Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do not follow you, why should it be either/or rather than pick and mix? Using the same app (eg PS or LR) there is minimal difference between Mac and PC, likewise once you get under the surface. There is nothing on a Mac which is that different to Windows in normal use, I have regarded Win7 and 8 as copying a lot of Mac features ;-) How do you think a Mac would control you? However there are some things that only run on Windows, or you may prefer on Windows (I prefer Windows Outlook 2010 to Mac Outlook 2011) and a VM is perfectly adequate for that. My Win8 VM sits on its own SSD with 4 CPUS and 5GB RAM so can hardly be regarded as a slouch (I also have some management software which is Windows only). VMware Fusion allows seamless working between them, a URL in Windows opens up in Mac browser, app windows layer between each other, shared working directories etc. I make my money out of Microsoft but choose to spend it on Mac ;-) john ________________________________________ But why would you buy a Mac to run Windows software? Does that make sense? I know the two are getting closer together all the time but there is still a fundamental difference the actual involvement of the user with the program. I don't want to let the machine control me. I want to control the machine. That has been the difference I've seen between Mac and PC. Besides, Bill Gates has totally redeemed himself with his charitable works all over the world. I'm not sure what Jobs ever did for the world? Tina On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:03 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > > On Jun 10, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > Can't do it!! All of my software is PC based - Photoshop, LR, Vuescan, > > printers, Breezebrowser, etc, > > > > I have to admit that is one beautiful machine, though. > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/ > > MACs have been running Windows software for well over a decade - without > problems. > And this "feature" has only improved steadily along with the power of the > machines; > and the homogenizing of the individual SW programs running. > > The current MACs are essentially UNIX machines. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >