My point was what Vista/XP application do you need that you cannot also find natively on a MAC or a [better] alternative. Since moving over to the MAC I have not needed any of my old Windows Apps. I was already a Firefox and Google User (Gmail, GReader, Docs etc). Outlook and Office had long been consigned to the digital bin. Other apps like Google Earth, Skype, Last FM, joost, Twitterific, Wakoopa etc all are native on the Mac. I recently started playing with Adobe Air and Google Gears which are cross-platform to get RIA's.
I would note it took me a few months to feel at home on my Mac - delete is fn + backspace - but now when I use a Windows machine it feels slow, even Vista. I did bootup parallels the other day to test a version of particls which is windows only.
It made me laugh as the first thing that came up was for a service pack upgrade and the other was for anti-virus software. Welcome back to Windows. In the end Windows is collecting dust. I can't wait for Leopard and the new iPhone.
As an ex-Microsoft evangelist, you couldn't pay me to go back and support the platform unlike a few A-list bloggers who took the Redmond shilling this week.
Paul Walsh
· 2 years ago
That was great. If only I had waited... now installing Vista on Bootcamp. Had I waited I would have gone for Parallels so I could use windows apps inside Apple.
So, how difficult is it to get rid of what I've got and start over? Furthermore, I've installed 64bit by mistake as I should have installed 32bit. So, not a good start eh!
Dennis Howlett
· 2 years ago
Sam: Respect - I'm very much of the same mind, especially as most of what I do is out in the cloud. However: LiveWriter beats the crap out of all other on/offline editors and from time to time I do need to test Wondows based apps for the other 90-95%. And yes - all that AV stuff is a pain in the derriere.
Paul: Eeeek - uninstall in Mac is a doddle. Stop the program and drag to the Trash Bin. Easy peasy.
Paul Walsh
· 2 years ago
Google apps are ok if you only need VERY basic functionality and are online all the time.
Re uninstall - it can't be that easy to delete vista?
Krupo
· 2 years ago
Vista: Latest? Yes. Greatest? Um...
I know it's just a figure of speech, but I couldn't help take a dig at it.
@Paul: uninstall? Piece of cake. "format c:\"
Just remember your backups. ;)
Mario
· 2 years ago
Paul Walsh - just to clarify, you can use your Boot Camp Vista installation in Parallels. That way you can have the best of both worlds - you can boot into Vista from Boot Camp if you want to run it "natively", and can run it inside the Parallels virtual machine if you want to run OSX and Vista at the same time. So if you have a working Boot Camp install (nor sure if you do based on your earlier comments) there would be no reason to re-install for Parallels.
If you do want to delete the Boot Camp Vista install, it can be a simple as starting the BootCamp Assistant, and delete the Windows partition.
Dennis Howlett
· 2 years ago
Mario - we went through that over the weekend via Twitter -:)
Paul was getting horribly confused because BootCamp was insisting on booting to Vista. I'm not sure I'd bother UNLESS I wanted to run the Mac as a high end Vista box and even then there's enough SNAFUs to cause aggravation. But then it's all a matter of personal preference I suppose.
Parallels/VMWare give me more options but as we both know, the performance penalty on a standard MBP demands a RAM upgrade.
Paul Walsh
· 2 years ago
@Everyone - thanks for all the advice. I've learned a lot over the past few days (special thanks to Dennis) :)
I've finally done it. I'm now running Parallels because my requirement is to run Vista as a virtual machine so I can take advantage of all the cool Mac stuff whilst running windows applications. Otherwise I might as well have gone for the Acer Ferrari. Ok, so that doesn't have the cool apple lit up on the back.
I'm now awaiting my CD for office, so still running 2 machines. I really don't like the Mac's email client. Perhaps I should keep the 2 - 1 for facebook and 1 for twitter!
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I would note it took me a few months to feel at home on my Mac - delete is fn + backspace - but now when I use a Windows machine it feels slow, even Vista. I did bootup parallels the other day to test a version of particls which is windows only.
It made me laugh as the first thing that came up was for a service pack upgrade and the other was for anti-virus software. Welcome back to Windows. In the end Windows is collecting dust. I can't wait for Leopard and the new iPhone.
As an ex-Microsoft evangelist, you couldn't pay me to go back and support the platform unlike a few A-list bloggers who took the Redmond shilling this week.
So, how difficult is it to get rid of what I've got and start over? Furthermore, I've installed 64bit by mistake as I should have installed 32bit. So, not a good start eh!
Paul: Eeeek - uninstall in Mac is a doddle. Stop the program and drag to the Trash Bin. Easy peasy.
Re uninstall - it can't be that easy to delete vista?
I know it's just a figure of speech, but I couldn't help take a dig at it.
@Paul: uninstall? Piece of cake. "format c:\"
Just remember your backups. ;)
If you do want to delete the Boot Camp Vista install, it can be a simple as starting the BootCamp Assistant, and delete the Windows partition.
Paul was getting horribly confused because BootCamp was insisting on booting to Vista. I'm not sure I'd bother UNLESS I wanted to run the Mac as a high end Vista box and even then there's enough SNAFUs to cause aggravation. But then it's all a matter of personal preference I suppose.
Parallels/VMWare give me more options but as we both know, the performance penalty on a standard MBP demands a RAM upgrade.
I've finally done it. I'm now running Parallels because my requirement is to run Vista as a virtual machine so I can take advantage of all the cool Mac stuff whilst running windows applications. Otherwise I might as well have gone for the Acer Ferrari. Ok, so that doesn't have the cool apple lit up on the back.
I'm now awaiting my CD for office, so still running 2 machines. I really don't like the Mac's email client. Perhaps I should keep the 2 - 1 for facebook and 1 for twitter!