[Discussion] [MAC]

[D Burch]

I use a KVM switch to allow me to switch my work docking station and my 
home machine, so I have the same keyboard - the HP unit that came with 
the laptop. I tried using some PS2 ->USB adapter cords but they were not 
compatible with this silly HP laptop. Same for mice, but any devices 
that are native USB work fine.

Don

Ernest Fisch wrote:
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> On Apr 15, 2009, at 7:41 PM, D Burch wrote:
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>> The MAC thread has been quiet.
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>> Ernie have you found this to be so because everything works? Have you 
>> chosen an emualtor? I picked VMWare Fusion out of ignorance - it was 
>> there on the shelf and I was primarily fociused on getting my taxes 
>> filed, having already purchased the windows program. Actually there 
>> are not any Mac programs available so next year I will likely do it 
>> all online.
>> If you want to run an older Warp desktop, you have to buy Parallels.
>>
>> I installed Firefox and Thunderbird for browsing and email. They work 
>> well. But if you are in an Apple app like iPhoto and select email, 
>> tthe link goes to Mail even though Thunderbird is acknowledged as the 
>> default. Better to add objects to messages from within Thunderbird.
>>
>> I was trying to look at a traffic webcam and Firefox would not talk 
>> to the Flip4Mac plugin. I brought it in through Safari and was able 
>> to watch the traffic sliding about. The next time I launched Firefox, 
>> the plugin was there and active.
>>
>> NeoOffice as noted before is pretty good and so far handles every MS 
>> file I have thrown at it.
>>
>> Don Burch
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> I have been quiet because I have been exploring and experimenting.  I 
> am taking it slowly and trying to learn well.  My only real 
> disappointment so far has been with the MAC keyboard.  My eCS machine 
> has an IBM keyboard which is an expanded Selectric keyboard.  This is 
> probably one of the finest typing keyboards ever made.  I simply 
> cannot touch type on the MAC keyboard.  I opted for the wireless 
> keyboard which is much smaller than the corded keyboard but still has 
> the same letter key configuration.
>
> When I decided to go MAC it was to divorce myself form Windows to the 
> greatest extent possible.  To this end I am seeking the native MAC 
> versions of as much software as I can.  Luckily I don't need too 
> much.  There is one Windows only program that I must have.  It is 
> called CadRail and it is a model railroad design program.  I have been 
> using it for years.  I have been a beta tester since version 3 and we 
> are now on version 9.
>
> In order to run this I bought Fusion and XP Home.  Everything 
> installed without a problem and I was soon running CadRail on the 
> MAC.  The difference between running it on a 20" IMAC and a Toshiba 
> laptop is like night and day.   That big MAC screen is gorgeous.
>
> I use Moneydance for my checking program and downloaded the MAC 
> version.  Moneydance is written in Java so there is no difference 
> between the way it works or looks on the MAC or eCS or Windows.  Right 
> now I am running it on the MAC and eCS in parallel.  After the next 
> reconcile I expect to run it on the MAC only.
>
> Next year I will do my taxes on the MAC.  Turbo Tax has a MAC 
> version.  I also plan to buy a MAC version of Turbo CAD so that I can 
> do my CAD work on the MAC.  When I got my MAC I bought IWork09 to get 
> a spreadsheet and word processor.
>
> A while back I bought an hp1022 printer to work with Windows machine.  
> It installed on the MAC with no problem.  My old Lexmark is stored 
> although I did install it on the MAC and it worked.  The 1022 is just 
> more versatile.  This week I plan to get an external hard drive and 
> activate Time Machine.  The idea of an automatic backup is very 
> attractive.
>
> So far my experience with the MAC has been very pleasant.  It has done 
> everything I have asked of it albeit in a way different from what I am 
> used to.  I have learned to do what I want using a couple of books, 
> the help facility and the Apple onetoone program.  The biggest problem 
> I have had so far is that I have not been able to format envelopes as 
> nicely as I did in Describe.
>
>
> Ernie Fisch
> ernfisch at cox.net
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