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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 02:17 PM
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What software do you use at the office that you would need/want to use at home? Most M$ software has the same file format Windoze/ vs Mac, and if not just boot in XP.
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 02:24 PM
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I use XP and word/excel etc ..... last time I looked into a Mac, years ago, you couldn't really move files from one to the other and keep all the formating etc.
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by mikes2k,Jun 24 2006, 06:08 PM
Boot Camp baby! You can boot in any OS you like.
Game emulators have never worked well. Apples have decent power but playing a newer PC game with Boot Camp will suck ass.
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by tokyo_james,Jun 24 2006, 06:24 PM
I use XP and word/excel etc ..... last time I looked into a Mac, years ago, you couldn't really move files from one to the other and keep all the formating etc.
Office transportability is much better now. Not 100% but very good.
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 09:35 AM
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http://www.alienware.com/product_pages/des...ll_default.aspx


Good components, well built PCs. Hard to beat without putting one together yourself.
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 04:30 PM
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 04:31 PM
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Jun 25 2006, 10:33 AM
Game emulators have never worked well. Apples have decent power but playing a newer PC game with Boot Camp will suck ass.
There is a big difference between an emulator and a virtual machine. VM's are tha bomb!

In this case it's just dual booting though. I've been doing that with Windows and Linux for over 10 years now!
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