Um, autocomplete is in there. You must not be using Excel 2011. I do this all the time. You start typing in a cell and you get a pop list of completeables that match, and as you keep typing it narrows down, et cetera. It works great. Like I said I do this to put food on the table Every-Single-Day. I depend on Office 2011 for Mac and Office 2010 for Windows working and playing well together. And they do. They are effectively identical.
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It is worth buying a new iMac?
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Um, autocomplete is in there. You must not be using Excel 2011. I do this all the time. You start typing in a cell and you get a pop list of completeables that match, and as you keep typing it narrows down, et cetera. It works great. Like I said I do this to put food on the table Every-Single-Day. I depend on Office 2011 for Mac and Office 2010 for Windows working and playing well together. And they do. They are effectively identical.
Do not use Excel for Statistical Analysis!
I don't know much about what is best between a Mac and a PC for your purpose, but I know quite a bit about Statistical analysis. And I feel it is my duty to give you a warning. I will strongly recommend NOT to use Excel for Statistical Analysis. Use R, which is free, or buy a Stata license, which is affordable. If you need to do something which is (really) computing intensive, learn Fortran or C.
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Christophe
I don't know much about what is best between a Mac and a PC for your purpose, but I know quite a bit about Statistical analysis. And I feel it is my duty to give you a warning. I will strongly recommend NOT to use Excel for Statistical Analysis. Use R, which is free, or buy a Stata license, which is affordable. If you need to do something which is (really) computing intensive, learn Fortran or C.
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Christophe
Is it time to buy a new system?
I have an iMAC, 24-inch, Early 2008 bought new in 2008. It has a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB memory, 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, currently running OS X 18.8.4.
It seems to do pretty much what I want but like most of us, I'm wondering if an updated system might be advisable? Just wondering - any thoughts?
I have an iMAC, 24-inch, Early 2008 bought new in 2008. It has a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB memory, 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, currently running OS X 18.8.4.
It seems to do pretty much what I want but like most of us, I'm wondering if an updated system might be advisable? Just wondering - any thoughts?
I don't know about the "pretty much" but if it continues to do the job, don't waste money on an upgrade. Only upgrade if if fails to do the job (breaks down, won't run programs you need, or is "too slow" which is subjective).
Pretty much this advice. sgtbob, I suggest you start budgeting for a replacement and then you'll be able to easily buy a new system when you want or need to.
Let's see - Pay $1500 for the complete iMac
Or pay $1500+20+time and hassle of download and installing.
Gee, what would I do?
Well if you don't need the iMac now, then waiting won't harm much. And who knows, by the time Mavericks is released we might know about an iMac update.Let's see - Pay $1500 for the complete iMac
Or pay $1500+20+time and hassle of download and installing.
Gee, what would I do?
Let's see - Pay $1500 for the complete iMac
Or pay $1500+20+time and hassle of download and installing.
Gee, what would I do?
Ok, if the value of not having a new computer for 3 months is $0, then your math makes sense. But then value of not having it for another 3 months after Mavericks is probably $0 too then, meaning you don't actually need a new computer and have just chosen an arbitrary deadline to treat yourself. That's fine if that's what you want to do, just don't kid yourself into thinking it's a value proposition.
Generally you will own a computer at least 3-4 years, and so pay $20 and spend half an hour downloading and installing an OS X upgrade at least 2-3 times.
Oh and by the way, a lot of the time if you buy a new computer shortly after a new OS launch, you'll get a model with the prior OS installed. There will be an "up to date" program so you don't actually need to spend the $20, but you still need to download and install it.
I don't NEED a new computer. I want one. I'm still rocking an i3 2010 model. 4 cores of i5 horsepower and USB 3 connections will serve me proper. And yes, I'm waiting until Mavericks are preinstalled before any purchase. I'm betting this coincides with iMac refreshes.
"I personally don't need a 27 inch screen - could live with a 24 one easily. Unfortunately, there is no such option with an iMac."
You might consider buying a Mini instead (get the i7 2.3ghz version). Then get a 24" display of your choosing.
As others have said, it doesn't make much sense to buy a Mac that you will then be booting to Windows to run Windows apps.
If you want a Mac for the opportunity to learn and do "Mac things", by all means get one.
Be aware that you can run _some_ MS apps using the "Mac Office" suite of apps -- but you may not be able to run all of them (particularly where databases are involved).
Even if you get a Mac, KEEP THE PC AROUND to run MS apps on Windows as needed.
You might consider buying a Mini instead (get the i7 2.3ghz version). Then get a 24" display of your choosing.
As others have said, it doesn't make much sense to buy a Mac that you will then be booting to Windows to run Windows apps.
If you want a Mac for the opportunity to learn and do "Mac things", by all means get one.
Be aware that you can run _some_ MS apps using the "Mac Office" suite of apps -- but you may not be able to run all of them (particularly where databases are involved).
Even if you get a Mac, KEEP THE PC AROUND to run MS apps on Windows as needed.