Re: [CGUYS] Mac or PC laptop versus emulation
I run Windows XP in Fusion for garden variety apps like Excel ( there are VB add ons to Excel that are not available in the Mac version of the program ) and for apps that can't abide the network translation I run Windows XP directly in with Bootcamp. The point is that none of the virtualization options involve running Windows programs in anything other than Windows XP. The original poster has made clear that his core application for his potential new computer is to run certain Windows only applications. He didn't mention any other uses. If he runs almost exclusively in Windows he will not reap any of the benefits of the Mac OS so why should he pay the added cost of that OS? The better quality hardware that Apple uses is only a part of the cost of the ' Mac Tax '. The time and effort involved in the much better operating system with an enormously better user interface is the real added cost and the real cost saver over the long haul when total cost of ownership is considered. Very little of that would accrue to the original poster. As to running WINE, I'm not a gamer and WINE is a toy. As I said in my original post I have ' mission critical programs to run in Windows. As the Wine website makes abundantly clear : Wine is still under development, and it is not yet suitable for general use. Nevertheless, many people find it useful in running a growing number of Windows programs. On May 29, 2009, at 7:13 AM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: Wayne Dernoncourt way...@panix.com Date: May 29, 2009 7:11:16 AM EDT Subject: Re: Mac or PC laptop? tjpa On May 28, 2009, at 10:27 PM, rileyca...@espsound.com wrote: Your PC software will not run on a Mac - PERIOD. PC software will run on an Apple made computer if you have installed Windows on it but the Mac OS runs software written to run in the Mac operating system. This uninformed person has never heard of WINE. Or Parallels/VMWare Fusion/Sun VirtualBox. E. Riley Casey Entertainment Sound Production 2311 Kansas Ave. Silver Spring MD www.ESPsound.com 301-608-2180 office phone 301-608-0789 fax 301-440-2923 shoe phone * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Mac or PC laptop?
Your PC software will not run on a Mac - PERIOD. PC software will run on an Apple made computer if you have installed Windows on it but the Mac OS runs software written to run in the Mac operating system. If your core need is to run specialty Windows software then don't bother buying a Mac. Using a Mac for general purpose computing such as email, web browsing and word processing, all the little details of life I find to work much better on a Mac but I too have PC only software that is mission critical and for that I restart the Mac into Windows XP and the computer simply becomes a very high end Windows laptop. There are options for running Windows while the computer is still booted in the Mac OS but if you run software that must have real time network access ( not just web access ) then you may find that not all Windows software will work in that environment. This advice comes from a member of the listserv that holds Macs in very high regard considers Windows as a sometimes unavoidable nuisance. On May 28, 2009, at 9:44 PM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: Robert Carroll carrollcompu...@gmail.com Date: May 28, 2009 9:13:30 PM EDT Subject: Re: Mac or PC laptop? I take it that you are voting for my buying a PC laptop. Why, you ask? Many reasons, here's a few why. The reason for considering buying a Mac is the high regard that members of this listserv hold for the Mac. It seems that the OS is claimed here to be superior to that of a PC, as well as the Mac hardware. For the software: My work gives me free software for PC, none for Mac. If I buy the software for Mac, I must pay for it myself. Example (one of many): Matlab, with 13 toolboxes. Unfortunately, the Matlab web site doesn't list prices, but I estimate that the packages would cost around $1,000 to $2,000. There are quite a few other mathematical or scientific packages that are free to me for PC but for which I would have to pay for myself to get the Mac version. There are a number of other, more mundane, reasons: for example, just this week I upgraded to a version of a music notation program that is available only for PC. What music notation program is available for a Mac, and how much will I have to pay? It is the cost of switching many professional-quality programs to a Mac version that is a reason to avoid the Mac if it can't execute PC programs satisfactorily. Thus, my question: can a Mac run PC programs well enough to make a Mac laptop a desirable choice, or is there no reason to prefer a Mac laptop over a PC laptop? Please note that I am not a PC or Mac partisan. I've never owned a laptop nor a Mac, so I have no opinion at all about the differences between the PC and the Mac until I have tried both at some length. E. Riley Casey Entertainment Sound Production 2311 Kansas Ave. Silver Spring MD www.ESPsound.com 301-608-2180 office phone 301-608-0789 fax 301-440-2923 shoe phone * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Ram sources for MacBook
A couple of reliable sources : http://www.macsales.com http://www.ramjet.com/ http://www.macmemory.com How this works : RAM is a commodity but even commodities have gradations. When you make a million of anything there are some percentage that fit into the original specification within a very tight tolerance. Those best of the best go for a premium price and the premium vendors ( like Apple ) buy them. The next tier is not as reliable / fast / whatever and they go to the the vendors that are selling discount hardware at appropriately lower prices ( Bobs corner computer store - or maybe Dell ;-) ) . A third tier is worse yet and perhaps goes for real cheap on ebay. A last tier goes to the dumpster - if the last tier is routinely a large percentage of the total production then the manufacturer goes to the dumpster eventually. Sticking with known vendors like the ones listed above is likely to get you parts that are at or near that top tier without paying the enormous markup that Apple is applying to the very same RAM chips that you are buying from these vendors. On May 22, 2009, at 12:54 PM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: Julie Kubal julieku...@yahoo.com Date: May 22, 2009 12:52:40 PM EDT Subject: Re: Which MacBook Pro? ah, didn't think of that. Any recommendations on where to buy? On 22 May 2009, at 12:38, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Buy it after market Much cheaper. Stewart E. Riley Casey Entertainment Sound Production 2311 Kansas Ave. Silver Spring MD www.ESPsound.com 301-608-2180 office phone 301-608-0789 fax 301-440-2923 shoe phone * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Appleworks problem
Sounds like a possible corruption of the preferences file. Find the Appleworks preferences file in the Library folder for that user ( assuming he has more than one user defined ). Make a zip of the preferences file ( just in case ) and then trash the original file and empty the trash. Restart Appleworks and see if that improves things. You may have to look for several files in case Appleworks keeps things like starting points in different prefs files. On May 10, 2009, at 4:21 PM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: Stephen Brownfield steveei...@verizon.net Date: May 10, 2009 9:19:57 AM EDT Subject: Appleworks problem My brother is having a problem with his Appleworks program. He is running it on an eMac with OS 10.3.9. The problem may have started after he tried to fix somethings with Norton. This is the problem: when you launch Appleworks, you get the menus across the top, a blank toolbar, and no document or starting points. If you go to choose an item from the menu, you get the spinning beach ball before you can choose anything. When you go to the Appleworks icon in the dock, click and hold on it you get application not responding and have to choose Force Quit to end it. I tried to reinstall it, but the problem remained (before this install, I removed the file/application from the Application Folder). I assume that I need to remove some or all of the other Appleworks program files, not just the Application. How do I do this? Any other advice in solving this problem would be welcome. E. Riley Casey Entertainment Sound Production 2311 Kansas Ave. Silver Spring MD www.ESPsound.com 301-608-2180 office phone 301-608-0789 fax 301-440-2923 shoe phone * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Appleworks problem
Sounds like a possible corruption of the preferences file. Find the Appleworks preferences file in the Library folder for that user ( assuming he has more than one user defined ). Make a zip of the preferences file ( just in case ) and then trash the original file and empty the trash. Restart Appleworks and see if that improves things. You may have to look for several files in case Appleworks keeps things like starting points in different prefs files. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software
Male bovine manure! What exactly is the connection between storing files in places unknown or invisible to the user and technological advances? On May 9, 2009, at 3:24 PM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com Date: May 9, 2009 1:05:12 PM EDT Subject: Re: Photo editing software i.e., First, users have no idea *where* they're keeping their pictures. Might be in c root, might be 15 levels down. File management techniques are one of the first things a digital photographer MUST learn. Not with Picasa. This can be a problem for folks who can't let go of old ideas. Picasa is managing your photographs and you don't really need to know where it is keeping your pictures. iPhoto works this way too. If innovation is to be more than an advertising slogan you need to be willing to accept improvements when they present themselves. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 28 Apr 2009 to 29 Apr 2009 - Special issue (#2009-417)
Go to the Airport Utility in the Utilities folder under the GO menu. Be sure the join open networks option is checked. If it already is then call the Apple genius, if not that should fix it. On Apr 29, 2009, at 12:41 PM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: From: Sandra Raredon aster...@gmail.com Date: April 29, 2009 7:46:18 AM EDT Subject: Airport network not connecting with macbook My mom recently upgraded from Ibook to MacBook, Leopard OS. Everytime she wants to use wi-fi , her new computer keeps trying to log on the old network name. She is using a new network, so there is a conflict now. We tried to go to the advance mode and delete the old network, but it keeps coming back. If I get a new Airport express (she was and is using the Aiport base station now), the small plug in adapterwill that solve the problem? The problem is, I do not know anything about setting up networkall she wants to do is use her macbook in the kitchen, and connect via wi-fi. Does she need another Airport base station or will an Airport express work..thanks for helping! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
