Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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... -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." -Terry Pratchett.