I'm either going to love it or want to smash it against a wall

[fishpatrol]

I once told myself that I would never succumb to the lure of Apple products. But alas, I just threw away a chunk of my savings on a Macbook and an iPod Touch. I was very, very close to buying a Lenovo ThinkPad, but Apple's customer service won out. If something breaks, I'd at least be able to get it assessed in person and not have it shipped off to God knows where. I plan to buy a large monitor so that I won't have to squint at the 13" screen at home. Apparently, you can run Windows on one screen and Mac OS on the other -- that sounds pretty awesome.

Mac experts on my flist: is it very taxing on the processor to run both Windows XP and Mac OS simultaneously? Also, what do you guys use to burn data CDs and DVDs? I'm currently using Nero SmartStart (with a registration code I found illicitly XD) -- I don't believe it's available for Mac? And what anti-virus and anti-spyware programs do you guys use? Or are Macs completely immune from viruses and spyware?

I can't wait to get my iPod Touch because my Meizu Mini busted itself again (I was trying to fix a problem by updating the firmware and then it just died). Thankfully my mother has agreed to loan me her teeny tiny Creative Zen player until my iPod arrives. Maybe I should keep a stock of those cheap little $10-$20 mp3 players as back-ups...

I had "DON'T PANIC" engraved on the back of my iPod, because yay, geeky sci-fi references. And also, I do have need of that constant reminder since I've been on the edge of a panic attack for months.

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[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

An OS that takes up less hard drive space for better power, which is the main attractive feature. :P And $10? Lucky ;_;_;_;

lolll creative suite = CS. Apparently there's a mac version of SPSS?

I don't use any...and there's a chance your school won't be able to detect your not having any on a Mac/not caring since it's a Mac. There was a while when OSU forced us to use this keypass thing, but it only monitored anti-virus on Windows. descants's mac totally escaped the whole bullshit deal. So yeah. I honestly think that noscript + adblock + firefox = enough. :P As long as you don't d/l viruses from your e-mail, you're pretty much protected.

[fishpatrol]

Oh, haha, I never knew what CS stood for. ;;; My dad has CS3 and it looks remarkably like PS 7. Hopefully it has more features than PS 7! X3 Can one find CS4 for Mac illicitly online? :D

There is a Mac version of SPSS, but I'd have to pay, idk, 100 bucks for it. I'll see what I can get through the school.

Hmm, okay, that sounds good. I'm hoping that my iPod Touch will be able to get through undetected because installing an anti-virus program on that little thing sounds insane.

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

XDDD Yes, one can. :P CS4 makes me so happy. I used PS7 before then, too, and then upgraded to CS2 for Windows, and it made me so happy. ;o;

DDDDDDD: Windows and its monopoly! *shakes fist* Maybe we should have invested in Linux...XD;

Yeah, wtf? :P That would be ridic.

[fishpatrol]

I tried installing CS3 after I got my hard drive replaced, but my disc isn't working or I'm doing something wrong. :( And then I remembered you mentioning CS4 -- where can one obtain CS4? :>:>

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

You can find lots of torrents for it. :P I seriously just went to a torrent search engine and looked for it.