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A Not-So-Happy Switcher
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<blockquote data-quote="MikeM" data-source="post: 696212" data-attributes="member: 39238"><p>A lot of old school Business Outlook users treasure their archived .pst files and I can understand how losing them due to a platform change would be a deal breaker. </p><p></p><p>Now I haven't played around with Microsoft Entourage enough to see if you can import .pst files or not (I would be very surprised if you couldn't) but the article did seem to be missing something. He was comparing full Outlook (Something that does not come with Windows) to Apple Mail which is better compared to Windows Mail (Outlook Express for XP).</p><p></p><p>For someone who claims "... has tested and installed hundreds of computers across both platforms..." he seems to be making a mistake normally associated with computer novices. He's confusing Out of the box Operating system tools with purchased add on software. </p><p></p><p>Even if Apple Mail could import .pst files, I personally wouldn't want to. Built in e-mail programs are good for basic e-mail tasks. For organizing and maintaining business e-mail, I always recommend a 3rd party program over the free built in one regardless of which OS you are using.</p><p></p><p>-MikeM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeM, post: 696212, member: 39238"] A lot of old school Business Outlook users treasure their archived .pst files and I can understand how losing them due to a platform change would be a deal breaker. Now I haven't played around with Microsoft Entourage enough to see if you can import .pst files or not (I would be very surprised if you couldn't) but the article did seem to be missing something. He was comparing full Outlook (Something that does not come with Windows) to Apple Mail which is better compared to Windows Mail (Outlook Express for XP). For someone who claims "... has tested and installed hundreds of computers across both platforms..." he seems to be making a mistake normally associated with computer novices. He's confusing Out of the box Operating system tools with purchased add on software. Even if Apple Mail could import .pst files, I personally wouldn't want to. Built in e-mail programs are good for basic e-mail tasks. For organizing and maintaining business e-mail, I always recommend a 3rd party program over the free built in one regardless of which OS you are using. -MikeM [/QUOTE]
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