipods or building websites. Hey the U.S. Army is going big time to the mac just for the hacking problems with windows!