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This is what I want to do, Should I switch?
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<blockquote data-quote="lil" data-source="post: 203478"><p>1. A breeze.</p><p></p><p>2. You will be able to program in Java, C and C++ using XCode but you won't be able to access Win32 APIs for obvious reasons. You could use BootCamp to dual boot Windows XP for this kind of purpose if you need Win32 API access. HTML, yes with ease. MS Office for the Mac is composed of Word, Excel, PowerPoint ans Entourage (Outlook), no Access. You can however access MS Access databases (.mdb) via ODBC however.</p><p></p><p>3. Those will run on the Macintosh and also in Windows via BootCamp (the dual boot software)</p><p></p><p>4. I do not have an iPod but I'd anticipate you would need to ensure iTunes is set to manually update first, plug in your iPod, back up your songs, maybe reset it and then copy all your backed up songs into iTunes and then you can turn on automatic update. I'm guessing though as I don't have an iPod.</p><p></p><p>5. Easily via Samba. You can either type the IP address of the PC on the Macintosh and access it, or use the network browser. Or you can use Windows to browse to the Macintosh e.g.: Start>Run: \\192.168.0.1\mymacintosh or use My Network Places/Network Neighbourhood.</p><p></p><p>All you need is windows set up for File and Printer sharing, and Mac OS X set up for Windows Sharing (a checkbox in the Sharing prefs).</p><p></p><p>As to whether you should, well, go and play with one if you haven't already and see how you feel. If you will be using Windows mostly, maybe consider another PC, otherwise if you wish to really get into OS X, then a Macintosh is well worth considering especially as the new Intel ones can now run Windows natively.</p><p></p><p>Vicky</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lil, post: 203478"] 1. A breeze. 2. You will be able to program in Java, C and C++ using XCode but you won't be able to access Win32 APIs for obvious reasons. You could use BootCamp to dual boot Windows XP for this kind of purpose if you need Win32 API access. HTML, yes with ease. MS Office for the Mac is composed of Word, Excel, PowerPoint ans Entourage (Outlook), no Access. You can however access MS Access databases (.mdb) via ODBC however. 3. Those will run on the Macintosh and also in Windows via BootCamp (the dual boot software) 4. I do not have an iPod but I'd anticipate you would need to ensure iTunes is set to manually update first, plug in your iPod, back up your songs, maybe reset it and then copy all your backed up songs into iTunes and then you can turn on automatic update. I'm guessing though as I don't have an iPod. 5. Easily via Samba. You can either type the IP address of the PC on the Macintosh and access it, or use the network browser. Or you can use Windows to browse to the Macintosh e.g.: Start>Run: \\192.168.0.1\mymacintosh or use My Network Places/Network Neighbourhood. All you need is windows set up for File and Printer sharing, and Mac OS X set up for Windows Sharing (a checkbox in the Sharing prefs). As to whether you should, well, go and play with one if you haven't already and see how you feel. If you will be using Windows mostly, maybe consider another PC, otherwise if you wish to really get into OS X, then a Macintosh is well worth considering especially as the new Intel ones can now run Windows natively. Vicky [/QUOTE]
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