another windoze to mac person...

[Theas18]

Terribly tempted to get a mac. Old ( horrid) win 8 laptop has been stolen by eldest with my encouragement....and spirited away to uni.

In a dilemma here...

DH dilemma " you don't actually NEED a nearly 1K laptop for what you do".....

Me....

is 11inch too small, or cute and very portable?

Also tell me about icloud- can I for instance rip CDs and store them there?

And the Word compatability thing could be and issue for work documents...

I actually mostly use the ipad at home, however there are some websites I can't use with it that are important.

Hmmmm

NetworkGuy. I think in the UK you can usually re-download lost itunes purchases see HERE

Thanks for that - I guess maybe they got a load of complaints. I used to help answer queries on a radio phone in (on a Chicago station) and it was the response to someone who called in, from an Apple guru, that (at that time) they didn't allow a second download.

In any case, one should make a backup, because sometimes what's available to download can change and something might no longer be online via the store... think that happened with a version of OSX not long ago...

Apple are admittedly catching up in some areas. I don't think the latest iPhones have to be plugged into a computer, for example. But they always take their time getting there. They feel a bit like Sony from 30 years ago. Always trying to implement their own standards, pissing off the customers and ultimately confirming several years later. And they are insulting on the way. Such as the lightening connector, "because you're all too stupid to figure out which way your USB plug goes in".

I had assumed that the 'lightning' connector was to initially make only Apple the supplier for many customers. From a kb page on the Apple site: "Some companies manufacture accessories that are similar to Apple Lightning accessories, but are not certified by Apple."

Of course, not only is there a small chance something won't work properly, but Apple doesn't get any "cut" from the sale, which I suspect is their major reason... Must have pi$$ed off a lot of people with existing music systems which could accept the iPod and iPhone but all of a sudden...

It probably was exactly for that reason. But of course they can't tell the customer that, so they come up with some 'benefit' which in this case was ridiculous! But only Apple could find a way of making a cable more 'user friendly'!