how to convert a wintel user

[iShater]

Originally posted by peterjhill
I just pull out my Ti800 and show them OS X, with Office X, XDarwin, the whole Unix underpinnings, Warcraft3 (playing with a disk image instead of the original CD). My long battery life, my second 20" monitor at insane resolutions at 24bit color. The beautiful OS. They get the idea.

Do you by any chance also have VPC installed? would you be interested in running a benchmarking tool under it to get a feel for what PC it could emulate?

I would love to switch soon, couple of things holding me back:

1) Need $$ to buy a new computer, maybe end of the year.
2) Need more $$ to buy MS Office (UGH!!!)
3) Need to know what kind of speed VPC would give so I can run my old software while I *switch* and to run work tools at home.
4) Next iteration of TiPB or PowerMac.

Now, number three is the only one that I can't measure BEFORE buying a Mac. Can anybody help out here?

 

[AmbitiousLemon]

wouldnt it be nice if companies let you convert your wintel app licences to mac app licences for the same app? they could charge a small 'upgrade' fee; and again it would 'help honest people stay honest.' just show proof of purchase and a $20-$100 fee to the company and they send you the mac version.

do any developers do this now?

 

[iShater]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
wouldnt it be nice if companies let you convert your wintel app licences to mac app licences for the same app? they could charge a small 'upgrade' fee; and again it would 'help honest people stay honest.' just show proof of purchase and a $20-$100 fee to the company and they send you the mac version.

do any developers do this now?

That would be nice. It would also be nice if Apple included the same software package from the iMac on the PMs and TiPB. I don't get this, why aren't AppleWorks and Quicken part of the software package?