On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:59:02 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


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OR you can run windoze in a virtual machine, which is what I am going
to try first.


That is what I don't understand and why I asked about reliability, etc.
Why would you by a Mac to run Windows?

Or are there other advantages or capabilities of a Mac that make it
worth the investment?

Serious question .... not being snarky. You just happen to be one of
the few people I know that has recently purchased a Mac that can also
run Windows.

Eisboch


There are a couple of programs I have that will not run in the Mac
environment, and there is no Mac alternative for them. One of these is
the mapsource program from Garmin for my 4208 chartplotter.

There are also a couple of programs I have that I see no need to replace
with Mac versions. As an example, I use Quicken as my checkbook and
credit card manager. I have the PC version and I see no reason to buy a
Mac version for my use on the road when I don't have access to my
desktop machine. Hopefully, the "virtual PC" VMware will let me boot
into Windoze and then run Quicken.

I just finished installed XP Pro in a virtual machine, and it seems to
be working.


Ok. So Windows works for the most part.
The question remains. Why a Mac to run Windows?

Eisboch

The new slim Mac laptops, from pictures look kinda neat. A really thin
profile. I've never seen one in person.

Why buy a Mac when everything you use works in Windows, I guess because
you can. An analogy for you, you have many different guitars. Please
don't take that as a slam, it sure isn't intended that way. Have top be
kinda careful around here these days. 0-)

As for myself I buy things I don't need, just because I can and I think
they are neat. I have no desire for a Mac, but that's just me.



Ok. I understand. The guitar analogy got me. They all do the same thing
..... but differently.
It's funny how people vary in interests. To me, a computer offers
absolutely no thrill at all. But a program running on it that supports
another interest grabs my attention.

Believe me, I am not foreign to the concept of buying things I don't need.
My wife reminds me of this almost daily.

Eisboch

By asking you to feed the horses?
--
John