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To: i-node who wrote (108875)	2/10/2011 12:06:33 PM
From: Dan Fleuris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to 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

To: i-node who wrote (108875)	2/10/2011 12:11:25 PM
From: Jeff Hayden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213185

This is the key problem that keeps getting in the way of AAPL's success in business. Yes, there are workarounds, but they mostly involve time and expense. This is why someone's argument the other day that CEOs are idiots in making the decision to stay with Windows is full of holes. There are just too many things you can't do on a Mac because the software isn't there. That's true. But its manly because the Microsoft infrastructure software isn't there for the Mac. It was a smart thing that Microsoft did as it gave them their unassailable Windows OS monopoly - Just like iOS. :-)

To: i-node who wrote (108875)	2/10/2011 1:28:28 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213185

When we have someone running a Mac that wants access to our Windows apps, we put them on Remote Desktop or Terminal Services, which functions reasonably well at zero cost. That could be an option for you that is simple to do and generally need not involve more IT dollars. They originally did that... then there were some problems so they just gave me a crappy Dell to run one lousy program. We actually came close to hiring someone to write a similar program for Mac. There is no doubt there is an incumbent advantage in computers. Change is $'s. Especially if you do it all at once. We did it one desktop at a time, so if somebody got stuck they could ask a previous Mac user for advice. Really went smooth.