I am sure this is asked all the time. I browsed through quite a few threads and did not find an answer. I have a couple year old PC laptop and am looking to replace it. I went into best buy yesterday and the highest spec'd laptop in terms of processor speed they had was the mac book pro.
I have about three programs that I use for work that are mapping/GIS related that only run on windows. I use these daily. Aside from them I do the basic computer stuff word, excel, email, internet, quicken, quickbooks etc.
No games and really nothing much beyond these programs mentioned above.
From what I read my windows programs I can run in Fusion but I wonder how well that will work performance wise. One of the programs in particular takes a couple hours to process files.
I have always thought mac's were kind of cool but ultimately I just want to be able to do my work in an efficient manner. I realize that aside from my three windows only mapping programs my computing needs could probably be met by a 15 year old computer. I mean I am sure a mac or pc could do this with no proble,s but I wonder if the mac will run the mapping programs well in the emulator or would I be better off buying a pc.
I have about three programs that I use for work that are mapping/GIS related that only run on windows. I use these daily. Aside from them I do the basic computer stuff word, excel, email, internet, quicken, quickbooks etc.
No games and really nothing much beyond these programs mentioned above.
From what I read my windows programs I can run in Fusion but I wonder how well that will work performance wise. One of the programs in particular takes a couple hours to process files.
I have always thought mac's were kind of cool but ultimately I just want to be able to do my work in an efficient manner. I realize that aside from my three windows only mapping programs my computing needs could probably be met by a 15 year old computer. I mean I am sure a mac or pc could do this with no proble,s but I wonder if the mac will run the mapping programs well in the emulator or would I be better off buying a pc.