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I have been using Macs since OS7. I have never had any problems with viruses or

worms or spyware. I have never had a virus program. I have never lost time or data

due to any of the above.

Macs just work better and you will work better using a Mac IMHO.

Please don't think I am trying to start a Mac vs PC war but this is a good example of the

difference between Macs and PCs. If your parents had a Mac,.... when you plugged your

5D in the Mac would have instantly recognized it and asked you if you wanted to

download the contents of your card to iPhoto. No downloading drivers, no BS.

Just simple little things like that make living with a Mac so much nicer.

The 70-200L 2.8 IS, is an excellent choice for an all around lens. It is pretty much a

"standard" in the industry. It is fast for a zoom and the IS will serve you well for hand-held

portraits. True it may be short for sports but it performs well with Canon's 1.4 Tele-

converter. Get it and the 1.4 converter and you will have a nice kit for all around versatility.

push the zoom button in for couple of seconds and watch the screen. Make your

selection with the selector wheel.

An operating system that makes you go to the "Start" menu to shut it down pretty much

lets you know right from the beginning what sort of user experience you can expect don't

you think?

Mac OS 10.5 has eliminated the printer set-up program and has instead incorporated it

into the print dialog window. Try reloading your printer driver by selecting the "add

printer" selection from the print requester box. Go to print something by choosing "print"

from the menu and it will pop up.

You have to select the correct printer, paper size and orientation in "Page Set-Up". Be

aware that when selecting the paper size there are sub-menus to the side that select

"borderless" or "Roll", etc.. You can save a default setting in for page set-up parameters.

When you go to the print requester make sure color management is off when printing

from Adobe programs such as Photoshop, elements, etc... Select the correct resolution

(1440 is probably the best choice between quality and speed). THIS IS IMPORTANT-Select

the correct paper profile for the paper you are using. For example "Epson Premium

Glossy". You won't be able to select certain papers such as the art paper unless the matte

black ink is loaded. You can save different configurations here also.

Good Luck.

Wow one hack on a Mac vs 65,000 viruses for windows. Anyone owning a Mac ever seen a

virus?

A BMW and a Hyundai are both cars and will both get you where you need to go.

The difference is that you will actually enjoy the drive in the BMW.

There is a reason why more people switch from PCs to Macs than from Macs to PCs.

Anyone who actually uses (or has used) both usually will prefer the Mac. Apple just "gets

it".

10.4.8 and the latest Nikon software. I use the plug in for photoshop not the stand alone

btw.

"I have the advantage of at least 10 times the number of software titles"

Yeah, most of them are anti-virus software for the 65,000+ known PC viruses. <G>

If nothing else the 65,000 (known) viruses for the PC as oppesed to the how many for

Mac,....ZERO,...should give pause to those wishing to store their hard work and digital files

on a PC. I have benn using Macs for the past 16 years and have NEVER run any anti-virus

software because I have never needed to.

I just set up my Mac Pro 3Ghz. The big advantage to the Mac Pro is the quad processors

and the fact that you can have 4 internal drives. In my case I have 4 500 gig drives set up

as 2 mirrored raids. This gives me almost foolproof redundancy against drive failure wiping

out my work. Of course you can set up external drives with an iMac to do the same but

then you sort of ruin the whole idea of the all in one design.

Either way they are great machines. Both are works of industrial art.

Have a fully loaded Mac Pro 3Ghz with 4 gigs of memory. Even in Rosetta emulation

Photoshop is MUCH faster than my old G4 867Ghz Quicksilver Tower. It will be unbelievable

when Photoshop goes native. Scanning within photoshop with Nikon Scan (Coolscan V) is

roughly twice as fast as with my old machine.

The Mac Pro itself is a true work of industrial art. Best computer you will ever see.

Make sure you are not in one of the "idiot" modes such as portrait or macro. Be in P mode

or above as the 5D won't take Raw images in the idiot modes.

Even if everything else was equal (and they are not) the simple fact that there are something

like 116,000 (known) viruses for PCs (waiting to destroy your files and make your life

miserable) and none for the Mac make it a no brainer for me.

I remember back in 84, 85 when PC users were saying that "Real Computers" don't use a

mouse. If the Mac is so lame why the hell has Microsoft been trying (lamely) to copy it for

all these years?

Say what you want about Macs but at least when I am using the internet and my mail

application I don't have to worry about viruses wiping out the terrabytes of photo files on

my machine.

Personally I really don't care what computer any of you use or buy. I love my Macs, and

everybody I know that uses both Macs and PCs love their Macs and just tolerate their PCs.

You also will find many more people who have switched to Macs from PCs that the other

way around. That is all I will say on the subject because I don't feel like getting sucked

into some mental masturbation with some PC Uber-Geeks about the relative merits of

each platform. Enjoy your PCs I say. Enjoy your Macs.

You pays your money you get your pick.

Take it back. There is no reason (other than it is broken) for the zoom not to work. Sounds

like someone dropped it and damaged it internally. Hope they don't try to blame you.

One correction, there is no "Kit Lens" for the 5D. It is sold as a "Body Only". The 5D is a

great camera but may not be the best choice for a beginner. It has no beginner shooting

modes like the 30D has. If you are going to learn to take photographs by shooting in the

manual mode this is not a problem but if you are going to learn framing and composition

first and just wanted easy shooting modes it might be.

Your color space gets defined by what you pick as the color space during the raw to tif

conversion in whatever software you are using.

Re: Computer - Do yourself a favor and just get yourself a 20" iMac. Excellent speed and

display. Add Photoshop CS2, Spyder 2 calibrator and a good printer and you are there.

Tell your junior High School Girlfriend that there are millions of EOS EF lenses in circulation

that guarantee that the full frame format will be viable until she is OLD.