Text 65472, 52 rader
Skriven 2011-05-16 09:45:19 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 65459 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: W-7 Repairs.
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On 5/15/11 7:33 PM, Alan Zisman -> Charles Scaglione wrote:

 AZ> On 15-05-11 4:37 PM, Charles Scaglione -> TOM WALKER wrote:

 CS>> I also have Windows 7 64 bit but haven't installed it yet. I may
 AZ> install
 CS>> it on the new iMac when we get it. I'm running so few Windows programs
 CS>> any more that I may not bother.

 AZ> Last I'd heard, Apple hadn't released 64-bit Windows drivers for its
 AZ> hardware.

That's right.  And, on the new Macs (MBP and iMac) just released this year, XP
is no longer supported using Boot Camp.  Only Vista and Win 7.

 CS>> Two Windows programs that I miss most are MS Money and MS Publisher.

 AZ> No real equivalent for MS Pub - and nothing that reads MS Pub files,
 AZ> either on Mac or Windows. I used to run an old (Win 3.1) version of MS
 AZ> Money; when I moved more full-time to the Mac, I exported its data to
 AZ> Quicken format, and moved to Quicken for Mac (which was pre-installed on
 AZ> one of the Macs I'd purchased).

I've tried a number of OS X programs supposedly similar to MS Publisher and
quickly gave up on them.  The program that has the best lay out features for
the price is Pages. ($19.95 at the App store)  I don't like its word processing
ability but it does well as an entry level publisher.

 AZ> Now the upcoming Mac OS X version (10.7 Lion) isn't expected to include
 AZ> support for old PowerPC-coded applications any longer - which means
 AZ> having to buy a new copy of Quicken... and go through a relatively
 AZ> complex process to get the data from my old version to the
 AZ> current-generation. Groan!

I haven't heard much regarding Lion, only rumors.  I guess that means Rosetta
will no longer work?  Lots of folks are still using their G3, G4, and G5 PPC
Macs.  Looks like they'll be stuck with what they already have for software.

I'm going to try to get to the Apple store today to pick up the new iMac but it
may be tomorrow. Monday is usually the day we put things together for the week.

Regards.



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