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irishguy1976 · Jun 19, 2005, 08:27 PM

i looking to buy a imac the lcd version off this website small dog electronic and well is not about the computer but is well i need some help from the mac community to wow me over from the virus and slooooooooow down of a pc so this is what i do

i do everday stuff goto the internet and other thing but i looking to put winamps and other thing and i looking to play games and such and i know that apple is less a gamer but i did use to own a G4 andnow i have this crappy dell well i going to sell it and buy myself a apple to be welcome back into the family but also another thing concern me is that " about virtual pc " and well i still stuck in a pc world but i really want to get out of it and i when i buy my imac but before i do how is virtual pc because i heard of StRaNgE thing about that it freeze it up and it cause virus and trojan

SO !

i need some help

and also will virtual pc will okay in " shockwave and java " while i using on my imac

ManOfSteal · Jun 19, 2005, 08:30 PM

Must. Insert. Periods. In. Sentences.

Millennium · Jun 19, 2005, 08:47 PM

Most Windows programs have some king of equivalent program on the Mac (that is to say, something which does the same thing the Windows version did). WinAmp has been ported to the Mac several times in its history, though those ports never really went anywhere. I would use iTunes or Audion instead of WinAmp, if I were you. What other programs do you need to use? Perhaps we can help.

Your Mac cannot become infected with viruses and Trojan horses through Virtual PC. VPC is Windows, of course, so the Windows side can become infected, but those infections cannot "pass through" to the Mac side. You can use Shockwave and Java inside Virtual PC, but you don't need to do that; they will work fine without it. Java works well on the Mac, and although Shockwave is a little slower than what you may be used to, it will run fine.

mitchell_pgh · Jun 19, 2005, 09:30 PM

90% plus of the major apps are Mac and Windows... don't worry. Games can stink, but there are mac games out there.

macamac · Jun 19, 2005, 09:44 PM

Get a PC (Windows) box for gaming. Just go get a generic box that you only use to play games.

Now, go get a Mac to do everything else on, including browsing the internet. Do not hook your PC (WIndows Box) to the internet. You will suffer zero viruses, unless you load them, and will have a very happy computer user experience.

It is possible.

BlueSky · Jun 20, 2005, 11:04 AM

One thing I'm sure you'll like is that Mac keyboards have a period key.

turtle777 · Jun 20, 2005, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by Bluesky

One thing I'm sure you'll like is that Mac keyboards have a period key.

-t

Cody Dawg · Jun 20, 2005, 11:09 AM

Maybe English is a second language for the guy? I mean, he does state that he is Irish. That means he speaks Irish and all the Irishmen I've met in bars talk the same way...run-on sentences and sometimes even slurred.

turtle777 · Jun 20, 2005, 11:13 AM

I must admit, when I speak, I leave out commas and periods as well...

-t

Superchicken · Jun 20, 2005, 11:59 AM

Well you already know a lot of games won't run on the Mac side of things. However just about everything else will be fine. Ditch WinAmp and get used to iTunes and you'll be fine.

CharlesS · Jun 20, 2005, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by Millennium

Java works well on the Mac, and although Shockwave is a little slower than what you may be used to, it will run fine.

It'll be a little slower, but it'll still be a lot faster than running Shockwave in Virtual PC.

nredman · Jun 20, 2005, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by ManOfSteal

Must. Insert. Periods. In. Sentences.

It's. Not. Nice. To. Make. Fun. Of. Newbies.

macamac · Jun 20, 2005, 07:27 PM

It. is. funny. sometimes. though.

-Brucy.

Cadaver · Jun 20, 2005, 07:33 PM

Ha. Ha. Ha.

turtle777 · Jun 21, 2005, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by nredman

It's. Not. Nice. To. Make. Fun. Of. Newbies.

I mean, WTF ? What's that have to do with anything ?

Do you learn spelling by being around in forums and having a certain pc ?
Well, I learned punctuation in school, for that matter...

-t

Cody Dawg · Jun 21, 2005, 09:34 AM

One word: Word.

Use Word and Spellcheck.

macamac · Jun 21, 2005, 04:19 PM

Brucy says "Stay in School" and learn your grammar...

Oh, and get a Dual G5 Tower and a 30" Monitor. <out>

ThinkInsane · Jun 21, 2005, 04:29 PM

Either help the guy out or don't. One person pointing out his poor grammar is plenty. Did anyone ever think that maybe he isn't a native English speaker? No need to act like a bunch of tools when the guy is trying to get info on switching to Apple.

Cody, easy on those Irish stereotypes lady...

turtle777 · Jun 21, 2005, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane

Did anyone ever think that maybe he isn't a native English speaker?

Well, if that's the case, he should maybe reconsider his nick, or put something down for his location that tell us.

Besides, we're in the Lounge, right. We are NOT supposed to be useful here, are we ?

-t

Oisín · Jun 21, 2005, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane

Did anyone ever think that maybe he isn't a native English speaker?

Uh, yeah, Cody did...

So, if he's 'irishguy' and English is his not his first language, I assume it must be Irish. Bhuel, níl mo chuid Gaeilge chomh maith agus a bhí sí seal, ach dá mba mhaith leis, b'fhéidir linn an comhrá seo a bheith againn as Gaeilge, más níos fusa dó é sin ná é a bheith againn as Béarla...

(Speaking of which, when are you going to get around to getting those fadaí in your sig fixed? Little black diamonds with question marks in them don't do much for the Irish language, y'know!)

ThinkInsane · Jun 21, 2005, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

Uh, yeah, Cody did...

So, if he's 'irishguy' and English is his not his first language, I assume it must be Irish. Bhuel, níl mo chuid Gaeilge chomh maith agus a bhí sí seal, ach dá mba mhaith leis, b'fhéidir linn an comhrá seo a bheith againn as Gaeilge, más níos fusa dó é sin ná é a bheith againn as Béarla...

(Speaking of which, when are you going to get around to getting those fadaí in your sig fixed? Little black diamonds with question marks in them don't do much for the Irish language, y'know!)

Yeah, I know. Every time I think I should get around to fixing it, I get distracted by something shiny and spend the rest of the afternoon in a daze. Hey, it happnes