PC (Windows) Vs Mac

[Fish]

So £749 + £84 = £833, everyone at the beginning was advising me to save money, I’m almost back at a grand with some service cover ?

Is this the dogs danglers though, I don’t mind the cost if it’s worth every penny.

 

[fundy]

So £749 + £84 = £833, everyone at the beginning was advising me to save money, I’m almost back at a grand with some service cover ?

Is this the dogs danglers though, I don’t mind the cost if it’s worth every penny.

Its a highly portable adaptable laptop and/or tablet, if you dont need either of those functions to it then no youd be better off buying a standard laptop with similar spec for a few hundred less (there again I paid £650 for mine when i bought it). Really does depend on how and what for you plan on using it

 

[Fish]

Its a highly portable adaptable laptop and/or tablet, if you dont need either of those functions to it then no youd be better off buying a standard laptop with similar spec for a few hundred less (there again I paid £650 for mine when i bought it). Really does depend on how and what for you plan on using it

I think I’ve covered my usage earlier in the thread.

I’ll go into Currys or similar and look at it and see if there’s any sale prices still about.

 

[fundy]

I think I’ve covered my usage earlier in the thread.

I’ll go into Currys or similar and look at it and see if there’s any sale prices still about.

Do you take it with you on the road or plan doing so? If so Id buy something like the surface pro, if you dont then I dont think it wouldnt be worth it and youd be better off buying a "normal" laptop with a bigger screen and a full time attached keyboard. But all just my opinion, I love the versatility of the surface, the laptop just became a desktop replacement to me

 

[Fish]

Do you take it with you on the road or plan doing so? If so Id buy something like the surface pro, if you dont then I dont think it wouldnt be worth it and youd be better off buying a "normal" laptop with a bigger screen and a full time attached keyboard. But all just my opinion, I love the versatility of the surface, the laptop just became a desktop replacement to me

If it replaces my iPad that I had off Brian, and as he stated, I could then sell that and have something I could use both on the road, when away on business or golf, and then at home without an area being permanently designated for it 24/7.

 

[fundy]

If it replaces my iPad that I had off Brian, and as he stated, I could then sell that and have something I could use both on the road, when away on business or golf, and then at home without an area being permanently designated for it 24/7.

if thats the plan Id seriously consider the surface then, but Id want to pick it up in the sales rather than pay full whack, go and have a look at them

 

[jim8flog]

I have used DOS. But I wouldn't admit it to just anybody.

I have used COBOL and FORTRAN but I think the computers it they ran on would be too big for my house.

 

[Fish]

if thats the plan Id seriously consider the surface then, but Id want to pick it up in the sales rather than pay full whack, go and have a look at them

The £749 without keyboard is a sale price, everywhere else or the rrp is £1149.00.

 

[fundy]

The £749 without keyboard is a sale price, everywhere else or the rrp is £1149.00.

ouch, the better deals seem to have sold out last week, was £799 for the one with 256Gb SSD and keyboard

could always have a look around and see if theres any of the previous version anywhere

 

[Fish]

ouch, the better deals seem to have sold out last week, was £799 for the one with 256Gb SSD and keyboard

could always have a look around and see if theres any of the previous version anywhere

That’s only £34 cheaper, so not a biggy if it’s the right match for what I want.

 

[Smiffy]

I became very proficient in MS-DOS.

Is that why some people call you a dosser mate?????

 

[rosecott]

Is that why some people call you a dosser mate?????

Hoi! Mods! He's picking on me again.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Hoi! Mods! He's picking on me again.

You deserve it ????

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Computer Memories (sorry).

As I was in top maths class in 2nd yr at school I did computing rather than PE - we were the very first class to have a go at this new subject - so new it wasn’t examined. It was 1970 and we did very simple Algol programming. The school didn’t have a computer so our handwritten programs were sent to Jordanhill teacher training college. We got the print out programs and output a week later.

At uni around 1979 we at first did programming on punch card machines with output some days later. And I do remember work getting its first PC - about 1988 I’m thinking - an IBM 286 - we needed it to run MATLAB.

And many years later (about 1998) my team lead called his team into his office to see the new internet search engine he was trying out (back in Netscape navigator days) called Google - the Internet was new and the team I was in did a lot of defence market and geopolitical research so he tried out all search engines. He thought it was the next big thing. Mind you he also thought Netscape was the future...

 

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[SwingsitlikeHogan]

It’s an old thread but it’s the right one for my question…I think. One for Mac users.

I’ve recently inherited a brand new MacBook Air…and as my laptop is ancient and knackered I’m going to move over from Windows. To help in my migration and for other things I have to do, I feel I need to install Google Drive on the Mac.

On-line queries tell me to install Google Drive app for Mac…but I can’t find that in the App Store. Other apps are available…Docs for Google Docs and Drive; Easy Access for Google Drive and GApps for Google App, are top of the apps list. But are these appropriate apps for doing what I need.

Other thing I need to do is I want to safely store all the documents and photos of my deceased brother-in-law.

I note that my understanding of how iCloud - iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive are not best for permanent storage of documents as the synch’ing can be an issue if I am not careful and I delete a document locally and have not switched synch’ing off. Using his Google Drive account seems to me to be a safer way. I’ll also download them all onto an external drive as a further backup…but for ease of access I’d like to have everything on his Google Drive.

So is there a Google Drive app for Mac that I just haven’t found - or do I use one of the others I’ve pulled up - and if so then which one.

 

[Bdill93]

It’s an old thread but it’s the right one for my question…I think. One for Mac users.

I’ve recently inherited a brand new MacBook Air…and as my laptop is ancient and knackered I’m going to move over from Windows. To help in my migration and for other things I have to do, I feel I need to install Google Drive on the Mac.

On-line queries tell me to install Google Drive app for Mac…but I can’t find that in the App Store. Other apps are available…Docs for Google Docs and Drive; Easy Access for Google Drive and GApps for Google App, are top of the apps list. But are these appropriate apps for doing what I need.

Other thing I need to do is I want to safely store all the documents and photos of my deceased brother-in-law.

I note that my understanding of how iCloud - iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive are not best for permanent storage of documents as the synch’ing can be an issue if I am not careful and I delete a document locally and have not switched synch’ing off. Using his Google Drive account seems to me to be a safer way. I’ll also download them all onto an external drive as a further backup…but for ease of access I’d like to have everything on his Google Drive.

So is there a Google Drive app for Mac that I just haven’t found - or do I use one of the others I’ve pulled up - and if so then which one.

No need for an app - just access google drive via a chrome browser window and log in.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

No need for an app - just access google drive via a chrome browser window and log in.

Ok…so I’ll just download Chrome

 

[RichA]

I think it works from google.co.uk even if you're using Safari browser and logged into your google account.
Just click on the square of 9 dots in the top right corner to access the web based apps.