Ira, I am stuck with the Mac, trying to get unstuck. There is a
dearth of software for Mac vs Pentium, all the hardware that goes with
it cost 25 to 50 percent more, etc. My only problem is I have all
these time consuming drawings of my gene probes in McDraw Pro that I
don't want to redo in a different software.
So I thought, go G3 and run Virtual PC like a friend of mine does and
then I can migrate more slowly. He uses PC floppies, PC Zip disks,
etc. on a Mac system running PC software under Windows 98, also PC
software. Does fine.
Your IMac idea might work instead, except it looks like a kid's
machine. In any case, G3 is hot now, but in 3 months, the 400 Mhz
PIIs will be below $1000, (can get full system now for $1400) and the
Xeon processors will be commonplace. G3 will look like burnt toast.
Sorry for the run-over visual metaphor.
Regards, David S.
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