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<blockquote data-quote="technologist" data-source="post: 361281" data-attributes="member: 4134">Depends.If you need Access to interoperate with the other Office apps, then you might want to run them all in VirtualPC.If you're just using each by itself, then you'll want to run the Mac versions as much as possible. VirtualPC is terribly slow.If you'll be spending a lot of time in Access, VirtualPC may not even be a viable option. An Intel Mac with Parallels, or even an actual PC, would be much less frustrating.And keep in mind that colleges usually recommend that you have software, even though you might never need it. The standard software package at my school included, among other things, Matlab, Maple, Autocad, Acrobat, and a web-design application. I never needed any of them. (And never bought them.)I'd suggest you buy only what you'll be using for a given semester...and only after you get the syllabi that explain what you'll be using.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="technologist, post: 361281, member: 4134"] Depends. If you need Access to interoperate with the other Office apps, then you might want to run them all in VirtualPC. If you're just using each by itself, then you'll want to run the Mac versions as much as possible. VirtualPC is terribly slow. If you'll be spending a lot of time in Access, VirtualPC may not even be a viable option. An Intel Mac with Parallels, or even an actual PC, would be much less frustrating. And keep in mind that colleges usually recommend that you have software, even though you might never need it. The standard software package at my school included, among other things, Matlab, Maple, Autocad, Acrobat, and a web-design application. I never needed any of them. (And never bought them.) I'd suggest you buy only what you'll be using for a given semester...and only after you get the syllabi that explain what you'll be using. [/QUOTE]

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