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Prologue:

My job involves long hours in front of many computers and servers, building, designing, maintaining, and fixing any variety of problems across several hundred servers and network devices. I have thousands of files, spreadsheets, and 2 giant MSSQL databases full of so much information about every part and every bit & byte of our servers it could make your head spin.

The story:

My first contact with computers was in 1984, when my father purchased a Macintosh 512K for his business, but he for whatever reason did not use the machine nearly enough as he could or should have. Therefore, at the tender age of 6, I took over the Macintosh, and started using programs like MacWrite, MacPaint, experimenting with various System disks I got from a neighbor's MacPlus (1M RAM vs 512K), at one point I almost had System 6 going on the 512K - but this would be impossible without the 512Ke ROMS, long story short, it wasn't happening. I used that Macintosh until just about 1993 when it was replaced by an IBM PS/2 Model 8535 with a 386SLC-20Mhz processor. This was a fast machine for the time, with an 80MB IBM hard disk, and 8M RAM. It was on this machine that I learned how to use Aldus PageMaker, and resulted in my later employment in a DTP arrangement.

The years passed, and the Mac's memory faded away into obscurity, until 1997 when I purchased a PowerMac 6100/60 with the DOS card. I remember how much I enjoyed that machine, as you could easily run MacOS 7.5.5 and Windows 95 on the same hardware, at the same time, at native performance - the Mac had an actual 486DX2-66 PC with a 32M 72pin SIMM and it's own dedicated video - on a PDS card - it was really an amazing setup for the times. The funny thing is that I still have that PowerMac 6100 and it works just as well as it did 15 yrs ago. Powered by SCSI disks of course - not that it's why, but.. something to think about.

This continued until just about 1999 when Windows NT 4 & subsequently Windows 2000 blew MacOS (Classic) completely out of the water, and that was the end of Macintosh for me - until October '09 when I accidentally won a bid on eBay for a Quad G5 2.5Ghz machine. I had placed a lowball bid just for fun on a Late 2006 G5 Quad, not expecting at all to win. I won't say how much, as it's just too low to post.

Needless to say, it's been a few months, and now I don't have any PC's left. At home, at the office, all our staff, even my wife - all are using Macintosh computers. So now, let's quickly detail some things so those of you sickened by Windows Vista and it's.. successor.. (ahem) can plan your migration out:

(BTW - Respect goes out to the people using Linux or FreeBSD on x86 hardware, you guys can stay just as you are)

Windows:

Putty & SecureCRT -> OSX Terminal & ZOC

Microsoft Access -> FileMaker 11

SQL 2000/MySQL ODBC -> ActualTechnologies "Actual ODBC" (VERY GOOD)

Remote Desktop (RDP) -> CoRD (forget the MS client - it's junk)

Samba, CIFS, FTP, AFP... -> Command + K & mount... too easy..

Apache, MySQL, PHP -> Preinstalled....

Windows Firewall & AntiVirus -> Macintosh runs on BSD underpinnings. (ipfw)

Microsoft Visio (* VERY IMPORTANT) -> OmniGraffle Professional

EditPlus 2 -> TextWrangler - This is just *PERFECT* / or vim if you like.

There is not a chance in you know what, that I would ever use Windows on a Desktop again.

There are just too many things to list about why, I stopped using my rather powerful HP xw9300 Dual x DC Opteron 290 w/8GB RAM, and am using Macs everywhere, exclusively.

Someone out there will come up and say, "But you love SCSI, how could you end up with some silly SATA disk-in-a-Mac?"

Here's the answer to that.. ATTO UL5D Ultra320 PCI-E HBA + 2 x Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 146G

Did you ever find yourself looking for a file you "know" you saved, and you're "sure" that the file had something to do with "XYZ" but you don't remember the file name, or where you saved it, but you're not "REALLY" sure about the contents, and you're pulling your hair out trying to find it?

Command + Space = Spotlight Search

Type any part of what you THINK you might have called the file, or something INSIDE the file, and in milliseconds you have results of emails, documents, applications, text files, spreadsheets, bookmarks, whatever - it's all there - instantly.

Sorry Windows, our user relationship on the Desktop is over forever.

My switch to Mac has quadrupled my actual work productivity, which could be measured in servers delivered per day, or problems solved per hour, or issues tracked & resolved per day - everything just happens faster, better, and most important, without fuss.

Another thing worth mentioning, I am using the G5 Quad 2,5 with 10.5.8, and I would only mention that the whole "Intel vs PPC" thing is overdone. For people working in offices, doing work as the work I do, there is no need for a Dual x Quad Nehalem machine. I know because I bought one of those for my house and there was no need unless you plan on editing 4 x Full HD feature films at the same time.

And also one other last tidbit. SecureCRT, which is seriously one of the best tools I've ever used, is going to be released for OS X.

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Windows Vista is Even the Ultimate Version Really the Ultimate Os?: Exclusive Product Review

So Vista has been released, or unleashed on the world. However you want to look at it. It has several different options. Microsoft has made 5 editions of its new operating system. They are trying to fit into every person's needs. There are Ultimate, Home Premium, Home Basic, Business, and Enterprise available for your purchase in both 32 and 64bit versions.

What's the difference? Well they are all the same basic thing with each having different added features depending on your application. Ultimate has every possible option while the rest have stripped out the options Microsoft thinks you will not need for your purpose. Over at Extremetech.com they wrote a good article "Which edition is right for you?", be sure and check that out if you want to know which edition you should purchase.

So you know what edition would fill your needs? Now do you use 32bit or 64bit? The answer is, that depends. It depends on if your system has a 64bit capable processor. If not then surely you will want to go with 32bit. However, if you have a 64bit processor you have some choices.

The primary benefits of going with a 64bit edition is that 64bit applications will be taken advantage of and if you have or plan on having 4gigs of ram or more. Generally if you install 4gigs of ram into a system with a 32bit operating system you will notice that it only recognizes 3gigs or ram. This is because of limitations of the 32 bit architecture. I will not go into the technical details of it but if you want more than 3gigs of memory you are going to need a 64bit operating system.

The major downfall of 64bit operating systems is driver availability. 64bit operating systems are pretty new at the consumer level and with that many manufactures are just developing drivers to support it. That means that some hardware may not have a 64bit compatible driver available. Mainstream hardware manufactures are just now getting caught up with 64bit drivers, so in time everything will be 64bit capable, and if you buy a new computer with Vista 64bit installed it will have compatible hardware.

Now that we have chosen which edition and version to use I will tell you about Vista.

Vista installs easily, they have adapted a new method for installs to make them easier. However, Vista takes quite a while to install because of its size. With all of the good looks and new features comes added size. The added size for Vista is quite substantial when compared to Windows XP. Vista could be considered bloated. Sure it has all these nice new features and looks pretty good; but its size makes it too bulky to perform as fast as XP has.

Being that XP is faster doesn't mean it is necessarily better. Many users will never know the difference in speed. Performance junkies and pc enthusiasts will definitely see a difference but after time will probably accept it as it isn't too great of difference. One complaint I do have about performance is laptop battery life. With Vista being more demanding on hardware I notice a decrease in battery life when compared to XP.

Giving up some speed, you gain a lot of new security features and a great Visual interface. I think Microsoft was trying to copy OSX in security and looks. OSX has always been way more secure than Windows and looks better while doing it. The new security features are good and will help keep your computer safer from malicious intent. I say safer because nothing will ever be totally secure. Given time anything can be exploited. So the new security is definitely a step in the right direction and a good reason to have Vista installed on your PC.

As far as looks go, Microsoft did do some pretty cool stuff with Vista. Aero Glass is a transparent skin to make things not in use opaque. It looks really cool, and is something new to look at so that is something to look forward to when using Vista. However, if you get Vista Home Basic or Enterprise, Aero Glass will not be available.

So now you know what I feel are the Goods and Bad of Vista. I hope it helps even though you will eventually end up with Vista if you want it or not when buying a new Windows based PC. Make sure you know what edition is right for you when buying that next PC to make it the best experience possible. Vista is the future, get accustomed to it now.

Picture thanks to Microsoft.com

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Macbook Pro RAM upgrade not showing for Windows XP?

Hi,

exp only allows about 2.5 gigs of ram and
your comp got 4 gigs ram thats why its not working,

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