Thread: I-Phone Envy
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Old 22-09-2009, 11:30 PM
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Once you go Mac, you'll never go back!

They just work. Apart from all the fabulous apps, the bit that really makes the iPhone special is the seamless syncing that occurs. I can make a diary entry or change a contact detail on my iPhone and <2mins later it has appeared on my wife's iPhone.

However, you do still need access to a PC to cope with specialised astronomy software (eg. the Orion Starshoot Autoguider only comes has Windows Drivers, despite the fact that PHD comes in a Mac version). Fortunately, my Mac also has the downgrade installed - ie. Windows XP - so I can just boot it up as a PC and off we go.

I know they are more expensive, but they are nice to use.

Just my two cents worth.

David T
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