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Post by lib on Apr 7, 2010 17:16:38 GMT 1
i got an OEM W7 Professional for £79.00
run it on an apple under boot camp to test pc products and networks
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Post by lib on Apr 7, 2010 17:18:35 GMT 1
Stavros, let us wear our Macs with pride
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Post by lif on Apr 7, 2010 18:00:23 GMT 1
i got an OEM W7 Professional for £79.00 run it on an apple under boot camp to test pc products and networks wots boot camp
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Post by BartyB on Apr 7, 2010 18:03:19 GMT 1
Stavros, let us wear our Macs with pride Pah..... who else but Apple could make a thing that looks for all the world like a giant mobile phone and think it was cool. Still I've found one good use for an iPad www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/iCade.shtml
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Post by stavros on Apr 7, 2010 18:36:41 GMT 1
i got an OEM W7 Professional for £79.00 run it on an apple under boot camp to test pc products and networks wots boot camp It's a handy little programme that comes with your Mac, especially for masochists that like to be messed about by their computer; it lets them run Windows as well as Mac. (Or for those folk who have one or two bits of favourite software that was written to the Windows platform and they still need to use this software for certain tasks.) It's also useful for folk in the 'puter business who have customers that run on Windows. I know it's there, I could use it I spose, but why take second best when you're running Mac?
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Post by ermintrude on Apr 7, 2010 20:13:45 GMT 1
Course, with VMWare Player you can run OSX and Windows on top of a proper OS.......
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Post by ermintrude on Apr 7, 2010 20:15:45 GMT 1
And you can have them all running at the same time in different desktops - do you have that option under Windows? I know that you do under OSX but.... most OSX users are too thick to understand that its there!
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Post by lif on Apr 7, 2010 20:32:06 GMT 1
wots boot camp It's a handy little programme that comes with your Mac, especially for masochists that like to be messed about by their computer; it lets them run Windows as well as Mac. (Or for those folk who have one or two bits of favourite software that was written to the Windows platform and they still need to use this software for certain tasks.) It's also useful for folk in the 'puter business who have customers that run on Windows. I know it's there, I could use it I spose, but why take second best when you're running Mac? I was knocking a bird off a while back who had a Mac, I couldn’t make any sense of it, and I have bin messing around with putters since BBC basic. I would love to know how VHS got the upper hand over Betamax when Philips 2000 was better then them both, but sunk into obscurity. I see your man is now worth 5.5 billion, not bad, but peanuts compared to Bill (the richest man on the planet) how come coming second or even third best can be more lucrative then getting it right? But the ultimate question remains, why did I not click that that bird that I was after in the 70s (who never had a bloke with her) was a dike?
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Post by lif on Apr 7, 2010 20:48:43 GMT 1
Course, with VMWare Player you can run OSX and Windows on top of a proper OS....... Its working well Keef, but I still don’t really understand what it can do. BTW, do I k need to shut windows down In the player before I turn off my puter?
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Post by lib on Apr 7, 2010 23:14:13 GMT 1
If we really wish to be pedantic, then VMware Fusion is probaly the best product for running mac and windows etc. But it costs money.
If you want to and have plenty of time and interest then all sorts of combinatins are possible. I have quite a lot of machines which have funny setups, virtual pc etc etc, most of which are results of working with various clients setups. These of course are the equivalent of a mechanics tool box and bear little relevance to normal computer usage.
After many years of earning money out of computers, all I want is one that works.
It has to switch on and be ready to use in less than 30 seconds, be happy to leave in standby for hours, so I don't have to wait for it to bootup, close down in 20 seconds, last for at least 5 hours on battery, not to need lots of software just to add printers and other devices, come ready to use with all software installed, etc etc. After 30 years of the PC on sale is it too much to ask?
PS Lif, I still have the original Sinclair with the super add on of the 16K memory; plus the obligatory elastic band to stop the memory losing contact with the 'mother board'.
pass my anorak please......
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