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Switching To The Dark Side: Some PC Concerns
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<blockquote data-quote="jonnyd" data-source="post: 508862" data-attributes="member: 31029"><p>I don't think you'll have too much trouble - the only question that really isn't totally resolved is the office one. Office 2004 for Mac and office XP for example seem to be totally compatible - I have never had any probs with docs or spreadsheets, although if you use access you'll be in trouble.</p><p></p><p>Office 2007 for Windows has compatibility issues with all other versions of Office - in their never ending search for 'something new', MS have decided to completely revamp their formats, which is a royal PITA.</p><p></p><p>So I'd imagine 2008 for OSX will be the same. </p><p></p><p>If you're really worried, keep the PC for a while. It took me about 2 years to totally move to OSX at home (although my wife still uses XP). I have Windows in the office, but compatibility isn't a problem. I use office (XP vs 2004), Dreamweaver and photoshop, and they all happily coexist across both platforms.</p><p></p><p>I have bootcamp and parallels on this Mac, and rarely use either. Just if I need to run an exe file, usually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jonnyd, post: 508862, member: 31029"] I don't think you'll have too much trouble - the only question that really isn't totally resolved is the office one. Office 2004 for Mac and office XP for example seem to be totally compatible - I have never had any probs with docs or spreadsheets, although if you use access you'll be in trouble. Office 2007 for Windows has compatibility issues with all other versions of Office - in their never ending search for 'something new', MS have decided to completely revamp their formats, which is a royal PITA. So I'd imagine 2008 for OSX will be the same. If you're really worried, keep the PC for a while. It took me about 2 years to totally move to OSX at home (although my wife still uses XP). I have Windows in the office, but compatibility isn't a problem. I use office (XP vs 2004), Dreamweaver and photoshop, and they all happily coexist across both platforms. I have bootcamp and parallels on this Mac, and rarely use either. Just if I need to run an exe file, usually. [/QUOTE]
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