> The Mac reads and can write pc format. I can take a flash drive, copy > files off my PC either at home or work and plug it into my MacBook.
Well, I was wondering more how easy it would be for the Mac partition to access the files on the Windows partition...but from the information on the Parallels site, it does look like that is not an issue. > Yes. M$ does have a remote desktop for the Mac that allows the Mac to > access PC desktops. Its called (amazingly enough) Remote Desktop for > the Macintosh. That actually is the reverse of what I want, I need the Mac to be the host, not the client. Apparently Apple does have a Remote Desktop for Mac but it's pretty pricey so to do this I'd probably have to go with a VNC client. > Unfortunately its not the same for desktops. Well, that's what I am looking at here. And a high-end Mac is indeed a good chunk of change more. The issue for me as well is that to switch to a Mac as my main desktop system, I'm looking at other costs such as a new router, keyboard and other software that I'd want to get that I already own for PC so I don't have to jump into Windows for all my most common development tasks. It's frustrating that so many manufacturers have no upgrade path from Windows to Mac, but that is unfortunately what is part of the cost of switching. > Over all I've had a better experience with Mac systems than PC's, in > terms of networking, compatibility etc. I really wanted to give it a try, but after spending the bulk of yesterday researching it, I'm finding it's just not feasible for me now. Just one example...I currently use Roboform to store all my passwords and secure data. It gets synced from my desktop to my laptop to my Pocket PC and is available in all my browsers. Anywhere I go, anytime I need a password, I have it on hand. The problem is, it isn't compatible with Mac. They are planning to add Mac support but right now it's not available. There's a similar program for the Mac...but it's not compatible with Windows! I really can't see trying to maintain this kind of database of information in two places, so the only way to continue to use it is to do all my web browsing from Parallels and use only the Windows browsers. Suffice to say, I'm really not interested in switching if I have to do that. I've run into similar issues with other tasks I would want to be run on the Mac but have to get the data over from Windows to work on it. So I think my best bet is stick with Windows for now and when my laptop goes, I'll switch to a MacBook so I can then more easily switch my desktop over to Mac in the future. Hopefully by then the folks at Roboform will have gotten it ported over to the Mac as well. ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239156 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
