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Mac OSX equivalent to Garden Composer
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<blockquote data-quote="kfander" data-source="post: 1196623" data-attributes="member: 108491"><p>I explained that about as well as I can in my second post in this thread, which is the fourth post in the thread. Macs are great in general, but my Mac is a piece of junk. It's way slower than most of the PCs that I have owned, it spends more time spinning the beach ball around than it does with anything else, it locks up or crashes frequently, and doesn't even run the applications that came with it very well. I brought it into the Genius Bar once and let them have a go at it, but the end result wasn't any better. It's been that way from the beginning and, in looking for answers, I have found that many other MacBook users have had similar or identical problems, so I don't think it's specific to my machine.</p><p></p><p>I can't afford to buy a MacBook Pro or iMac quite yet so I am making do with what I have. I work from home on my computer and regularly use two computers, with four screens in all. After buying the Mac, I put my PC to the side, thinking that I would use the Mac as my primary machine. I have since moved my PC to the front, since my eight year-old PC is a better machine than my not quite two year-old Mac.</p><p></p><p>I can't even play Mafia Wars on Facebook through my Mac because it gives me invalid URL errors as often as not, on any browser, although I can access it through the same account and the same connection on my PC without the headache.</p><p></p><p>Please understand that I am not comparing Macs in general with PCs in general, because I have used enough decent Macs to know that it's a superior product. My Mac is another thing, and it seems that this holds true for the 13-inch aluminum-cased MacBook in general, although I am sure that there is plenty of anecdotal evidence to the contrary. In general might be too strong a term, but the problems that I am having are known problems with the 13-inch aluminum-cased MacBook.</p><p></p><p>If I had a MacBook Pro, I would have no problem running Windows on my Mac, I am sure.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I appreciate the advice that I was given here. However, my initial question was about a Mac alternative to the Garden Composer. I was already aware of the options available to run Windows programs on my Mac, but rejected these options for the reasons given. Telling me that my Mac will work well doesn't make it so. Since it doesn't run Mac programs particularly well, I have no reason to suspect that it would do better with a Windows program.</p><p></p><p>It was through Randy Singer's suggestions here that I found a good alternative but the price was too high for a program that I would likely use for one project, and not so often after that. This is still an option that I may come back to at some point.</p><p></p><p>Generally, Mac alternatives to PC programs are far less expensive, which is another thing that I appreciate about the Mac. However, I can understand that the target audience for people looking for garden and landscape design software is fairly small, and narrowing it down to software made for a Mac would make it much smaller yet, so I can see why the price may be higher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kfander, post: 1196623, member: 108491"] I explained that about as well as I can in my second post in this thread, which is the fourth post in the thread. Macs are great in general, but my Mac is a piece of junk. It's way slower than most of the PCs that I have owned, it spends more time spinning the beach ball around than it does with anything else, it locks up or crashes frequently, and doesn't even run the applications that came with it very well. I brought it into the Genius Bar once and let them have a go at it, but the end result wasn't any better. It's been that way from the beginning and, in looking for answers, I have found that many other MacBook users have had similar or identical problems, so I don't think it's specific to my machine. I can't afford to buy a MacBook Pro or iMac quite yet so I am making do with what I have. I work from home on my computer and regularly use two computers, with four screens in all. After buying the Mac, I put my PC to the side, thinking that I would use the Mac as my primary machine. I have since moved my PC to the front, since my eight year-old PC is a better machine than my not quite two year-old Mac. I can't even play Mafia Wars on Facebook through my Mac because it gives me invalid URL errors as often as not, on any browser, although I can access it through the same account and the same connection on my PC without the headache. Please understand that I am not comparing Macs in general with PCs in general, because I have used enough decent Macs to know that it's a superior product. My Mac is another thing, and it seems that this holds true for the 13-inch aluminum-cased MacBook in general, although I am sure that there is plenty of anecdotal evidence to the contrary. In general might be too strong a term, but the problems that I am having are known problems with the 13-inch aluminum-cased MacBook. If I had a MacBook Pro, I would have no problem running Windows on my Mac, I am sure. I appreciate the advice that I was given here. However, my initial question was about a Mac alternative to the Garden Composer. I was already aware of the options available to run Windows programs on my Mac, but rejected these options for the reasons given. Telling me that my Mac will work well doesn't make it so. Since it doesn't run Mac programs particularly well, I have no reason to suspect that it would do better with a Windows program. It was through Randy Singer's suggestions here that I found a good alternative but the price was too high for a program that I would likely use for one project, and not so often after that. This is still an option that I may come back to at some point. Generally, Mac alternatives to PC programs are far less expensive, which is another thing that I appreciate about the Mac. However, I can understand that the target audience for people looking for garden and landscape design software is fairly small, and narrowing it down to software made for a Mac would make it much smaller yet, so I can see why the price may be higher. [/QUOTE]
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