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<blockquote data-quote="margaret438" data-source="post: 577269" data-attributes="member: 46232"><p>thanks neo. i looked at crossover and liked the idea it didn't need windows (less outlay of $$). at this moment it'll be win office 2000; maybe 2003. my concern with crossover is that i don't know all the apps she will need/uses. she could easily load a win product and i would get a call asking why it doesn't work. i also don't know where her cell phone photos (moto q) and camera (nikon) xfers and hp usb-connected printer would fit in. i'm trying to get the big ticket items addressed and ordered online before next week's mac purchase. this purchase was not planned; pc just died and she has been computerless, so she wanted to make the split from the pc at this time.</p><p></p><p>this will be the first mac in 'our' shop. to date, i've never even put my fingers on a mac. she will be out of state with the mac and we will be her computer support team back home. a bit of a tough situation since we won't have a mac back home to figure things out when she runs into problems. imagine how fun the 2am phone calls will be. that's also probably why i'd like to stick with products we are most familiar with. not knowing the mac at this point nor this vm stuff, it will be difficult enough to determine if it is an operating system problem, user error, or an application issue. </p><p></p><p>one of the things i read about parallels that seemed like a plus for a novice is that you click on the file, and it automatically opens in the appropriate application operating system. it may seem like a small point, but this user doesn't care if it's win or mac, she just want to open up the file and get the work done. my concern is i'm sure there is a tradeoff...somewhere. </p><p></p><p>i've been cramming this pea brain of mine consistently for days and nites this last week regarding macs and applications, that i'm pretty much exhausted and brain dead. i'm just open to any help anyone can provide...</p><p></p><p>why would you go with fusion? better front end? does running seamlessly mean there will not be any problems? i will also search on the rest of the forums. i've pretty much lived in the switching forum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="margaret438, post: 577269, member: 46232"] thanks neo. i looked at crossover and liked the idea it didn't need windows (less outlay of $$). at this moment it'll be win office 2000; maybe 2003. my concern with crossover is that i don't know all the apps she will need/uses. she could easily load a win product and i would get a call asking why it doesn't work. i also don't know where her cell phone photos (moto q) and camera (nikon) xfers and hp usb-connected printer would fit in. i'm trying to get the big ticket items addressed and ordered online before next week's mac purchase. this purchase was not planned; pc just died and she has been computerless, so she wanted to make the split from the pc at this time. this will be the first mac in 'our' shop. to date, i've never even put my fingers on a mac. she will be out of state with the mac and we will be her computer support team back home. a bit of a tough situation since we won't have a mac back home to figure things out when she runs into problems. imagine how fun the 2am phone calls will be. that's also probably why i'd like to stick with products we are most familiar with. not knowing the mac at this point nor this vm stuff, it will be difficult enough to determine if it is an operating system problem, user error, or an application issue. one of the things i read about parallels that seemed like a plus for a novice is that you click on the file, and it automatically opens in the appropriate application operating system. it may seem like a small point, but this user doesn't care if it's win or mac, she just want to open up the file and get the work done. my concern is i'm sure there is a tradeoff...somewhere. i've been cramming this pea brain of mine consistently for days and nites this last week regarding macs and applications, that i'm pretty much exhausted and brain dead. i'm just open to any help anyone can provide... why would you go with fusion? better front end? does running seamlessly mean there will not be any problems? i will also search on the rest of the forums. i've pretty much lived in the switching forum. [/QUOTE]
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