It's funny...that is the objections that most people raise. The move to Intel has done a lot to make the transition easier for people because all the new Macs can also run Windows. But the latest surveys show that few people actually do that. People make the move, comforted by the ability to run Windows but when they start using OS X, they find that they can do everything they need to do right there and bye bye Windows.
Here at Twango, our employees are at about 50/50 Mac vs PC and it all works together just fine. When you get down to it, people need to: 1) send/receive email 2) browse the Web 3) work with MS Office documents (word, excel, powerpoint, etc) 4) organize their music 5) organize their pictures and video MS Office is available for OS X. Everything else is bundled with your Mac right out of the box. Now, the exceptions are people who have custom-written software that they need for business that absolutely has to run on Windows. The solution for that is "Parallels", a new virtual machine environment that uses the new virtualization hardware built into the Intel core duo chip. WAY faster than the old software emulation such as in Virtual PC. All I know is that by making the switch years ago, I'm spending more time actually doing stuff with my computer and a lot less time fighting with it. --Jim -----Original Message----- From: Lighthorse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 7:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Soaring @ airage.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] MS Outlook question Same Problem. I would love to convert to Mac. But the majority of the programs that I use run in windows :-( -- On 8/14/06, Jim Laurel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Harley- If you still have time, box it up and send it back for a refund. Then, head to your local Apple store and pick up a Mac. You'll never regret it. A few years ago, I started thinking about all the hours of my life that I'd squandered trying to get Windows to do what I want. I finally switched around 6 years ago and I'm amazed that I use my computer to actually DO stuff nowadays. And by the way, I'm an ex-Microsoft guy. ;-) --Jim -----Original Message----- From: Harley Michaelis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 10:47 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Winston Okerlund; Byron Seward; Harold Ochs Subject: [RCSE] MS Outlook question Guys. . . I have a new HP computer with Outlook, not Outlook Express, loaded for e-mail. When new messages are listed from senders, a box appears asking if I'd like to read them now. When selecting "yes" the list of senders goes blank. All the mail is gone. A new messages says it's been moved or deleted. I then do not find it in the Deleted File or anywhere else. However, after 2 days of that, a whole bunch of RCSE messages appeared in the Deleted File when I took another look a few minutes ago. I'm wondering if others have experienced this and if rather than selecting "yes" about reading the messages now, if "no" can be selected and the messages then individually opened for display.I presently have no new messages to find out and they can be very slow coming. If a few people can send me a message now though, I can find out in a hurry. I apparently am limited to this size 8 font when HTML is turned off as wanted for RCSE messages.Is this your experience with RCSE messages? RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format -- Ken York County Soaring "Lighthorse" Team YCS Silence is Golden RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
