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To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (59264)	12/12/2006 8:31:37 AM
From: Stock Puppy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213183

Thanks for sharing about Parallels. Is the current version considered beta? I'm about to try it out (as soon as I can get IT to install Windows). I'm pretty good at finding bugs - believe me if there is a bug in the way parallels works, I'll find it. While waiting just for fun I already tried to put a few flavors of Linux on Parallels. Absolutely no problems with the installs but I can't say much about using it as I haven't the time to try it out. I usually try out software by doing thing the way I think it should work and then find out the real method (which usually turns out something like stand on head, chew gum while replacing micro-minature gear in watch...) did try copy/paste between the Mac and Parallel (ctrl-C) and it didn't work. I don't like the way it "captures" the mouse - I figure it should be more transparent. Possibly there are ways to make it work the way I prefer. Anyway I got it out of the box only a few days ago and my main purpose is so that I don't have to have several platforms and to provide additional reliability. Plus it's always fun to watch the expression of the Apple fan-boys as they walk past the iMac that looks like it was hit with an ugly stick (with Windows on the screen- "Noooooo!"). At some point I was starting to feel like a fan-boy as I sometimes espouse the virtues of Mac-dom, in particular reliability. I recently bought 9 PCs - all brand names. (OK I had to :-)) 1 - DOA out of the box. Possibly power supply or startup circuit. 2 - disk crash after a few days use. 1 - OS Software had to be reloaded. 1 - motherboard went bad 5/9 with problems within a few days of use. Repairs/replacements are holding up. I think I feel better about liking Macs.

To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (59264)	12/12/2006 12:45:09 PM
From: Doren	Respond to of 213183

OS X Leopard will create no new jobs (that authorization routine really sucks!) *Oh come on Jeff, it's for your own good! It's a feature! It's all about protecting you* from pirate versions!** I'm going to have to upgrade to Vista eventually but only so I can learn how to fix it. On my PCee (for my Mom only) I still run W2K BECAUSE of activation which rubs me the WRONG way. Computers are enough of a hassle, especially Widows without adding a layer of more hassles. OSX is coming on with stealth. 200 within 3 years. Unless Apple adds DRM. You know it just isn't worth it to pirate a $129 system when all your data depends on it. It does make sense to Pirate Photoshop, especially if you only use it now and then and not commercially. For those who do pirate the OS they wouldn't buy anyway because of poverty, so let them pirate until they can afford to buy. apcmag.com Researchers have discovered that Apple's new operating system, codenamed Leopard, will create 0 new jobs when it is launched early next year. This research (which was not commissioned by Apple) stands in sharp contrast to the findings of an industry report (commissioned by Microsoft) that Vista's release will create 100,000 new jobs in tech support and help desk positions. Commenting on the impact Vista will have, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering at Apple Bertrand Serlet was not surprised: "...underneath it's still Windows. It still has the registry at its core. It still has DLL hell and it still has this well-loved feature called activation. If you can't innovate, you have to imitate, but it's never quite as good." Apple CEO Steve Jobs took a similar view ("Our friends up north [Microsoft] spend over five billion dollars on research and development and all they seem to do is copy Google and Apple") but was more charitable, finding the root cause in a lack of vision and life experience on the part of Microsoft's CEO: "I wish him the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger." While Vista seems set to impact on the economy by creating more IT support jobs to fix the broken or frozen computers of other employees, research shows that Apple will take a different path. Apple is well known for its award-winning innovation. With Leopard's release Apple will continue an innovative strategy of impacting on the economy by increasing individual productivity. It will let people get more of their own work done, faster and smarter, without the need for endless calls to tech support, compatibility hassles, driver problems or time wasted defending their PCs from viruses and trojans. A spokesperson for Apple was unable to say how this on-going productivity boost for ever Mac owner compared to the US$ 70 billion ($89 billion) Vista is expected to inject into the economy.