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So, I'll be getting a tasty laptop for my 18th.
(hurrah)
Now ... listen carefully ... I do love my Mac and everything within it, so I'll be getting a powerbook most likely.
However, as much as I hate it, I know I'll have to get some Microsoft shizzle. So the question being:
1) Get the Mac versions of all the MS heaps for me, or:
2) Install the Windows OS on the computer so I use it whenever.
I would pick the first one (obviously) - only that I'll probably be picking up some more specialized software which might not run in Mac OS, so will be better off having Windows there as well.
So, there's the thing.
I take it (2) is perfectly possible ... you just install them both (hardrive partition as well) and pick whatever at start-up.
The only question being whether the Mac laptops will let me do that (can't see why not, but you never know) in which case I'd get a different computer and install Mac OS on that as well as Windows. If I can do that one either.
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If you're gonna link me anything, make sure it's tiny.
So small I could plauslibly tell doctors that I did indeed 'sit on it'
(hurrah)
Now ... listen carefully ... I do love my Mac and everything within it, so I'll be getting a powerbook most likely.
However, as much as I hate it, I know I'll have to get some Microsoft shizzle. So the question being:
1) Get the Mac versions of all the MS heaps for me, or:
2) Install the Windows OS on the computer so I use it whenever.
I would pick the first one (obviously) - only that I'll probably be picking up some more specialized software which might not run in Mac OS, so will be better off having Windows there as well.
So, there's the thing.
I take it (2) is perfectly possible ... you just install them both (hardrive partition as well) and pick whatever at start-up.
The only question being whether the Mac laptops will let me do that (can't see why not, but you never know) in which case I'd get a different computer and install Mac OS on that as well as Windows. If I can do that one either.
?
If you're gonna link me anything, make sure it's tiny.
So small I could plauslibly tell doctors that I did indeed 'sit on it'
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FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> I'm not sure on the specifics, but the main basic programming, er ...
> programs and there's some more specific games-related shizzle I should
> get.
Games on a Mac? Heh (I suppose there's WoW).
And for a small Apple lappy get the 12" Powerbook. But I've seen one in action and if you're going to be coding on it, you'll need a bigger screen.
> I'm not sure on the specifics, but the main basic programming, er ...
> programs and there's some more specific games-related shizzle I should
> get.
Games on a Mac? Heh (I suppose there's WoW).
And for a small Apple lappy get the 12" Powerbook. But I've seen one in action and if you're going to be coding on it, you'll need a bigger screen.
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
>
> What what I've used, the Mac developer stuff is most excellent, and
> I'd much rather do programming in there - the main problem being if
> it would be better for me to follow along on the exact program the
> uni uses to make things a bit easier.
If your uni is using a cross platform language (Java) then you'll have no problem with using both Windows and your Mac. Java works so much better on the Mac as well.
>
> I asked, and they don't even give you a disc with all the software
> you'll need on it, like a lot of the other ones I went to see, so I
> suppose a lot of people have to use the computers there anyway.
>
That only happens if the software is free. And even then we had to pay for the discs - last year it was a quid for 4 discs to install Linux with the uni extras.
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
>
> What what I've used, the Mac developer stuff is most excellent, and
> I'd much rather do programming in there - the main problem being if
> it would be better for me to follow along on the exact program the
> uni uses to make things a bit easier.
If your uni is using a cross platform language (Java) then you'll have no problem with using both Windows and your Mac. Java works so much better on the Mac as well.
>
> I asked, and they don't even give you a disc with all the software
> you'll need on it, like a lot of the other ones I went to see, so I
> suppose a lot of people have to use the computers there anyway.
>
That only happens if the software is free. And even then we had to pay for the discs - last year it was a quid for 4 discs to install Linux with the uni extras.
Yeah, I was guessing something along those lines.
Best Apple laptop then, the margh? Mr. Expert?
Tiny remember.
Teeny tiny.
Best Apple laptop then, the margh? Mr. Expert?
Tiny remember.
Teeny tiny.
The only real problem using Windows under an emulator like Virtual PC is speed - it's not horrendously slow, though. Make sure you've got plenty of RAM!
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> What software do you actually need FFF?
I'm not sure on the specifics, but the main basic programming, er ... programs and there's some more specific games-related shizzle I should get.
What what I've used, the Mac developer stuff is most excellent, and I'd much rather do programming in there - the main problem being if it would be better for me to follow along on the exact program the uni uses to make things a bit easier.
But then ... I could always just use the uni computers anyway, and probably will be most of the time.
I asked, and they don't even give you a disc with all the software you'll need on it, like a lot of the other ones I went to see, so I suppose a lot of people have to use the computers there anyway.
Gah.
I'll just get my lovely Mac with a few MS apps for the moment (what's the best package thing to get?) and if the worst happens, get Windows and run it through an emulator.
Any particular problems doing it that way?
> What software do you actually need FFF?
I'm not sure on the specifics, but the main basic programming, er ... programs and there's some more specific games-related shizzle I should get.
What what I've used, the Mac developer stuff is most excellent, and I'd much rather do programming in there - the main problem being if it would be better for me to follow along on the exact program the uni uses to make things a bit easier.
But then ... I could always just use the uni computers anyway, and probably will be most of the time.
I asked, and they don't even give you a disc with all the software you'll need on it, like a lot of the other ones I went to see, so I suppose a lot of people have to use the computers there anyway.
Gah.
I'll just get my lovely Mac with a few MS apps for the moment (what's the best package thing to get?) and if the worst happens, get Windows and run it through an emulator.
Any particular problems doing it that way?
Or use OpenOffice. The new version 2 is actually very good - I'm using it rather than MS Office on Windows now.
There is a version of Microsoft Office available for Mac OSX. Don't know how much it is though. Wouldn't that do?
What software do you actually need FFF?
Doesn't work like that I'm afraid.
Like Timmargh said, Macs only work with OSX or Linux, Windows is designed for one type of CPU only - which is x86.
Macs are powered by a chip called a PPC, and the MacOS is created especially around that.
Which is why you can't install MacOSX on a normal PC and visa versa.
Like Timmargh said, Macs only work with OSX or Linux, Windows is designed for one type of CPU only - which is x86.
Macs are powered by a chip called a PPC, and the MacOS is created especially around that.
Which is why you can't install MacOSX on a normal PC and visa versa.
You can't install Windows and a Mac OS on the same machine without one being run under an emulator - e.g. Virtual PC ( [URL]http://www.apple.com/macosx/applications/virtualpc/[/URL] ) for Windows on a Mac (not too bad) or PearPC ([URL]http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/[/URL]) or CherryOS ( [URL]http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/10/12/cherryos/index.php[/URL] - the main site is under construction) for OS X on a PC.
What MS software do you need? Office for OS X is cross compatible with the Windows version and there will most likely be an alternative for other stuff you use.
What MS software do you need? Office for OS X is cross compatible with the Windows version and there will most likely be an alternative for other stuff you use.
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