About 6 programs keep me on PC at work, Geomedia, Powersuite/Powercorr, Magellan Maps/MS access and some other micelaneous data collection suites for various toys in our office. Emulating on these would be terrible especially Geomedia and PowerSuite as they are buggy enough as is
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keep them both for now would be my advice. why sell a notebook that has everything you want/need to buy another machine (shuttle + keyboard + monitor) that is going to set you back again almost as much(or even more) as you made selling your notebook.
the only windows machine i have around is an old ibm thinkpad to run vag-com through serial port.
the only windows machine i have around is an old ibm thinkpad to run vag-com through serial port.
I was actually thinking of getting a pc. I already have a powerbook, and think windows sucks... but there are somethings that I would like a PC for.
1) Keepin' up to date in windows
2)Google Earth
3)"Good" Linux
4)Games
5)And, those other random things that don't work on macs.
So do you think its worth it?
P4 3GHz w/ HT, 512mb, 80gb, Combo, 17" Flat Panel = $639
1) Keepin' up to date in windows
2)Google Earth
3)"Good" Linux
4)Games
5)And, those other random things that don't work on macs.
So do you think its worth it?
P4 3GHz w/ HT, 512mb, 80gb, Combo, 17" Flat Panel = $639
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Yeah same here, except it's Pro Engineer and Pro Mechanica...they are just awfully slow on VPC.
Bring on the MacIntels!
Cheap, cheap, cheap
I'm a dual-platform user with a ton of PC software I have no interest in paying to replace. I run an old Celeron desktop with dual 7200rpm HDDs and good optical drives, a Toshiba Portege 4005 PIII notebook, and, of course, my Mac Mini (1.42/80gb/WiFi/Bluetooth) w/acrylic 23" Cinema Display -- everything connects through a 802.11g router. Periodically I do have to restart my Wintels to get a solid network link through Bonjour, but other than that I have no problems save one:
I don't want to pay big $$$ for an OSX copy of MS Office Pro.
And no, iWork/Appleworks doesn't cut it. And then there's programs like the USGS digital orthophoto quad utility. And the GPS mapping software. And so it goes.
Truth be told, I'll probably hang on to at least one Windows machine for the foreseeable future, although I hate the networking portions of XP Pro. But if I didn't care about being able to do cross-platform stuff, I'd probably go all Mac...eventually! What's stopping you?
I'm a dual-platform user with a ton of PC software I have no interest in paying to replace. I run an old Celeron desktop with dual 7200rpm HDDs and good optical drives, a Toshiba Portege 4005 PIII notebook, and, of course, my Mac Mini (1.42/80gb/WiFi/Bluetooth) w/acrylic 23" Cinema Display -- everything connects through a 802.11g router. Periodically I do have to restart my Wintels to get a solid network link through Bonjour, but other than that I have no problems save one:
I don't want to pay big $$$ for an OSX copy of MS Office Pro.
And no, iWork/Appleworks doesn't cut it. And then there's programs like the USGS digital orthophoto quad utility. And the GPS mapping software. And so it goes.
Truth be told, I'll probably hang on to at least one Windows machine for the foreseeable future, although I hate the networking portions of XP Pro. But if I didn't care about being able to do cross-platform stuff, I'd probably go all Mac...eventually! What's stopping you?
There are a lot of scientific softwares, like Sci Finder, that either works best for PC or are only made for PCs. It sucks... 
I only use windows for DVD Shrink (perhaps the most glorious freeware application ever). Sadly, I also have to use it for VB.NET at the moment, but that shouldn't last much longer.
The only reason that I'll always have a Windows machine: there will always be a game that i *really* want to play. I'm not willing to give that up.
The only reason that I'll always have a Windows machine: there will always be a game that i *really* want to play. I'm not willing to give that up.
I use Windows for PSpice for school. I have a freeware SPICE app for OS X called MI-SUGAR, and it's great (better than PSpice, IMO), but it's a little difficult to use it for assignments that are specifically tailored to using PSpice. I don't need Windows at all, but I keep it around for that program. After this semester, I may be able to dump my Windows machine all together, although I'll keep Virtual PC around.
I'm totally Windows-free since May (when I sold my gaming PC). I do have a x86 PC, but it's got Ubuntu installed on it, so it's all good
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Welcome to my sig, alangyssler!
Hmm, I use Windows for one thing.... to play The Sims 2 because my PowerBook doesn't meet the system requirements.
However, I'm using Windows now.... ugh. (Roommate in dorm has my PowerBook to check his e-mail. For some reason, it's not working on this computer.)
However, I'm using Windows now.... ugh.
(Roommate in dorm has my PowerBook to check his e-mail. For some reason, it's not working on this computer.)
I have to use a windows machine every once in a while but it's not that bad really, even though we say it is all the time.
Anything before XP is pretty dodgy though but XP service pack 2 is nice and stable.
We're now completely Microsoft free at home, except for Office on my Mac.
Anything before XP is pretty dodgy though but XP service pack 2 is nice and stable.
We're now completely Microsoft free at home, except for Office on my Mac.
I know I'm the minority here but I still use Windows for most of my computing needs. The only time I use my ibook is when I want to go and sit outside or downstairs and that's only because my Toshiba laptop tends to kick out my wireless settings from time to time.
I use it for gaming and any 3d or heavy Photoshop editing. I also use it to watch DVDs since my ibook give me an unsupported format error with every DVD. I use it for binary downloads from newsgroups, storing and viewing my pictures (I hate iphoto forcing me to import everything and screwing up my organization).
My ibook is growing on me and I find myself using it more and more but I highly doubt any mac will replace Windows anytime soon unless I get the software I need/use and better software in the case of iphoto and better gaming.
I use it for gaming and any 3d or heavy Photoshop editing. I also use it to watch DVDs since my ibook give me an unsupported format error with every DVD. I use it for binary downloads from newsgroups, storing and viewing my pictures (I hate iphoto forcing me to import everything and screwing up my organization).
My ibook is growing on me and I find myself using it more and more but I highly doubt any mac will replace Windows anytime soon unless I get the software I need/use and better software in the case of iphoto and better gaming.
Has anyone tried File Maker? I have used both and have spent more time with Access, but from what I understand, any ODBC based database will handle the raw data across programs. Please correct me if I am wrong. At any rate, you can still accomplish the same thing from a data management standpoint. I have also heard that many consider File Maker a superior product from a desk top point of view in comparison to Access. When you get into higher end and multiple users, I believe the norms are Oracle and SQL20rogersc said:
