MacPracticve or ExACT/Oasis or Dental4Windows under VirtualBox. cjc
On 31 Oct 2013, at 11:04 pm, Shields E-mail <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for having this group you have enabled me to keep my office running. I > am currently running a dental office on an iMac purchased in 2000 (yes I am > the only Mac owner to have had a y2k problem from translated PC software that > could not print on January 1,2000). Originally purchased software in 1992, > upgraded in 2000 running on OS9. Need it for billing, insurance forms, and > recalls. Have the ability to put appointments on it but prefer an old > fashioned book. Charting and X-rays separate. Although I would like to have > some newer insurance forms, the system works so easily I would keep it > forever. The power button on the iMac is getting glitchy making me nervous > that it will die before I have a plan. Zip back up died years ago. Currently > I back up to a flash drive but there is only one compatible flash drive I > have found. I purchased many others but they did not work. I actually have > another old iMac and I connected the two and put one on the other but could > not unlock the software and still cannot restart from a backup. I called the > software company a few years ago to learn how to restart from a back up but > since I have not purchased yearly support they would not help me unless I > repurchased the software and upgrade. I can't just get a new Mac since the > software is not OS10 compatible. I thought I would upgrade now to a new Mac > and get the new software but the company stopped producing in 2008. I don't > want to purchase old tech as I tend to keep it long enough to get old on its > own! Is it time for me to learn how to work a PC? I envision severe problems > with data migration and if that proves true, run the new system parallel to > the old one for one full year as long as I have a new system before the old > one dies. Every program claims it is so easy but not many are truely > intuitive, current program DentalMac really asks you to just fill in the > blank (not as good as the 1992 version) they do more but you have to know > where to look and my staff is dumb. Any advice desperately sought, thank you > all. > -M- -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
