I'm sorry, what is Pages and Numbers? ~Luke
On Jul 20, 1:30 pm, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, Pages and Numbers opens Word and Excel files pretty well. But, > yes, there is the Office for Mac alternative. > > ---------------------------------------- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ed, yes, everything is backed up to a Seagate external USB HD. I may > > not be up on the latest and greatest but cmon man. > > > I guess the main thing for migration would be to get Office for Mac. > > I mean, yeah the MP3s, JPEGs, AVIs etc are all going to carry over > > alright. But the DOCs and spreadsheets will be more difficult. > > > That or get something akin to OpenOffice or such. > > > Of course this is all speculation because I doubt my wife wants a Mac. > > > ~Luke > > > On Jul 20, 1:05 pm, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I hope you have that data backed up to either an external hard drive or > > > online storage (Spideroak, Carbonite, etc.). If not, perhaps my > > technology > > > consulting blog will help you. > >http://ectech.info/blog/2011/05/30/backing-up-your-data/ > > > > And maybe this would help if you were to decide to buy a Mac. > > > >http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/ > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > Have a Better One, > > > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the response Ed. > > > > > My main problem would be migration of the 8+ years worth of files and > > > > data from the PC to a Mac. > > > > > Something to consider at least. > > > > > ~Luke > > > > > On Jul 20, 12:08 pm, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Another review on the new Mac Mini. > > > > > >http://bit.ly/pRJO8z > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > Have a Better One, > > > > > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > I'll be installing it as soon as I get home today. It's got several > > > > > > features I've been looking forward to for a while now. > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > On Jul 20, 2011, at 10:51 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Okay. This is SWEET! > > > > > > That's definitely my new recommendation to anyone that is looking > > to > > > > shop > > > > > > for a new computer that is not a PC gamer. That is a great buy for > > an > > > > i5 > > > > > > machine. I'm just not so sure about Lion yet, though. > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > > Have a Better One, > > > > > > Edward Crosby > > > > > > <http://about.me/edwardcrosby>http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Cary Preston < < > > [email protected]> > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >> < > > > >http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/20/apple-updates-mac-mini-core-i5-and.. > > .> > > >http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/20/apple-updates-mac-mini-core-i5-and. > > > > .. > > > > > >> Sent with MobileRSS HD< > > > >http://itunes.apple.com/app/mobilerss-hd-google-rss-news/id375300540?.. > > .> > > > > > > >> Apple is acting as a market leader again- first it was ditching > > the > > > > floppy > > > > > >> drive, now it's the DVD rom. The Air made sense- the ultra slim > > factor > > > > had > > > > > >> no room. The Mini is a surprise, though- we use ours as a DVD > > player > > > > and > > > > > >> HTPC. 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