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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 395090" data-attributes="member: 21101">*those of you who have switched from windows to XP, how do you feel and how are you getting on?&nbsp; Great*do you often find yourself using XP with bootcamp or mostly stick with macosx?&nbsp;&nbsp; 95% Mac OS X. Parallels for MS Money 2007 and logging on to my work network.*is parralels a full VM, or is it a base to run applications smiler to Wine in ubuntu?&nbsp; Full VM, you can run OS X, Windows and Ubuntu at the same time! - coherance mode makes it look as though apps are running in OS X, but in reality all this does is lose the Windows desktop.&nbsp; *how reliable, smooth and quick is running windows applications in parralel?&nbsp; Very fast (as fast or faster then Bootcamp in some cases), as long as they're not games.&nbsp; DX 8 or later games will not work.*what is battery life like with a macbook?&nbsp; 4 hours realistically when new... after 6 months, I get about 3 hours 20 mintues, screen on half with wifi.*Is the quality, use and feel of a macbook actually much better than a normal laptop?&nbsp; Yes.*have you had any problems with compatibility?&nbsp; No*have you had any problems with getting software to run on mac, or finding an alternative?&nbsp; MS Money... nothing else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 395090, member: 21101"] *those of you who have switched from windows to XP, how do you feel and how are you getting on? [COLOR="Blue"]Great[/COLOR] *do you often find yourself using XP with bootcamp or mostly stick with macosx? [COLOR="blue"]95% Mac OS X. Parallels for MS Money 2007 and logging on to my work network.[/COLOR] *is parralels a full VM, or is it a base to run applications smiler to Wine in ubuntu? [COLOR="blue"]Full VM, you can run OS X, Windows and Ubuntu at the same time! - coherance mode makes it look as though apps are running in OS X, but in reality all this does is lose the Windows desktop. [/COLOR] *how reliable, smooth and quick is running windows applications in parralel? [COLOR="blue"]Very fast (as fast or faster then Bootcamp in some cases), as long as they're not games. DX 8 or later games will not work.[/COLOR] *what is battery life like with a macbook? [COLOR="blue"]4 hours realistically when new... after 6 months, I get about 3 hours 20 mintues, screen on half with wifi.[/COLOR] *Is the quality, use and feel of a macbook actually much better than a normal laptop? [COLOR="blue"]Yes[/COLOR]. *have you had any problems with compatibility? [COLOR="blue"]No[/COLOR] *have you had any problems with getting software to run on mac, or finding an alternative? [COLOR="blue"]MS Money... nothing else.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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