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  • juicylinks
    So Fucking Banned
    • Apr 2001
    • 122992

    #1

    PC user switching to a MAC....

    Easy to pick it up or would it be difficult cause of being used to a pC for years? Any switchers here?
  • Kris
    Confirmed User
    • Apr 2002
    • 940

    #2
    its easy. did it a little over a year ago.
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    • Digipimp
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      • Mar 2003
      • 13481

      #3
      It's really pretty easy for real. I started using a mac when they ran DOS, then I used a pc for a long time and finally when I bought my first computer when I was about 21 I bought a mac and haven't gone back since.

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      • jimthefiend
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        • Oct 2003
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        #4
        macs are for faggots and other sorts of liberal hippy types

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        • TaDoW
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          • Sep 2001
          • 3875

          #5
          I'm so sorry.

          wave goodbye to all cheap hardware, nearly all software, and your second (and third) mouse button, along with the scroll wheel.

          -TaDoW

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          • Rorschach
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            • Aug 2002
            • 5579

            #6
            Originally posted by jimthefiend
            macs are for faggots and other sorts of liberal hippy types

            How anyone can be proud to be a windows l-user is beyond me.

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            • Digipimp
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              • Mar 2003
              • 13481

              #7
              Originally posted by TaDoW
              I'm so sorry.

              wave goodbye to all cheap hardware, nearly all software, and your second (and third) mouse button, along with the scroll wheel.

              Hey at least you're up to date on reality if it were still 1995

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              • angeleyes
                Confirmed User
                • Feb 2003
                • 3584

                #8
                Very easy transition. I had never seen one or worked on one and I was hired at a company that MAC was required.... I fibbed and said I was proficient with that as well as a few programs I didn't know and by the end of the week I was using the new programs on the mac like a champ, nobody was the wiser.
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                • juicylinks
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                  • Apr 2001
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by angeleyes
                  Very easy transition. I had never seen one or worked on one and I was hired at a company that MAC was required.... I fibbed and said I was proficient with that as well as a few programs I didn't know and by the end of the week I was using the new programs on the mac like a champ, nobody was the wiser.
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                  • MetaMan
                    I AM WEB 2.0
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 28682

                    #10
                    macs are for idiots who cant keep a PC clean, stop downloading so much beasty porn and PC will give u no probs.

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                    • stevecore
                      Confirmed User
                      • May 2003
                      • 6130

                      #11
                      convinced my friend that his mac was a P.O.S (basically since i had the same one and hated it). for years he used & loved his mac then moved to a PC & has been using it for about a year.

                      his latest job has got him back on a powerbook and he fucking hates it now more than ever.

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                      • Cory W
                        Deeply shallow
                        • Jan 2004
                        • 9133

                        #12
                        Juicylinks,

                        after 1 hour of using a Mac, you will wonder why in the hell you let a PC be so difficult.

                        Seriously, they are super easy to use. Do yourself a favor and get some video and play with the editing in IMovie or Final Cut Pro, they just integrate so smoothly.

                        Only thing, once you use one, that Apple store is a scarey place to be. You can buy a car for what it cost to fill up that new box they have with Memory

                        I have the Powerbook. I run everything from it. Never had an issue.
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                        • MrIzzz
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                          • Sep 2003
                          • 22923

                          #13
                          its like switching colognes. you left drakkar to go to coolwater. it wasn't that hard was it?


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                          • jimthefiend
                            So Fucking Banned
                            • Oct 2003
                            • 18889

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Rorschach


                            How anyone can be proud to be a windows l-user is beyond me.
                            oh get a fucking clue dude i mean fuck

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                            • Rorschach
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Aug 2002
                              • 5579

                              #15
                              Originally posted by jimthefiend


                              oh get a fucking clue dude i mean fuck
                              In what way? You really think that Windows is a good OS?

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                              • Rich
                                So Fucking Banned
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 11486

                                #16
                                It takes a while to get used to the key commands, not hitting control V, etc. Besides that it couldn't be easier, macs are easy to use and I've never seen performance on a pc like I get from my powermac.

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                                • directfiesta
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                                  • Oct 2002
                                  • 30178

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by juicylinks


                                  i left my underwear in your hotel room at Vegas , please ship em back to me they are my favorite ones
                                  That sounds like the real Juicylinks....
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                                  • Rich
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                                    • Jan 2003
                                    • 11486

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by jimthefiend
                                    macs are for faggots and other sorts of liberal hippy types


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                                    • fullphat
                                      Registered User
                                      • Feb 2004
                                      • 4

                                      #19
                                      its not too bad at all, I found t easy enough, now Im moving back to pc for the same reason someone said before, the software is much easier to find and theres lots more of it + my clients mostly use pc
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                                      • MrIzzz
                                        If u touch it, I will cum
                                        • Sep 2003
                                        • 22923

                                        #20
                                        what about laptops. what would youzzzzz reccomend


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                                        • juicylinks
                                          So Fucking Banned
                                          • Apr 2001
                                          • 122992

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by MrIzzz
                                          what about laptops. what would youzzzzz reccomend
                                          Jizzzzy you want to buy my laptop the Dell One i had in Vegas

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                                          • TweetyBird
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                                            • Feb 2004
                                            • 8532

                                            #22
                                            I use both apple and pc, so what the heck
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                                            • JohnW
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                                              • Aug 2002
                                              • 642

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by TaDoW
                                              I'm so sorry.

                                              wave goodbye to all cheap hardware, nearly all software, and your second (and third) mouse button, along with the scroll wheel.

                                              Not true...any "everyday software" you use for a PC you can get for Mac these days.
                                              And, I use a USB Wacom tablet with wireless mouse (which has a scroll wheel, and a right button, both useable) with my iBook.

                                              NEXT!

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                                              • deniska
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Mar 2001
                                                • 1053

                                                #24
                                                I just got a Mac a month ago.. Very easy to learn love the new system.. I still run windows XP on my lappy.. OSX is pimp the haters are just hating..

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                                                • tyler86ed
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                                                  • Jan 2004
                                                  • 543

                                                  #25
                                                  I use both.. I have a g4, and an iBook. My problem with the mac is sometimes it was to simple. Sometimes I would over think what i was trying to do.

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                                                  • digifan
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                                                    • Oct 2002
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                                                    #26
                                                    Go, Macs, go
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                                                    • MichaelP
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                                                      • Aug 2003
                                                      • 7123

                                                      #27
                                                      Once you go Mac you'll never go back

                                                      very easy transition, you'll LOVE it !

                                                      I use Macs since my first IIsi in 93 (9 Mb Ram and 105Mb HD.. WOW).

                                                      You'll also love the speed, actually my "old" G4 500 Mhz is still faster than my Athlon 1.6. Way more stable, no freezes or crashes. And you are almost out of reach of virusses too

                                                      Give yourself the time to learn how a Mac works and you'll love it (it won,t take long anyway) WinDoZe 95 was a copy of our system 7 but with way more bugs....

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                                                      • bigdog
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                                                        • Jul 2001
                                                        • 6964

                                                        #28
                                                        l like the mac also, but for video galleries i have not come across any mac software to cut video files like http://www.brizsoft.com/avisplit/ that is for the pc.
                                                        What do mac guys use to cut their vidoes easily for mgp galleries?

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                                                        • JDog
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                                                          • Feb 2003
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                                                          #29
                                                          I think it would be easy, but that's just me!

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                                                          • masta flash
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                                                            • Aug 2003
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                                                            #30
                                                            Macs are for noobs.
                                                            See above for more dumbass adult webmasters

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                                                            • Cory W
                                                              Deeply shallow
                                                              • Jan 2004
                                                              • 9133

                                                              #31
                                                              l like the mac also, but for video galleries i have not come across any mac software to cut video files likehttp://www.brizsoft.com/avisplit/ that is for the pc.
                                                              What do mac guys use to cut their vidoes easily for mgp galleries?
                                                              Final Cut Pro is what I use. But, you can use IMovie which is innate to the Mac and it works damn good.
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                                                              • - Jesus Christ -
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                                                                • Mar 2003
                                                                • 7197

                                                                #32
                                                                The title of this thread should be.


                                                                "Turning Retarded"

                                                                Amen

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                                                                • jimthefiend
                                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                                  • Oct 2003
                                                                  • 18889

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by Rorschach


                                                                  In what way? You really think that Windows is a good OS?

                                                                  yes i do actually

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                                                                  • Rorschach
                                                                    So Fucking Banned
                                                                    • Aug 2002
                                                                    • 5579

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by - Jesus Christ -
                                                                    The title of this thread should be.


                                                                    "Turning Retarded"
                                                                    Turning retarded is basing your business on garbage software that's full of bugs, security flaws and spyware.

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                                                                    • Lord_Austin
                                                                      Registered User
                                                                      • Dec 2002
                                                                      • 28

                                                                      #35
                                                                      I still got my Atari, almost as good as a Mac.

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                                                                      • masta flash
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                                                                        • Aug 2003
                                                                        • 530

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Originally posted by Rorschach


                                                                        Turning retarded is basing your business on garbage software that's full of bugs, security flaws and spyware.
                                                                        Again.. Stupid webmasters.. I bet a million bucks macs have more flaws than any other OS. Its just that no body fucking knows about them because everyone knows macs suck and it isn't worth trying to exploit the 5 mac users on this planet.

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                                                                        • - Jesus Christ -
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                                                                          • Mar 2003
                                                                          • 7197

                                                                          #37
                                                                          Originally posted by Rorschach


                                                                          Turning retarded is basing your business on garbage software that's full of bugs, security flaws and spyware.
                                                                          I run gentoo a box and a win XP box.


                                                                          If you can't secure a windowze or *nix box. You should not be a webmaster.


                                                                          And people who defend macs are either old or stupid. For both of those groups macs are great.

                                                                          Amen

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                                                                          • Rorschach
                                                                            So Fucking Banned
                                                                            • Aug 2002
                                                                            • 5579

                                                                            #38
                                                                            Originally posted by - Jesus Christ -
                                                                            I run gentoo a box and a win XP box.


                                                                            If you can't secure a windowze or *nix box. You should not be a webmaster.


                                                                            And people who defend macs are either old or stupid. For both of those groups macs are great.
                                                                            I use Slack on my workhorse and I would agree with the first bit. I occasionally run XP is to test pages and consoles, for just about everything else it's crap.

                                                                            If I was a non-technically inclined webmaster looking for a stable and low maintenance box I would go Mac without a doubt. It's not *nix but it's a damn site closer than Windows will ever be (despite pillaging BSD code).

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                                                                            • Lonny
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                                                                              • Jun 2003
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                                                                              #39
                                                                              Now I think about it. If I was to switch to a MAC I might as well buy some IKEA furnishings.

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                                                                              • - Jesus Christ -
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                                                                                • Mar 2003
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                                                                                #40
                                                                                Originally posted by Rorschach


                                                                                I use Slack on my workhorse and I would agree with the first bit. I occasionally run XP is to test pages and consoles, for just about everything else it's crap.

                                                                                If I was a non-technically inclined webmaster looking for a stable and low maintenance box I would go Mac without a doubt. It's not *nix but it's a damn site closer than Windows will ever be (despite pillaging BSD code).
                                                                                I have somthing agasint poeple using macs.... becasue In my opinion its detramental to the overal learning experience. I honslty don't think theres much room to grow if your only using macs. They get the job done.... but whens the last time you had to tweak your front side bus or change your memory timeings on a mac?

                                                                                AND if your mac hard disk gets corrupt.... your ocmputer can get majorly fucked because of the way the file system works. ITs alo impossible to do file recovery your self on a mac (as far as I know)


                                                                                90% of My traffic uses windows and IE..... so thats what I'm gonna use for everything related to site development. I want to see what the mjority of my surfers see.

                                                                                Amen

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                                                                                • RK
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                                                                                  • Aug 2001
                                                                                  • 868

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  A mac is more expensive and you can do fewer things on it.

                                                                                  Switch to Linux instead; bigger market share and more software.
                                                                                  Does anyone look down here?

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                                                                                  • Probono
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                                                                                    • Oct 2002
                                                                                    • 2731

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    The wise people who have bad things to say about a MAC have never used OSX. OSX is built on BSD, it is Unix. Unix is far more mature, stable and secure than anything designed in Redmond.

                                                                                    The key is sofware. I switched about six months ago, it took about an hour to become comfortable with the MAC but some of the applications I use are only available for Windows. I run Virtual PC on my Powerbook for those few applications.

                                                                                    Most video software is available and superior on a MAC, not so with accounting and other business products.

                                                                                    I would NOT go back to Windows, I would consider Linux as it matures but for know the Mac with OSX is the best money can buy.

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                                                                                    • bhutocracy
                                                                                      Not making A Comeback
                                                                                      • Dec 2001
                                                                                      • 10218

                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      macs were utter shite until osx.. now it's virtually more about what you prefer or are used to or whether you want to fork out the extra $ just to have a mac... or whether you can get the same software and games... or the fact that their keyboard shortcuts are crap... no more uber fast work doing logical moves through nav bars like alt-l-t-r.. you've got to map everything.
                                                                                      the other reason not to use a mac is probably being lumped in with noobie mac users and retarded hardcore macolytes

                                                                                      but besides that.. they're fine. And I wouldn't throw away a g5 laptop with finalcutpro.

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                                                                                      • AlxCds
                                                                                        Registered User
                                                                                        • Jan 2003
                                                                                        • 95

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        Originally posted by RK
                                                                                        A mac is more expensive and you can do fewer things on it.

                                                                                        Switch to Linux instead; bigger market share and more software.
                                                                                        do you actually believe what you are saying here?

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                                                                                        • toddler
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                                                                                          • Jun 2002
                                                                                          • 1911

                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          hmm... just got my 2nd powerbook this week. windows has its place,(not on the server imho), so does macos. and linux
                                                                                          and solaris and *bsd. I use them all. I like
                                                                                          my pb because I have the tools I use everyday, builtin (unix shell tools vi, perl, php, apache, sed, awk, etc ) and photoshop, painter, illustrator, quark, lightwave. A ddecent browser with safari, a decent mail app. out of the box. You can do ms office, or star or open.

                                                                                          then there is itunes, imovie, idvd. final cut pro, etc. Sure you can get the same types of apps on a pc, but you get a lot of extra baggage there as well. The constant barrage of security holes are a prime example why. add things like ie holes(many still unpatched), and things look even better on the mac side.

                                                                                          of course, you also go linux on a laptop as well. or desktop, doesn't matter. however if you are complete newbie to unix, thats probably not the best idea. Can try if you like.

                                                                                          I've talked, at last count, 14 people into converting from a pc to mac (powerbooks in most cases) in the last year. Every one has been VERY happy with OSX.
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                                                                                          • digifan
                                                                                            The Profiler
                                                                                            • Oct 2002
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                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            Originally posted by masta flash
                                                                                            Macs are for noobs.
                                                                                            See above for more dumbass adult webmasters
                                                                                            For noobs like Quiet.. oh yes. Or Sleazydream.
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                                                                                            • lock
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                                                                                              • Jul 2003
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                                                                                              #47
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                                                                                              • toddler
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                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                Originally posted by - Jesus Christ -
                                                                                                I have somthing agasint poeple using macs.... becasue In my opinion its detramental to the overal learning experience. I honslty don't think theres much room to grow if your only using macs. They get the job done.... but whens the last time you had to tweak your front side bus or change your memory timeings on a mac?

                                                                                                AND if your mac hard disk gets corrupt.... your ocmputer can get majorly fucked because of the way the file system works. ITs alo impossible to do file recovery your self on a mac (as far as I know)


                                                                                                90% of My traffic uses windows and IE..... so thats what I'm gonna use for everything related to site development. I want to see what the mjority of my surfers see.
                                                                                                you can indeed recover data from a mac formatted(HFS+) drive.


                                                                                                your other statement? You need some education on what html is, what jpg (gif,etc) files are, what standards are. And the knowledge that IE works just fine on a mac. Its EOL'd, but it works. Several other browsers(opera, moz) give you the option of sending 'msie' as the user_agent string, you may not have as many IE users as you think.
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                                                                                                • - Jesus Christ -
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                                                                                                  • Mar 2003
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                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  Originally posted by toddler


                                                                                                  you can indeed recover data from a mac formatted(HFS+) drive.


                                                                                                  your other statement? You need some education on what html is, what jpg (gif,etc) files are, what standards are. And the knowledge that IE works just fine on a mac. Its EOL'd, but it works. Several other browsers(opera, moz) give you the option of sending 'msie' as the user_agent string, you may not have as many IE users as you think.
                                                                                                  You live in a fantasy world if you think a siginificant number of porn sufers are spoofing thier user_agent string As for things looking the same in all the browsers... thats another little fantasy.


                                                                                                  Edit: Also do you have any links to info on recovering files from a mac drive. I seriously need some good software for that.
                                                                                                  Last edited by - Jesus Christ -; 02-05-2004, 08:26 PM.

                                                                                                  Amen

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                                                                                                  • pushpills
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                                                                                                    • Jan 2004
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                                                                                                    #50
                                                                                                    why learn how to use a mac?


                                                                                                    you obviously haven't correctly learned how to use a pc

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