King Schools on Mac
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when I used them they were windows only.
you might try to get some money back from whomever sold it to you, but being 'software' it may be too late. They might come back with...."You should have looked beforehand..." Unless of course they TOLD you it would work.
Okie_Pilot
Pitts Builder
That's what I'm doing, you get the best of both worlds. I'm using the "Parallels" program. Definitely worth the money in my opinion. I run it in "coherence" mode where I have the XP Pro taskbar on the bottom of the screen and my Mac Dock on the left side, works great.
Mac FTW.
Mac FTW.
Jacob Wall
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Same here.That's what I'm doing, you get the best of both worlds. I'm using the "Parallels" program. Definitely worth the money in my opinion. I run it in "coherence" mode where I have the XP Pro taskbar on the bottom of the screen and my Mac Dock on the left side, works great.
Mac FTW.
Parallels for Mac works quite well!
Same here.
Parallels for Mac works quite well!
X3 but VM fusion. Does require a windows CD though.
jonnydwolf
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What is the software (Flash or WMV) or is it a video with some proprietary player? There might be a way to get it to run from OSX without running parallels. See if you can get a finder view of the disk, screen shot and then post it.
Just a shot in the dark here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/windowsmediaplayerformacosx.html
Just kidding. This will do it, but for any mac issues ever, go to http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/ and www.apple.com and try their searches. They are incredibly helpful, answer anything about a mac in minutes. That is how I got this link and why macs are leet and windows is beat. Oh snapEnjoy.
thepedroid
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Macrumors.com is a great place for info too. If you haven't already, install flipformac. Plays any windows media file directly through quicktime.
It is what it doesn't do that makes it great:
It doesn't crash.
It doesn't get bogged down after a month.
It doesn't lose 90 percent of it's value in a year.
It doesn't get viruses.
It doesn't require anything, turn it on and it does its job.
Basically, reliability is why mac > windows.
The selling point for me was finding out generation 4 laptops that are almost 10 years old are selling for 40 percent of their purchase cost.
I have had this macbook for 8 months now and it has had a program lock it up for an unknown reason 3 times. Force quit/restart program fixed it in 5 seconds every time. In 10 years I have never seen any windows machine run with that kind of stability. Edit: It doesn't get rebooted unless there are updates. So a monthly restart basically.
PS I rarely run less then 5 open programs at any one time.
stesta5074
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This.
After 10 years of building PC's, I bought a aluminum Macbook. I have to say I'm very happy never to deal with a PC again. My friends used to call me for computer help until they bought mac's too.
You can bootcamp if absolutely necessary without dealing with memory requirement issues parallel can have if you have an older mac. Better yet just crack the books and read them and leave the videos on the shelf
Worked for me.
Jacob Wall
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I do, just not on my personal laptop. My laptop is windows, all of my servers are CentOS 5.3/5.4
I do on an old server machine. But I wouldn't recommend the linux environment for people still learning the intricacies of the mouse.
Mac computer are expensive, but their OS is crazy cheap. It was 50 bucks for a 5 user upgrade when leopard came out. Compare that to windows upgrades: 100 a pc or 150 for 3 and nothing but a headache to install.
O.K. shdw, you wanted a debate, we'll you just got one
. My PC, has been on since I purchased it, only rebooting when it updates and requires it. It's not bogged down, has no viruses, and hasn't required anything post purchase (not even anti-virus software.......dun dun dun!). You have to know the Windows system, and what to turn on/off to have a stable Windows box. I personally don't care that my system looses %90 of it's value after a period of x-months, becuase I didn't spend a bunch of money on it. I have been working with windows since Windows 1.01. So I guess I am familiar w/it by now(I had better be). I just don't see the value in a system that is better when you have to run two OS's to make things work right, i.e. the Kings videos. To me, and to 90% of the rest of the US, plug and play simplicity is what is desired. We are a society of instant gratification, and with all the other shanangins required by a Mac box, it simply doesn't provide that. You have to do more (even if it is only a few simple steps) than simply pluggin it in and turning it on.
For hardcore video edditing, etc., yes, Mac will win everytime. For plug 'n play simplicity, can you honestly PC's aren't leading the pac?
What makes a Windows OS install so terrible? I think it's extreamly simple. Put the CD in, and switch it out when it prompts.
O.K. shdw, you wanted a debate, we'll you just got one
Sweet! I better not get any stinken pink slips from the admins from this one though!!!
Ok, you say this:
mshunter said:
First, you don't need to know a mac to have a stable mac system, they are all stable, period. However here is my real confusion with this statement, you go on to say this:
mshunter said:
That is why mac will eventually pummel windows IMO. Simplicity. You buy it, you turn it on, follow a few steps to set it up and that is it you are done. You will never defrag, you won't disk clean, you don't have options to turn on and off for stability, antivirus isn't necessary, spyware is irrelevant, and in 5 years of you doing nothing but using it it will run like it did the day you bought it.
Software that doesn't run on mac is all thanks to microsoft being a monopoly for so many years. Technically it wasn't, I know, but I think you see what I mean. Point is, in time the majority of software will run on windows and mac. Mac is no longer some barely used system that it was 5 years ago, it has a large and constantly increasing market. You can see the software trend, especially over the last year.
So other then incompatible software, what other issues do you have?
For me, nothing. But I know windows much like you do. I worked with pre windows dos prompts and windows one on 386/486 machines in high school. However, most of my experience is with 98+ as that was my home machine. The problem is for the average person, no computer smarts, who already has a screwed up machine. If you do a fresh install it worked great. If you installed over a crappy running vista machine you got a crappy running windows 7 machine.
This speaks for itself:
Amazon: 52/232 were one star: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Win...ts=1&colid=&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending
Most of them are from install issues. I used amazon because they tend to have the more laymen users. Point is, you can't have a problem installing mac OS that I know of. My grandmother can do it without guidance, that says a lot.
PS: I still own a windows machine and I enjoy the machine because I like to tinker. But for reliability/usability, my mac winds 10 to 1. I actually don't keep a single piece of important information on my desktop anymore.
PSS: The touch pad for mac is the best thing I have seen in the computer world since the induction of the operating system.
