Comments on: I’m a born again Mac user!

By: multiplayer

multiplayer — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:19:39 +0000

Thanks for the info!

By: Ed Warkentin

Ed Warkentin — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:15:38 +0000

Adam Christianson does the “MacCast”, a podcast that I enjoy.
He did a good job reporting on this whole issue.
You’ll have to search his website - he did this issue a while ago.

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=74374416
http://maccast.com/

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:05:33 +0000

Checked that - says their fully portable according to this post http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=2026&highlight=windows+activation

I want to move my Windows install between my Mini and my ’soon to arrive’ MBP. Apparently it should work

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:31:13 +0000

Hmmm… Not sure, but I would think that you could. Have you asked on the Parallel’s community forum? I can’t find any links to their forum from their site (why hide their own forums??) but if you do a search you can find it.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:21:49 +0000

I also installed parallels on my Mac Mini (Duo-1GB ram) and used it for the last couple PC applications I needed. The Mini is doubling as my home media centre and also replaced a sick DVD player I had.

Simply Accounting was an application that defiantly didn’t run in VPC on my G5 but runs quite acceptably on Parallels.

QUESTION: Anybody? If you authorize your copy of XP inside Parallels can you move the virtual drive to another Mac?

By: Maxwest Consulting » Blog Archive » WinXP on a Mac

Maxwest Consulting » Blog Archive » WinXP on a Mac — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:17:48 +0000

[…] Following in the steps of Steve Dembo of teach42.com I also dropped PCs out of my office in favor of a Windows on Mac solution. A $1000 Mac Mini replaced a PC, DVD player, and home media server. […]

By: Casey Hales

Casey Hales — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 21:39:05 +0000

You Mac guys are a hoot!
I have a new Gateway Tablet with a gig of ram, 100 gig hard drive, DVD burner, monster battery pack, and love it.
What is the fascination with a Mac in the first place, and then, a Mac that runs Windows?
Don’t tell me that Macs are more stable, I am at a campus full of Macs and that’s just not true, they aren’t any easier to use, I have used everything out since the Commodore 64 and the TRS80.
I will give you “cute”. They are cute.
But cute makes them run hot, too. Cute makes the power adapters for the iBooks short out in a real short period of time. We have had to replace dozens of those.
I just don’t get it. Help me understand.

By: Ryan Collins

Ryan Collins — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:11:54 +0000

You’ll definately want more memory. My new Macbook just arrived yesterday and I stayed up till 1:30am playing around with it. The speed is just amazing versus my G4 iMac (1.25GHz with 1GB of RAM).

I also opted for the Parallels software. I don’t need to run too much Windows software, and I’d rather not have to reboot to do it.

I’m glad you came back to the Apple fold!

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:59:57 +0000

Argh, my last comment was severely mangled thanks to my poor code using skills. You get the idea though. MacSaber = Your Mac acts like a lightsaber when swung around

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:58:47 +0000

Congrats Steve! The wife wants me to wait until our current laptop is in the same state as your old one (which will be awhile) before we upgrade to a new one.

If you want to have some Jedi fun with your laptop go grab the MacSaber program that allows your new as you swing the notebook around thanks to it’s internal motion sensor. A bit geeky, but a lot of fun.

A video illustrating MacSaber fights can be found on YouTube at the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK4AonfnFaM

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:22:07 +0000

Joe: I’d reccomend that you don’t do this to your computer!

Mark: For some reason I thought that Second Life was Windows only! I think that sounds like a much better option.

By: Mark Wagner

Mark Wagner — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:24:41 +0000

Why not play Second Life natively on OS X?

By: Joe Brennan

Joe Brennan — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:27:14 +0000

Steve,
You’re my hero! My MacBook Pro is scheduled for delivery on Monday. The first addition may have to be XP. Digital storytelling on both platforms! What “precautions” must one take to prevent all those PC virus/spyware horror stories that we Mac users usually just snicker at?
–Joe

By: Kelly Dumont

Kelly Dumont — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:58:58 +0000

Steve,
All I can say is Welcome Back!