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RnDr FOX:
Now what do you mean about the control setups? How does that work?

hihosilver:
Parallels us simply another program such as bootcamp allowing you to use xp on your mac.

thecolclough:

--- Quote from: RnDr FOX on May 02, 2008, 10:02:30 pm ---Now what do you mean about the control setups? How does that work?
--- End quote ---

the main ones that bother me, are:


* a mac has a ctrl key, but ctrl+c, ctrl+v etc don't do what they do on a pc.  you have to use apple+c, apple+v, etc instead.  i always find it a pain trying to remember that.
* most macs seem to have a one-key mouse, and to get right-click functionality, you have to hold down hte ctrl key while you click.  in other words, it takes two hands to do a right-click!  i'm told you can get 2-key mice, but the default is 1-key.
* i find that in some programs, the delete key doesn't delete stuff when you'd expect it to, and you have to use the backspace instead.  not sure if that's a general thing, but i seem to keep getting trouble from it.
* there's no taskbar, so it's not as easy to see what programs you've got running.  the only indicator for a running app, if you can't see its window, is a tiny little black arrow under its icon, in a big bunch of icons at the bottom of the screen.
if you end up with one mac and one pc, you could end up finding it hard to move data from one to the other too, as i've seen cases where some portable drives won't work on windows after being used on a mac, and things like that.

not to mention, of course, that a mac won't run anim8or without installing special compatability software, as other people have been mentioning :o

yeah, looks like i'm doing free advertising for microsoft here, doesn't it?  well, for all their faults, i am.  i'd basically advise you to stick with a pc, preferably an xp one if you can get it ;D

- colclough

RnDr FOX:
So if I was to buy another laptop that has windows XP is it possible to install mac os x on the laptop (kind of like bootcamp) Is it also possible to install certain mac software on that computer. And what kind of laptop would you suggest

csf:
I have a mac book pro and I use boot camp to access programs like anim8or that don't have mac versions. Boot camp makes a mac work just like any other windows computer. I even play games on  it. I would stay away from parallel if you want your programs to run at full speed and you want all your programs to work. parallels your basically cutting performance in 1/2 buy running two operating systems and not all programs work with it.

I think macs are much better then pc's all around. I would say 95% of the time I use boot camp is because the program I need to run there is no mac get around for. Once you get used to a mac you will not want to go back to PC.

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