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<blockquote data-quote="Deckyon" data-source="post: 1215669" data-attributes="member: 197651"><p>It will take a while before this would happen at all. This is software bought and paid for and with free upgrades based on my license. I can't see paying another $1k for another video editing suite at this time, especially after dropping $3.4k on the MBP. Yes, I am one of those rare Windows users who pays for software. Haven't even jailbroken my iPad.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is not a huge issue for me. I work on 3 different OS's at work, so adding a 4th (which is based on unix, which I know anyway) would not be a stretch. My first job in IT was with SGI Irix with a need to interface with a mainframe. I was just kinda hoping to see what opinions others had when they switched from Windows to OSX. As far as Virus Scanning goes, I knew everywhere I went on my PC and in the last 5 years, only one virus tried to get in, and that was caught by the built-in Windows Defender software. 99% of my email and surfing happens on my iPad anyway now (well, since September of last year).</p><p></p><p>I appreciate the comments so far. I am sitting on pins and needles waiting for the new MBP. I can only use my machine now for about an hour at a time before it shuts off. Fan went out (4 years old and heavily used).</p><p></p><p>Another quick question - There are a couple other pieces of software I use on Windows on a daily basis. One is UltraEdit (text editor that allows for direct server editing via FTP) and DVDFab Premium (allows me to rip DVDs down for my iPad). Before a whole bunch of legality issues come up, I am doing this for the DVDs I have created in the past and have lost the masters to. What I want to know is if it would be feasible to install a WINE-like install of Windows on the OSX partition or use a Virtual Machine, or to just keep them on the Windows partition and boot between?</p><p></p><p>Or, what would be the MAC equivalents?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deckyon, post: 1215669, member: 197651"] It will take a while before this would happen at all. This is software bought and paid for and with free upgrades based on my license. I can't see paying another $1k for another video editing suite at this time, especially after dropping $3.4k on the MBP. Yes, I am one of those rare Windows users who pays for software. Haven't even jailbroken my iPad. This is not a huge issue for me. I work on 3 different OS's at work, so adding a 4th (which is based on unix, which I know anyway) would not be a stretch. My first job in IT was with SGI Irix with a need to interface with a mainframe. I was just kinda hoping to see what opinions others had when they switched from Windows to OSX. As far as Virus Scanning goes, I knew everywhere I went on my PC and in the last 5 years, only one virus tried to get in, and that was caught by the built-in Windows Defender software. 99% of my email and surfing happens on my iPad anyway now (well, since September of last year). I appreciate the comments so far. I am sitting on pins and needles waiting for the new MBP. I can only use my machine now for about an hour at a time before it shuts off. Fan went out (4 years old and heavily used). Another quick question - There are a couple other pieces of software I use on Windows on a daily basis. One is UltraEdit (text editor that allows for direct server editing via FTP) and DVDFab Premium (allows me to rip DVDs down for my iPad). Before a whole bunch of legality issues come up, I am doing this for the DVDs I have created in the past and have lost the masters to. What I want to know is if it would be feasible to install a WINE-like install of Windows on the OSX partition or use a Virtual Machine, or to just keep them on the Windows partition and boot between? Or, what would be the MAC equivalents? [/QUOTE]
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