By: Frank Doerr

Frank Doerr — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:49:17 +0000

In regard to purchasing a Mac, people should be aware that not all Assistance providers have Mac literate people and should advise them when calling for assistance, that it is a Mac that assistance is required for.
Fortunately Geeks2U sent me a guy who had some knowledge of Macs and was of great help in setting my Mac up initially.The reason I chose to get help is that I am not computer literate and sometimes PC and Mac Manufacturers forget that we are not all Geeks and use esoteric language when forcing choices during setup, eg, abbreviations such as WEP leave me struggling when a choice has to be made about wireless security.
Also I bought a portable 320Gb WD Passport for Mac and at the same time a WD “Elements” 160 GB portable HDD for my wifes windows based PC (a Sony VAIO), now I am unsure if they can be interchangeably used on our different systems , however I am sure I will find out despite the lack of information in their respective packaging.
Similarly, it seems not all software is interchangeable as WMVs’ that have been sent me simply won’t play on the Mac, I have downloaded a plug in but still am having some problems getting the WMVs up and playing.
The purpose of this comment is simply to point out that the Mac is very intuitive to use and set up, there is a learning curve if one is transferring from a Windows based PC, but it is not difficult. Finally, that not all Mac and Windows based softwares are compatible !

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By: Frank Doerr