Possibly a new Mac user

[SlowRoasted]

I think my parents are buying me a Macbook Pro for graduation. My pc laptop had a graphics card failure and its one of those that are soldered to the motherboard. I don't want to pay to replace it when it's already 2 years old.

Anyways, Im excited. I think Im going to get the 15" to save space. I have the 17" wide screen now and it's a little annoying to carry around.

Quick question, can I export to word files with iworks?

I think im going to get ilife and the .mac stuff also.

[fattony]

First off all notebooks graphics cards *are* integrated, no matter what they say unless you custom build it yourself, and boy that sucks must have had a overheating issue sorry to hear that. Word is a Microsoft program but if you use the Windows emulator yes but I don't know what that would be called. I still don't see the big deal with macs, slower than pc's not able to run many games at all, and propriatery software...

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http://www.apple.com/iwork/pages/features/compatibility.html


You can export any document as a PDF document, so that anyone with the free Adobe Reader can enjoy it. You also have the option of exporting it as a Word, HTML, RTF or text-only file — cross-platform formats one and all.

Also..


I still don't see the big deal with macs, slower than pc's not able to run many games at all, and propriatery software...

How can a Mac be slower than a PC if it now uses the same processor?

[SlowRoasted]

I Didn't ask to make this a mac vs. pc flame thread:upset:

And thanks but I already know Word is made by Microsoft lol.

Also, Not ALL notebook cards are attached to the motherboard. The company I bought my last one from is now making them seperate so they can be upgraded easier.

[fattony]

lol, I know you didn't ask for the debate but you know it was coming. You must have gotten lucky to get a seperate video card must be from a custom pc builder then

[SlowRoasted]

Mine doesn't have a seperate vid card, but the newer models do.

I bought it from www.powernotebooks.com

I see now that I am willing to sacrifice some power for better portability and less noise.

[simplistik]

lol, I know you didn't ask for the debate but you know it was coming. You must have gotten lucky to get a seperate video card must be from a custom pc builder thenMacs don't have propriatery you can't run Mac software on a PC, and vica versa... so you could just as easily say PC has propriatery software too. As for the games the only difference is that not just ANY company develops for their platform, only the more popular money making games are generally made for the Mac. Lots of gaming companies don't have the knowledge or budget to make a multi-platform game.

As for word you can buy the Office Suite for your Mac. I use it on mine and no you don't need an immulator.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/

Why you gettin a .mac account? What benifit does it have for you?

[Stratification]

iLife will come with the MacBook, I'm curious about your plans for the .mac too. Probably be money better invested in Microsoft Office, or iWork. Just my two bits.

[SlowRoasted]

Well my parents ended up getting the laptop for me. Yeah I found out iLife does come with it. I ditched the .mac account and bought office. Now I just have to wait a week and a half for the thing to come in the mail:P

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Well my parents ended up getting the laptop for me. Yeah I found out iLife does come with it. I ditched the .mac account and bought office. Now I just have to wait a week and a half for the thing to come in the mail:P
Yep, .mac is useless in my opinion.

Enjoy your new Mac! How much ram did you get?

[Mik3]

First off all notebooks graphics cards *are* integrated, no matter what they say unless you custom build it yourself, and boy that sucks must have had a overheating issue sorry to hear that. Word is a Microsoft program but if you use the Windows emulator yes but I don't know what that would be called. I still don't see the big deal with macs, slower than pc's not able to run many games at all, and propriatery software...

Windows emulator? I think you forgot... This is a Mac, this ain't a PC... You can run both Windows and OS X natively. :P

But anyways, Pages does export to Word just fine. :)

[Jeff Wheeler]

Yep, the export feature is good, but I personally prefer to export to PDF, as it doesn't ever lose the design. I think the export to Word feature can sometimes be a bit messy. It'll always have the same content, but with a slightly different layout.

[SlowRoasted]

I got a gig of ram, 1 dimm so I can expand if I want.

[Jeff Wheeler]

Nice. :D

[SlowRoasted]

Im still a pc guy though. I run a IT Help Desk and my desktop is a pretty nice pc. To be honest I've only used a mac like twice. Should be interesting once I get it lol.

[simplistik]

You'll like it. And it's good to see you got rid of the worthless .mac account.... $100 for iCal and a lot of other web apps you can get for free, pft.

[squireglig]

lol, I know you didn't ask for the debate but you know it was coming. You must have gotten lucky to get a seperate video card must be from a custom pc builder then

had to throw this out there.. there are many notebooks with separate video cards (using the PCI-X interface) which can be replaced without replacing the mobo. However, they cannot be upgraded due to the custom airflow, case design, and card design of each notebook.

[oessmartkid]

on the flipside a lot of the newer dells i believe will let you change video cards, esp. the Inspiron E1705

[kirupa]

on the flipside a lot of the newer dells i believe will let you change video cards, esp. the Inspiron E1705
AFAIK most laptops that don't have the video memory shared with system memory will allow you to swap out the same video card with another video card of the same size.