mart360

After years of using android OS based mobile phones, i have become increasingly disapointed with them over the last year or so.

So much so, that i payed my contract off early so i could get shot of it ...

And ive purchased an iphone 6, eek, why??

I have to say the icon zoom function impressed me, as did the screen thingy that pulled the top icons down to the bottom ...

For somone with small hands its a godsend, and it also means i dont have to hold the phone at arms length to see the screen lol.

Yes i could have got a 6plus, but i got shot of my Z3 for that reason, its like having a paper back book in your pocket, good to read, but bloody hard to get out of your pocket when sitting in the car!

So phone arrives next week.... Now ive heard you lot say that it works seamlessly with a mac, so in true in for a penny logic, I'm looking for a Mac.

Im not after a lappy, just somthing i can put in the back office for the phone and some basic picture transferring.

Ive seen a lot of Mac 7's and upwards that are reasonably priced, would they do, bear in mind i'm not after cutting edge, its only for itunes and surfing and some basic picture editing

Mart

dpb

Can always sell it

JackClark

Both together is a great experience, iCloud isn't perfect but it gets better all the time.

A 2010 model with a SSD will be fine for your needs, anything newer obviously better.

ScoobyDoo555

iMac is one option, or a mac mini..... but the iphone WILL work with a PC as well.

mart360

What does 2010 relate to in model number?

Will a 7 or 8 be OK, bearing in mind it probably wouldnt be for gaming

Just Word, Excel, some picture editing and music and surfing

This is probably one of the biggest lifestyle changes ive ever made lol

Mart

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

To be fair it works seamlessly with a PC too. I have three ipads and a 6s and couldn't be happier. (No dirty Macs )

JackClark

I don't know what you mean by 7 or 8.

Here's my daily driver for web dev and general browsing/email it's great for everything except lots of photos as it doesn't have a SSD, start up is slow too but I only restart with an update anyhow.



I'll put an SSD in it soon and expect to use it for another 3 years or so.

Ant

Those saying it works seamlessly with a pc, you don't mean the text and call forwarding that the Mac and iPhone do are you?

ScoobyDoo555

no of course not

Just saying that it does work with a PC. read into it what you will

JackClark

iCloud keychain is another great feature that's Apple only.

mart360

Just picked up an Imac 7.1 20"

2,4Ghz 4GB Ram 320 HD on El Capitan

Complete with no quibble 2 year parts warranty

Would have liked a bigger on screen wise, but it needs to fit into a cabinet

Just need to add some new external storage as my NAS is going to get a bit full lol

Mart

JackClark

Well done. But that's lower spec than mine and as mentioned it struggles with lots of photos. Was it super cheap?

mart360

Yes very cheap, could have got one around the same money on the bay, but with 2 year warranty, i'm quids in


Mart

JackClark

I'll shout when I see a bargain SSD. Should keep it going for a few years.

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

why would you want calls and texts on your pc/mac?

JackClark

So you don't have to go get your phone. Pimmo won't see this as he's a bitch and blocked me but that's the answer.

mart360

I was surprised just how cheap they have become.

I have a 2TB NAS set up allready, i was thinking of either getting another unit and creating a mac only NAS , or looking around, a usb standalone 1tb drive for a Mac is dirt cheap. i cant see me filling a 1Tb in a hurry


Mart

JackClark

It'll definitely be worth moving your Photo library to the NAS, your hard drive like mine will be having enough fun just running El Capitan. I use iCloud Photos and that works out OK.

tarmac terror

iTrader: (2)

@Mart - if you want NAS storage on the cheap (without raid / permission based sharing etc) you might want to look at these;


http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/corsair-wi...FTUo0wodd4kBaw


I have 4 of these as 1Tb drives which I use to backup my music and photo collections, and one I use when I am travelling as it is self powered, and can connect wirelessly with whichever device I am travelling with.


Regrettably the newer version 2 device has removed the NIC, and only allow wireless connectivity.

mart360

Well.. first post from the mac

Yes all my photo's are already on the NAS, but i was thinking of running a
USB WD my book 3B hard drive off the back.

The NAS is my backup storage in the event of a the PC hard drive failing

Mart

Ant

Why not?
So you don't have to get your phone if it's in another room on charge , like myself I almost never have my phone on me at home

mart360

let me get this right? your texts and calls are mirrored onscreen ...

Bloody hell thats a godsend, i never have my phone with me when i'm at home lol

JackClark

Yup, sign up to iCloud and turn everything on.

While you're on storage set up Time Machine, it's very good.

andy97

iTrader: (1)

It's amazing that once you stop using cloud storage, you realise all the bu ll s hit about needing it aren't true.

JackClark

I definitely don't 'need' it but I use and benefit from it every day. It would have to be taken from me rather than me stop using it and that's not likely.

dpb

Mean time

Iv still no idea what 3d touch is all about

JackClark

You have to try it really.

As an example - bit of a ****ty one - over the weekend a friend wanted to track a flight, I'd just learnt that if you have the flight number in a message or a note you can touch it and a menu will appear allowing you to do so. I had to click it then select from the menu, my friend clicked it, pushed a bit harder and the details popped out enough to read, pressed even harder and they were at the screen I selected from the menu. Like I say crappy example that's hard to explain but when you try it it makes sense.

mart360

I saw a friend at work demonstrate this, its clever, its like using the screen as a double click mouse button without taking your finger off the screen

I only went for a 6, so don't get this feature

Mart

dpb

Is this peek and poke?
Or whatever it's called

JackClark

Yes.