I've used Macintosh computers since the very beginning. I still have My Mac Plus and it still runs!
I've got four of them currently running, doing useful things. I never seem to get rid of them, not that I can't sell them easily, as they do hold their value, but I tend to repurpose them to other tasks and just keep them.
I've also had a great deal of experience with Windows machines (
most of it bad), but I currently still retain an IBM Thinkpad running Windows 2000 Pro, (
one of the best Microsoft operating systems in my opinion). I also have a Panasonic Toughbook running Windows XP Pro.
My latest Macintosh is a Mini that I bought to make it the heart of my home entertainment center. The Mini excels at this. With a wireless keyboard and mouse I can control it from anywhere in the room.
I can also use my Powerbook to control the Mini remotely using "screen sharing" a new feature of the "Leopard" version of OSX. I basically allows you to put the destop from another Mac on your screen and control it just like if you were useing it directly.
Here this is helpful to me is when I am watching TV on my HDTV the Mini is connected to, I can still use it by having the screen display redirected to my laptop. Here is a shot of this system, the screen on the HDTV looks washed out a bit, but that is glare from the bad lighting currently in the room. The HDTV works great as the only monitor on the Mini. Note the my Powerbook has the Mini's desktop on it:
I'll be happy to answer any questions about the macintosh, a topic I do know something about, far more than I know about treework.
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