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Looks like I need to wait a little longer...
Authored by: MACDADDYDAVE on Apr 15, '06 11:15:37PM

I have been using a Mac since 1999, and I would never concider purchasing a PC. However, being in the military, I have to use it. For writeups I need to use the military's software, (nothing senisitve of course) and it only runs on a PC, so I have dishonored my emac with Virtual PC which has windows 2000 on it. I hate it. I spent the money for the software, installed it and suffered through the slow, bug ridden software only three times. After that, I started working really late to finish things on base on the military's computers. I have been concidering getting a newer Mac for awhile, then intel models came out, so I was nearly going to jump on that bandwagon- just waiting the usual 6 months for the typical wrinkles to get ironed out. Now bootcamp has given me good reason to wait another 6 months for its wrinkles to get ironed out. Being able to run windows on my Mac is still something my conciounse has to deal with, but it beats working late without a beer at hand. Virtual PC doesnt cut it, so I am definitly going to appreciate this move by Apple.



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Looks like I need to wait a little longer...
Authored by: jacobsdm on Apr 16, '06 02:32:26PM

I am in the same boat as you. I am also in the military and it is frustrating that I cannot find any Mac software (except for MS Office) equivilant for the few Windows programs we use. I will still hold off on purchasing a new Intel Mac since my PB G4 is barely a year old, but this news is definately making me consider upgrading a lot sooner than I thought I would.

This could also help me convince my wife to completely switch as well. I gave her my old iBook G3 when I bought my PB G4 and she really likes it. It's just that she, like me, has a few programs that she has to have Windows for. This just may be the ticket for me to get her a new iMac. Of course that means I can really start playing with her old PC by putting Linux on it and not have to worry about loosing anything she really needs!



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