Hello Everyone
I hope I will find some solace after hopefully I get a reply to this post, a reply that I would want to hear.
I have been a PC user for over 2 decades. Recently my compaq crashed and this was not the first time and so I started looking at the Macs. I liked the pro and was considering buying it soon. Then yesterday the compaq crashed 3 times due to which I ended up spending an arm and a leg and my first child to get the Mac Book Pro.
Now I work in an office where all users use the normal windows based desktops and email exchanges happen and excel files, word documents, ppts etc are all sent back and forth. And I use SQL server which I know doesnt work on mac. So I called the store I purchased my mac from and he suggested I install Windows 7 using the boot camp option.
Now that I spent an arm and a leg and my first child I decided to sell my second one also and got the Windows 7. But before I opened the CD it dawned on me that i can ask for help, so here I am.
My questions are these.
1. If I install windows and use the mac book, then isnt the purpose of security of a mac defeated?
2. Do I have to install an Anti Virus software?
3. If I have to, then again isnt the purpose of a secure system defeated?
4. Or, can I buy iWork and get away from installing windows?
5. If I can do that then do the files created in Windows when sent to me by email in outlook, open up in iWork?
6. I live in outlook. So I will have to buy Ms Office for Mac I guess. And the tech support guy when I called says that if I buy Ms office for Mac, I cannot edit the excel, word, ppt files sent to me from a windows based system? Is that correct?
7. My outlook is about 3 GB, so you can imagine how much I live in it. If I do get MS office for Mac, can I move this outlook pst to the outlook in Mac?
My God, I am frustrated, upset for hurrying up to buy a mac pro. The main reason I am frustrated is when I called Tech support of Mac and after asking him all these questions, I asked if I made a mistake getting a Pro and he says "YEAH" and that still is resounding in my ears. And when I asked him if he really meant it he hung up and after that I could never get through the line.
So, gurus, I am on my knees begging for answers with a hope that the answers you give me will not make me spend more money.
The one thing I can sacrifice is using SQL Server. And if I do that, can an office for mac solve my problems?
Anticipating a positive reply. Thanks so much
Sunny
I hope I will find some solace after hopefully I get a reply to this post, a reply that I would want to hear.
I have been a PC user for over 2 decades. Recently my compaq crashed and this was not the first time and so I started looking at the Macs. I liked the pro and was considering buying it soon. Then yesterday the compaq crashed 3 times due to which I ended up spending an arm and a leg and my first child to get the Mac Book Pro.
Now I work in an office where all users use the normal windows based desktops and email exchanges happen and excel files, word documents, ppts etc are all sent back and forth. And I use SQL server which I know doesnt work on mac. So I called the store I purchased my mac from and he suggested I install Windows 7 using the boot camp option.
Now that I spent an arm and a leg and my first child I decided to sell my second one also and got the Windows 7. But before I opened the CD it dawned on me that i can ask for help, so here I am.
My questions are these.
1. If I install windows and use the mac book, then isnt the purpose of security of a mac defeated?
2. Do I have to install an Anti Virus software?
3. If I have to, then again isnt the purpose of a secure system defeated?
4. Or, can I buy iWork and get away from installing windows?
5. If I can do that then do the files created in Windows when sent to me by email in outlook, open up in iWork?
6. I live in outlook. So I will have to buy Ms Office for Mac I guess. And the tech support guy when I called says that if I buy Ms office for Mac, I cannot edit the excel, word, ppt files sent to me from a windows based system? Is that correct?
7. My outlook is about 3 GB, so you can imagine how much I live in it. If I do get MS office for Mac, can I move this outlook pst to the outlook in Mac?
My God, I am frustrated, upset for hurrying up to buy a mac pro. The main reason I am frustrated is when I called Tech support of Mac and after asking him all these questions, I asked if I made a mistake getting a Pro and he says "YEAH" and that still is resounding in my ears. And when I asked him if he really meant it he hung up and after that I could never get through the line.
So, gurus, I am on my knees begging for answers with a hope that the answers you give me will not make me spend more money.
The one thing I can sacrifice is using SQL Server. And if I do that, can an office for mac solve my problems?
Anticipating a positive reply. Thanks so much
Sunny