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How do I break loose of the PC?
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<blockquote data-quote="walkerj" data-source="post: 318990" data-attributes="member: 9385"><p>I have done just this with a Macbook and Parallels with XP installed. In fact today I worked remote using the Virtual machine running in a window to get some things done on one of our Windows 2000 servers running a windows only application. Here's what we use that is issued on a company supplied Dell laptop computer (that has sat idle, or used for other purposes while I'm using my Macbook with Parallels to do work stuff at the same time I'm using the Mac to do personal stuff):</p><p></p><p>Lotus Notes for email (and a lot of other things)</p><p>Sametime Connect for Instant messaging/meetings</p><p>Check Point SecureClient VPN for connecting to the office network over broadband (or wireless while in the office)</p><p>Internet explorer for the Intranet</p><p>MS Office (of course) for docs, spreadsheets, and Powerpoint presentations (oh yeah, I have an expense report due...lemme jot that down in..well, see below)</p><p>Windows Media player for training videos</p><p>Remote Desktop to administration Terminal Servers</p><p>Microsoft Project for coordinating uh, projects</p><p>Secure shell to access UNIX servers</p><p>Oracle DBA administration tools</p><p>Adobe Reader to read PDF documents</p><p>Miscellaneous Windows only client/server apps specific to the application we develop.</p><p></p><p>All of this runs in a window while simultatneously with Mac OS X I can:</p><p></p><p>Use iChat (with built-in iSight camera for video) to chat with my buddies (well, okay my wife but still...)</p><p>Photoshop to touch up my pictures</p><p>Mail for my personal email</p><p>Safari to surf the net</p><p>Safari to manage my wireless and wired routers (neither of them Apple branded) for the occasional times the DSL modem goes nutso)</p><p>Quicktime to watch videos or movies, including Windows Media movies</p><p>iDVD to watch a movie on DVD</p><p>iTunes to play music in the background</p><p>Epson Print CD to print CD labels on my direct-to-printable-CD printer</p><p>Photobooth to watch myself stare at my screen for hours on end using the built-in camera</p><p>Snap N Drag to take pictures of the screen (did that today to show an error to vendor technical support)</p><p>Various widgets with Dashboard to keep an eye on the weather, look up words in the Dictionary, translate the occasional french, jot down reminders (remember that expense report? Stickies reminds me that I do), calculate some figures, check what time it is in Cairo, when the next Netflix DVD is coming, when Battlestar Galactica will be airing next, etc.</p><p>Edit some musical tracks that I recorded from an internet radio station</p><p>Buy some tunes from the iTunes store that the internet radio station doesn't have then sync it to my iPod</p><p>Burn an audio CD that I can listen to in my car</p><p>Print out an audio CD jewel case cover consisting of the album art of all the songs on the CD (okay, so you can do this with Windows too, but you don't have to)</p><p>Run some shell scripts that I wrote on my Linux box that work without modification on my Mac</p><p>Run some Applescripts in iTunes that check if the tune has album art, exports an HTML list of my library, and other useful stuff (this is a Mac only thing, even with iTunes for Windows)</p><p>Play a quick game of Unreal Tournament 2004 to blow off some steam during a break</p><p>Use an external monitor spanned with the Macbook monitor so it's like I have one HUGE monitor (13" screen on the bottom, 20" CRT on the top; each running at their max resoloution.)</p><p>Let's see...what else...oh yeah run that Parallels virtual machine in a window so I can do all the stuff with Windows apps that I listed in the first part of this post.</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day, I close the lid on the Macbook and it goes to sleep. The next day I open it up and it wakes up. Instantly. Ready for another day of doing all of the above.</p><p></p><p>So really, unless you're into hardcore gaming, you get the best of both worlds with a Mac. Heck even if you ARE into hardcore gaming, there are lots of games that run fine on a Mac, natively. </p><p></p><p> It does Mac, it does Windows. Corporate applications (most of which are not graphics intensive) heck, I even can use my Palm PDA with it. Haven't tried it with my iPaq Pocket PC yet, but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. Oh, and I take this thing everywhere I go, so I can do this stuff (including the Windows stuff that I'm forced to do to put food on the table) anywhere. If the power goes out...well, I think you get the idea.</p><p>A lot of these apps overlap between Mac and Windows, but I have found (and you probably would too) that I prefer to do things with the Mac the majority of the time, and things with Windows only when I have to.</p><p></p><p>Come on over, the waters fine. We'll even put in a Window for you.</p><p></p><p>(Plus they look pretty. This screen is gorgeous!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walkerj, post: 318990, member: 9385"] I have done just this with a Macbook and Parallels with XP installed. In fact today I worked remote using the Virtual machine running in a window to get some things done on one of our Windows 2000 servers running a windows only application. Here's what we use that is issued on a company supplied Dell laptop computer (that has sat idle, or used for other purposes while I'm using my Macbook with Parallels to do work stuff at the same time I'm using the Mac to do personal stuff): Lotus Notes for email (and a lot of other things) Sametime Connect for Instant messaging/meetings Check Point SecureClient VPN for connecting to the office network over broadband (or wireless while in the office) Internet explorer for the Intranet MS Office (of course) for docs, spreadsheets, and Powerpoint presentations (oh yeah, I have an expense report due...lemme jot that down in..well, see below) Windows Media player for training videos Remote Desktop to administration Terminal Servers Microsoft Project for coordinating uh, projects Secure shell to access UNIX servers Oracle DBA administration tools Adobe Reader to read PDF documents Miscellaneous Windows only client/server apps specific to the application we develop. All of this runs in a window while simultatneously with Mac OS X I can: Use iChat (with built-in iSight camera for video) to chat with my buddies (well, okay my wife but still...) Photoshop to touch up my pictures Mail for my personal email Safari to surf the net Safari to manage my wireless and wired routers (neither of them Apple branded) for the occasional times the DSL modem goes nutso) Quicktime to watch videos or movies, including Windows Media movies iDVD to watch a movie on DVD iTunes to play music in the background Epson Print CD to print CD labels on my direct-to-printable-CD printer Photobooth to watch myself stare at my screen for hours on end using the built-in camera Snap N Drag to take pictures of the screen (did that today to show an error to vendor technical support) Various widgets with Dashboard to keep an eye on the weather, look up words in the Dictionary, translate the occasional french, jot down reminders (remember that expense report? Stickies reminds me that I do), calculate some figures, check what time it is in Cairo, when the next Netflix DVD is coming, when Battlestar Galactica will be airing next, etc. Edit some musical tracks that I recorded from an internet radio station Buy some tunes from the iTunes store that the internet radio station doesn't have then sync it to my iPod Burn an audio CD that I can listen to in my car Print out an audio CD jewel case cover consisting of the album art of all the songs on the CD (okay, so you can do this with Windows too, but you don't have to) Run some shell scripts that I wrote on my Linux box that work without modification on my Mac Run some Applescripts in iTunes that check if the tune has album art, exports an HTML list of my library, and other useful stuff (this is a Mac only thing, even with iTunes for Windows) Play a quick game of Unreal Tournament 2004 to blow off some steam during a break Use an external monitor spanned with the Macbook monitor so it's like I have one HUGE monitor (13" screen on the bottom, 20" CRT on the top; each running at their max resoloution.) Let's see...what else...oh yeah run that Parallels virtual machine in a window so I can do all the stuff with Windows apps that I listed in the first part of this post. At the end of the day, I close the lid on the Macbook and it goes to sleep. The next day I open it up and it wakes up. Instantly. Ready for another day of doing all of the above. So really, unless you're into hardcore gaming, you get the best of both worlds with a Mac. Heck even if you ARE into hardcore gaming, there are lots of games that run fine on a Mac, natively. It does Mac, it does Windows. Corporate applications (most of which are not graphics intensive) heck, I even can use my Palm PDA with it. Haven't tried it with my iPaq Pocket PC yet, but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. Oh, and I take this thing everywhere I go, so I can do this stuff (including the Windows stuff that I'm forced to do to put food on the table) anywhere. If the power goes out...well, I think you get the idea. A lot of these apps overlap between Mac and Windows, but I have found (and you probably would too) that I prefer to do things with the Mac the majority of the time, and things with Windows only when I have to. Come on over, the waters fine. We'll even put in a Window for you. (Plus they look pretty. This screen is gorgeous!) [/QUOTE]
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