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| Re: After a three-month Macintosh trial, Scot Finnie says "sayonara"to Windows [message #79762 is a reply to message #79750] |
Fri, 09 February 2007 08:53   |
Jamie K
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After living with it for a while, he chose OSX over Windows Vista. It
will be interesting to see how many people move to OSX because of Vista.
He is running XP under OSX using Parallels in order to have access to
any XP software he still uses, a nice option for someone migrating from
XP. You don't have to throw away your old software and you can move to
OSX native software over time, at your own pace.
But it looks like he's replaced most of his goto software with OSX apps,
and just has a few programs he hasn't found replacements for yet.
Also, he is very picky about screen capture programs. For manuals I've
written I just used the built-in OSX grab program.
Cheers,
-Jamie
www.JamieKrutz.com
John wrote:
> Good point. Do you agree he appears to be totally straddling the fence
> on both XP and Mac OS ?
>
> W. Mark Wilson wrote:
>> If you read the last 2 or 3 lines, you'll note that his sayonara is to
>> PC's, not Windows; despite the title of the article.
>>
>> W. Mark Wilson
>>
>> "John" <no@no.com> wrote in message news:45cc74d4$1@linux...
>>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewA rticleBasic&articleId=9010759&intsrc=hm_ts_head
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| Re: After a three-month Macintosh trial, Scot Finnie says "sayonara" [message #79771 is a reply to message #79762] |
Fri, 09 February 2007 11:06 |
chuck duffy
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I'm all for the fence straddling. Why choose if you don't have to, and you
don't have to these days. Virtualization makes just about any combination
you want work just fine. Except of course that I can't choose XP as my base
operating system if I want to run osx. I'd love to do that, but as far as
I know I can't purchase osx and install it in a virtual machine.
Chuck
Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
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>After living with it for a while, he chose OSX over Windows Vista. It
>will be interesting to see how many people move to OSX because of Vista.
>
>He is running XP under OSX using Parallels in order to have access to
>any XP software he still uses, a nice option for someone migrating from
>XP. You don't have to throw away your old software and you can move to
>OSX native software over time, at your own pace.
>
>But it looks like he's replaced most of his goto software with OSX apps,
>and just has a few programs he hasn't found replacements for yet.
>
>Also, he is very picky about screen capture programs. For manuals I've
>written I just used the built-in OSX grab program.
>
>Cheers,
> -Jamie
> www.JamieKrutz.com
>
>
>John wrote:
>> Good point. Do you agree he appears to be totally straddling the fence
>> on both XP and Mac OS ?
>>
>> W. Mark Wilson wrote:
>>> If you read the last 2 or 3 lines, you'll note that his sayonara is to
>>> PC's, not Windows; despite the title of the article.
>>>
>>> W. Mark Wilson
>>>
>>> "John" <no@no.com> wrote in message news:45cc74d4$1@linux...
>>>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewA rticleBasic&articleId=9010759&intsrc=hm_ts_head
>
>>>
>>>
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| Re: After a three-month Macintosh trial, Scot Finnie says "sayonara" [message #79775 is a reply to message #79771] |
Fri, 09 February 2007 10:44 |
Jamie K
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True. I wouldn't choose XP as a boot OS but maybe Linux. It'd also be
nice to have the option of running OSX on homebrew boxes. Still, the
current situation is compelling enough to attract the guy who wrote the
article, and probably some number of others who, for whatever reasons,
aren't attracted to Vista and are looking for an alternative.
Cheers,
-Jamie
www.JamieKrutz.com
chuck duffy wrote:
> I'm all for the fence straddling. Why choose if you don't have to, and you
> don't have to these days. Virtualization makes just about any combination
> you want work just fine. Except of course that I can't choose XP as my base
> operating system if I want to run osx. I'd love to do that, but as far as
> I know I can't purchase osx and install it in a virtual machine.
>
> Chuck
>
> Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>> After living with it for a while, he chose OSX over Windows Vista. It
>> will be interesting to see how many people move to OSX because of Vista.
>>
>> He is running XP under OSX using Parallels in order to have access to
>> any XP software he still uses, a nice option for someone migrating from
>
>> XP. You don't have to throw away your old software and you can move to
>> OSX native software over time, at your own pace.
>>
>> But it looks like he's replaced most of his goto software with OSX apps,
>
>> and just has a few programs he hasn't found replacements for yet.
>>
>> Also, he is very picky about screen capture programs. For manuals I've
>> written I just used the built-in OSX grab program.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Jamie
>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>
>>
>> John wrote:
>>> Good point. Do you agree he appears to be totally straddling the fence
>
>>> on both XP and Mac OS ?
>>>
>>> W. Mark Wilson wrote:
>>>> If you read the last 2 or 3 lines, you'll note that his sayonara is to
>
>>>> PC's, not Windows; despite the title of the article.
>>>>
>>>> W. Mark Wilson
>>>>
>>>> "John" <no@no.com> wrote in message news:45cc74d4$1@linux...
>>>>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewA rticleBasic&articleId=9010759&intsrc=hm_ts_head
>>>>
>>>>
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| Re: After a three-month Macintosh trial, Scot Finnie says "sayonara" [message #79783 is a reply to message #79775] |
Fri, 09 February 2007 12:40 |
chuck duffy
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Unfortunately running linux as my primary boot machine and virtualizing windows
is not an option for me. I would do it in a heartbeat if it was, but as
you know cubase needs direct access to the hardware. This setup would also
not allow me to run osx, which I would like to do in the near future.
I think osx is a very compelling alternative to vista, in fact it's so compelling
that i am starting to view it as vista is a lukewarm alternative to osx.
It is entirely plausible for me to run osx as my primary boot (it runs cubase
fine) and run XP and linux as VMs.
Chuck
Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
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>True. I wouldn't choose XP as a boot OS but maybe Linux. It'd also be
>nice to have the option of running OSX on homebrew boxes. Still, the
>current situation is compelling enough to attract the guy who wrote the
>article, and probably some number of others who, for whatever reasons,
>aren't attracted to Vista and are looking for an alternative.
>
>Cheers,
> -Jamie
> www.JamieKrutz.com
>
>
>chuck duffy wrote:
>> I'm all for the fence straddling. Why choose if you don't have to, and
you
>> don't have to these days. Virtualization makes just about any combination
>> you want work just fine. Except of course that I can't choose XP as my
base
>> operating system if I want to run osx. I'd love to do that, but as far
as
>> I know I can't purchase osx and install it in a virtual machine.
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>> Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>> After living with it for a while, he chose OSX over Windows Vista. It
>>> will be interesting to see how many people move to OSX because of Vista.
>>>
>>> He is running XP under OSX using Parallels in order to have access to
>>> any XP software he still uses, a nice option for someone migrating from
>>
>>> XP. You don't have to throw away your old software and you can move to
>>> OSX native software over time, at your own pace.
>>>
>>> But it looks like he's replaced most of his goto software with OSX apps,
>>
>>> and just has a few programs he hasn't found replacements for yet.
>>>
>>> Also, he is very picky about screen capture programs. For manuals I've
>>> written I just used the built-in OSX grab program.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> -Jamie
>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>
>>>
>>> John wrote:
>>>> Good point. Do you agree he appears to be totally straddling the fence
>>
>>>> on both XP and Mac OS ?
>>>>
>>>> W. Mark Wilson wrote:
>>>>> If you read the last 2 or 3 lines, you'll note that his sayonara is
to
>>
>>>>> PC's, not Windows; despite the title of the article.
>>>>>
>>>>> W. Mark Wilson
>>>>>
>>>>> "John" <no@no.com> wrote in message news:45cc74d4$1@linux...
>>>>>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewA rticleBasic&articleId=9010759&intsrc=hm_ts_head
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
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| Re: After a three-month Macintosh trial, Scot Finnie says "sayonara" to Windows [message #79807 is a reply to message #79762] |
Fri, 09 February 2007 16:36 |
Paul Braun
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On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:53:29 -0700, Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com>
wrote:
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>After living with it for a while, he chose OSX over Windows Vista. It
>will be interesting to see how many people move to OSX because of Vista.
>
>He is running XP under OSX using Parallels in order to have access to
>any XP software he still uses, a nice option for someone migrating from
>XP. You don't have to throw away your old software and you can move to
>OSX native software over time, at your own pace.
>
>But it looks like he's replaced most of his goto software with OSX apps,
>and just has a few programs he hasn't found replacements for yet.
>
>Also, he is very picky about screen capture programs. For manuals I've
>written I just used the built-in OSX grab program.
>
Since I got my MacBook Pro, Lucy, back in October, she's become my
main computer for most daily tasks. I have the XP machine here for a
few things yet, especially since I haven't found an OSX newsreader
that works just like Agent, which I've been using for so long I can't
imagine using anything else.
However, my main computer at home is a dual-1GHZ G4 that also serves
as file server for the house, as well as iTunes jukebox.
I have XP loaded in Parallels on Lucy as well, in addition to an
install of XP under BootCamp. I need the BC install because my
DeLorme usb GPS puck has a signifcant amount of latency when running
under parallels, but works just fine under BC.
However, between BC, Parallels and OSX, I have two fully-functional,
stupid-fast laptops in one shiny package. I love my MBP. A lot. She
goes with us every trip we take, allows me to work on the website I
maintain while sitting upstairs with the wife, and works as a mobile
darkroom with Photoshop.
I may get a copy of Logic Express and a firewire interface and try
some recording on her as well.
I just like the way OSX pretty much figures out what it is you want to
do, even if you're not quire sure, and then just does it for you.
pab
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