First off, Hi everyone. Newb to the Mac Forums. I've been using Macs since the beginning of time(or seems like it anyways, remember the Apple IIe?) and am one of many millions of Apple fans.
That said, I have a few Windows questions. I work in a windows environment and the computer I work on is.... a little long in tooth. It's struggling to run Adobe CS4 at times and has many other small bugs that never seem to happen when our IT guy is around. lol. The company I work for doesn't have the budget to buy a new machine right now but I can't take the SLOW performance anymore so I'm going to buy a new Mac. Well, after our IT guy comes and looks at the server to see if it's possible. I need a machine to run Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign CS4. 90% of company still uses CS2 and I own a copy of that so I could easily get away with using it(although isn't it a PPC program? I heard Rosetta may not be in Lion). I'm thinking a Mac Mini with 8GB Ram would be plenty since I run CS3 on my home iMac(silver core 2 duo) without any problems. I won't need a large HD since I save almost all files to the network. And I currently have a keyboard(windows) and monitor at work to use with it along with a wacom bamboo tablet.
I know that we recently upgraded servers so I'm not sure if it's running Microsoft Server 2XXX or what. I know it's not running Novell though.
I also have questions regarding the Windows environment:
We have multiple drives on the server(I:/, R:/, J:/, etc). Will I be able to connect to them? Open files, do work, save to them on the same drive?
Is there any way to integrate email folders with apple mail from outlook? all saved emails, folder, etc?
I have looked into virtualization and Parallels seems to be the best option(let me know if there is something better). Is it okay to run parallels for windows apps? And how would I install and run other windows apps on the machine? For instance, running a Windows version of Microsoft Publisher or Photoshop.
We have a color printer hooked to my computer and to the network for other people to use.. Would this work with the new computer?
Dumb question: What it the easiest way to transfer files from the PC to the Mac? thumb drive?
Is there anything else i should know/do?
Any links to help make this easier?
Am I out of luck when it comes to working with a Mac in a PC/Windows environment?
Sorry for the long winded post, I just want to make sure before dropping a few hundred dollars down and finding out that it was a waste. Thanks,
Adam
That said, I have a few Windows questions. I work in a windows environment and the computer I work on is.... a little long in tooth. It's struggling to run Adobe CS4 at times and has many other small bugs that never seem to happen when our IT guy is around. lol. The company I work for doesn't have the budget to buy a new machine right now but I can't take the SLOW performance anymore so I'm going to buy a new Mac. Well, after our IT guy comes and looks at the server to see if it's possible. I need a machine to run Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign CS4. 90% of company still uses CS2 and I own a copy of that so I could easily get away with using it(although isn't it a PPC program? I heard Rosetta may not be in Lion). I'm thinking a Mac Mini with 8GB Ram would be plenty since I run CS3 on my home iMac(silver core 2 duo) without any problems. I won't need a large HD since I save almost all files to the network. And I currently have a keyboard(windows) and monitor at work to use with it along with a wacom bamboo tablet.
I know that we recently upgraded servers so I'm not sure if it's running Microsoft Server 2XXX or what. I know it's not running Novell though.
I also have questions regarding the Windows environment:
We have multiple drives on the server(I:/, R:/, J:/, etc). Will I be able to connect to them? Open files, do work, save to them on the same drive?
Is there any way to integrate email folders with apple mail from outlook? all saved emails, folder, etc?
I have looked into virtualization and Parallels seems to be the best option(let me know if there is something better). Is it okay to run parallels for windows apps? And how would I install and run other windows apps on the machine? For instance, running a Windows version of Microsoft Publisher or Photoshop.
We have a color printer hooked to my computer and to the network for other people to use.. Would this work with the new computer?
Dumb question: What it the easiest way to transfer files from the PC to the Mac? thumb drive?
Is there anything else i should know/do?
Any links to help make this easier?
Am I out of luck when it comes to working with a Mac in a PC/Windows environment?
Sorry for the long winded post, I just want to make sure before dropping a few hundred dollars down and finding out that it was a waste. Thanks,
Adam