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<blockquote data-quote="Deckyon" data-source="post: 1350548" data-attributes="member: 197651"><p>First of all, relax. I come from an extensive Windows background and took my plunge last May.</p><p></p><p>1. When you dual boot, you are solely in the OS you are booting to. If you do go this route, I highly recommend Win7, 64-bit. Windows can be just as secure as OSX, it just takes more tweaks.</p><p>2. Windows is Windows, as stated above. You will probably want some kind of virus scanner. Win7 has some built-in tools that work with a bit of help. I have installed AVG Free with Windows Security (built-in to Win7) for others and havent heard a peep out of them in concern to getting viruses and malware.</p><p>3. Again, Windows is Windows, you are solely in the OS you booted to. OSX features are not in Windows.</p><p>4,5,7. I would not recommend iWork if you are in an office of all Windows machines with Microsoft Office. Get Office for Mac 2011 for Small Business. Outlook: do you connect to an Exchange server or are you just using IMAP? Big difference. You can, however, import the data as long as you can see the machine that has the .PST file. There is a lot of info on this already - I am not retyping it.</p><p>6. That Tech Support guy should be fired. He was 100% wrong. The latest version of Office for Mac even allows for VBScripting for Applications (VBA). You wont have any issues working with files created on Windows machines any more than they will have issues working with yours.</p><p></p><p>Overall, you have gotten bad advice all around. The person who sold you the Mac did not listen to your requirements or questions and only wanted the sale, the tech support people just didnt know and pretty much lied even to the point of telling you you made a mistake just so they didnt have to deal with you.</p><p></p><p>If you are that worried, take the machine back, get a Windows PC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deckyon, post: 1350548, member: 197651"] First of all, relax. I come from an extensive Windows background and took my plunge last May. 1. When you dual boot, you are solely in the OS you are booting to. If you do go this route, I highly recommend Win7, 64-bit. Windows can be just as secure as OSX, it just takes more tweaks. 2. Windows is Windows, as stated above. You will probably want some kind of virus scanner. Win7 has some built-in tools that work with a bit of help. I have installed AVG Free with Windows Security (built-in to Win7) for others and havent heard a peep out of them in concern to getting viruses and malware. 3. Again, Windows is Windows, you are solely in the OS you booted to. OSX features are not in Windows. 4,5,7. I would not recommend iWork if you are in an office of all Windows machines with Microsoft Office. Get Office for Mac 2011 for Small Business. Outlook: do you connect to an Exchange server or are you just using IMAP? Big difference. You can, however, import the data as long as you can see the machine that has the .PST file. There is a lot of info on this already - I am not retyping it. 6. That Tech Support guy should be fired. He was 100% wrong. The latest version of Office for Mac even allows for VBScripting for Applications (VBA). You wont have any issues working with files created on Windows machines any more than they will have issues working with yours. Overall, you have gotten bad advice all around. The person who sold you the Mac did not listen to your requirements or questions and only wanted the sale, the tech support people just didnt know and pretty much lied even to the point of telling you you made a mistake just so they didnt have to deal with you. If you are that worried, take the machine back, get a Windows PC. [/QUOTE]
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