[thechat] Windows on a Mac

[Erika Meyer]

>On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 02:35  PM, Kevin Stevens wrote:
>>  He seems to think that
>>  it will be PC based training at school, but is loathed to buy a PC

This makes no sense to me.  I concur with Bob that the compatibility,
interface issues are *nothing* today what they were 2+ years ago.
Here at Lewis & Clark there is a pretty healthy mix of Mac and PC
users and I don't know anyone who has an issue with switching back
and forth.

If anything, I would think the switching between machines would in
fact help the child get a more rounded education computer-wise.

>>  because he knows nothing about how to fix them if they go wrong.

and he knows how to "fix" OSX?  Does OSX ever go wrong?  Or are we
talking about an older Mac?

>>  1. Would this work as a solution, i.e. could he do his Windows school
>>  work on the Mac?

wtf is he using to transfer files, a floppy disk???  I agree there is
no Windows schoolwork.... unless the school has some deal worked out
with MS like my former junior college: "According to our contract
with Satan, we only teach J++ not Java" but I think those days are
proabably over.

>The line between Win/Mac is getting thinner all the time -

yeah, it's REALLY thin right now.  Like, I say for a child's
schoolwork, it shouldn't be an issue.

>The real difference lies in games. There are more games available on
>windows.
>The other difference is sexy hardware - Macs (esp. PowerBooks) are sexy.

In my experience, long-time Mac users who switch to Windows almost
always end up regretting.

>etc. and it all works the way one would expect a windows machine to
>work (ok, damning with faint praise, I know).
>
>It's a fine solution.

Not that it's really been established there is a problem...

Erika

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