I've never messed with a mini, but it's a mac, so should be good :) I have a logitech pc keyboard and kensington trakball on my mac, neither are mac centric. The windows key becomes the apple key and all is good. I went with m$ office, only because of compatibility and I got a trip to the m$ store here in Dallas from our work rep, so got it on the cheap.
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Louise Power <power_lou...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I'm getting ready to invest in a new mac mini. Does anybody have experience > with this one? I've been mac-ing since 1988, but use a pc at work. I have > two ancient macs at home that aren't worth upgrading. > > Does anybody have any experience with the Goldtouch ergo keyboard Mac now > shows on their site. I really need an ergo keyboard. Years and years of > typing have really taken their toll. > > Also, what kind of mouse to go with? > > Also, besides $$$, what about iWork instead of mac versions of Word, Excel, > etc? > > Louise > > > ________________________________ > Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 01:27:00 -0500 > From: wavyca...@gmail.com > To: wo...@justfamily.org > CC: qui...@clearwire.net; dlocklea...@gmail.com; o...@texascavers.com > Subject: Re: [ot_caving] computer news - Vista related > > Charles - > Is the 'buffer overflow' vulnerability still an issue or is that ancient > history? I never quite understood how it could be exploited - I cannot > imagine how such an attack could make it past a firewall or even a router > anyhow... > It was one of my former IT bosses big excuse for not using implementing > Linux anywhere. > > And can you guide me to an up-to-date ISO image for a "live BSD Unix"? [The > BSD logo is the little demon (my guess - a visual acronym for 'daemon')?] > The only repositories I could find were at least two years old. > I think it would be cool to eventually make a PC work "just like a Mac". > (It brings to mind an image of the stuffy PC guy in the Mac commercial being > moved around like a puppet by the Mac guy). > -WaV > > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Charles Goldsmith <wo...@justfamily.org> > wrote: > > As Quitna stated, her new computer came with Vista, and most computer > manufacturers aren't developing XP drivers anymore. So with some > computers (especially laptops), you can't even downgrade to XP. > > Work gave me a laptop with Vista, I haven't had any problems with it, > just having to learn where things are. Wireless support (for my job) > is a pain, I've been fighting the security for its wireless all week. > > I have a mac here at home, I love it. I also have an XP box too, but > I use my mac more. I love not having to worry about spyware, rootkits > and anti-virus for the mac. It's possible that we'll get that stuff > in the future, but I doubt it. Mac OSX is based on BSD UNIX, and > using the UNIX file security, it should be pretty virus proof. > > Charles > > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Don Cooper <wavyca...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hmmm - maybe you should try Apple OS X.. >> -WaV >> >> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:58 PM, <qui...@clearwire.net> wrote: >>> >>> Vista was loaded on a computer I bought ( the old clunker died) and I was >>> not sure I would like it but I would not go back to XP now. >>> Quinta >> > >
