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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65
I own a 13.3 inch MacBook Pro.
Never. Again.
Oh, you had two Dell laptops before this, both of which cost hundreds less than this smaller, less powerful laptop? Well, that version of Office on those obviously won't run on your Mac, you'll need to buy Office for Mac for a gazillion dollars, buy AppleWorks for a trillion dollars and have to completely relearn how to use it, not to mention the fact that the vast majority of Windows-created documents/presentations/spreadsheets won't open/display correctly using it, or install Windows using Boot Camp and run Office off that. Sure, it's annoying as hell having to switch between OS X and Windows, but we'll sell you software so you can run both at the same time for two gazillion dollars. What's wrong? Your MacBook hates running Windows and sometimes flat out refuses to run it even after 3 reboot cycles? No idea what's wrong there. Oh, and welcome to Feeding Management/Records Analysis for Dairy Cattle 630.03, we'll be using the dairy management software PC Dart that runs on Windows ONLY. Eh, you've been doing homework on your MacBook for so long that the stupidly sharp edge of the aluminum chassis has created a permanent dent in your palm?
Never again. Couldn't pay me to own another MacBook. I know I'm in the minority here but Apple products and me obviously just do not get along.
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Relearning how to use a new OS comes with the territory when you buy a mac, same goes for using a Linux server... If you don't like learning new things and are set in your ways, don't buy a Mac. Period. My mom doesn't like learning new things, My dad forced her to get an iMac, she got used to it. She can do everything she used to on a PC. So it's not impossible.
I never use Boot Camp to run windows... Parallels virtual desktop, or the free VirtualBox software will allow you to run windows as a virtual machine. It works fine for any 2D application. I haven't tried anything 3D.
Your best bet is to try to go Windows-free for several months and get used to the Mac versions of the apps. I didn't use a PC @ home for years. Recently I bought a dell All in one because I was depressed I hadn't used any Windows since XP... I still use the mac laptop most of the time because it's more portable and I don't need to do anything PC specific anymore...
Sorry your experience was so bad though. But buying new software comes with the territory of buying a new computer with a New OS. I'd never use office 2000 on a windows 7 box... Even though it may run, most people upgrade anyway...
There's lots of free ways to get around things if you try hard enough. If you wanted, you could use OpenOffice and access most M$ documents...
Don't want to buy a new Photoshop, GIMP is free and works well enough.. etc etc...