Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/21

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Subject: [Leica] Computer help!!!
From: clzeni at mindspring.com (Craig Zeni)
Date: Thu Jul 21 13:57:40 2005
References: <r02010500-1039-29C73558F9A811D98034000A957A8242@[67.86.113.249]>

On Jul 21, 2005, at 1:27 AM, Kenneth Frazier wrote:

> Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) wrote:
>
>> I would urge you to re-look at the Mac alternative. The only thing
>> Microsoft have definitely brought to computing is the lowering of
>> expectations.
>> Frank
>>
>> On 21 Aug, 2005, at 03:51, Tina Manley wrote:
>>
>>> I would consider Macs but it's way too late.  Every peripheral that
>>> I have is Windows-based, from scanners to printers to hard drives.
>>> I have tons of Windows-based software that I could never replace.
>
> Again, I agree, with Frank.
>
> When I switched over, it was an aggravation, to be sure, and it took a
> lot of time.  The initial software expense was, in my case, rather
> minimal, since I opted for Microsoft's Office X package, which met most
> of my day to day needs.  Vuescan is very inexpensive, and the software
> which comes with Nikon and Epson scanners/printers contains drivers for
> both Mac and Windoze machines, so no extra expense is required there.
> And, in most cases, drivers can be downloaded from the manufacturer's
> websites.

I'm going to jump in with my nickle's worth of support for this...I 
went to an iMac in Feb of 2003 and have the system crash exactly ONCE 
in 30 months.  I had always wondered why Mac users were always so 
damned smug...now I understand :)

There are only two things that I haven't been able to move over to my 
Mac - an old SCSI scanner and a database that I run in Paradox 4.0 for 
DOS...they keep my old W98 machine alive.  And when I finally get a 
newer slide scanner that's gonna be the end of the database somehow...
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