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To: i-node who wrote (108875)	2/10/2011 12:06:33 PM
From: Dan Fleuris	Read Replies (2) of 213185

Having one legacy app (movie shaker) which needs Windows XP or earlier and having one piece of equipment which requires windows (PB postage meter) I broke down and partitioned my i7iMac hard drive and installed windows XP. OK so far. Then it took 5 hrs + and several service calls to MSFT (entering the belly of the beast) to get it to hook up to my cable internet modem. Then there was the problem of getting it to work wirelessly with airport express.In each case support got me only so far and then I solved the remaining problems on my own. Yes, the Indian call center support staff spoke perfect English and were as nice as could be. Yes, they called back at exactly the scheduled times. Yes, they voluntarily refunded my $70 flat rate service charge (which would have had them being reimbursed at the rate of $12 per hour, without my even requesting it. And the result: yes, XP works and works with my wireless connection. Yes, my windows-dependent apps work now. But even absent the internet connection, at the finder level, the interface is disturbingly klunky -- reminds me of windows in the nineties. I need make no further comment. Dan

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