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Can anyone tell me, if I were to switch from Mac to PC, what would it take
to access my 7 gazillion saved documents on the Mac? Once I got them onto
the PC's hard drive, what would it take to be able to read them?

Can anyone who's made the switch in past couple of years or so comment on
how easy or not they found it? (I'm torn, because I love my Mac, but there
are technical issues which make me consider a switch...)

Shannon

If your saved stuff is in "cross platform" applications, it's no sweat.
You just need the PC versions of those same applications.
Stuff saved in plain text format is fine.
HTML is fine.

Otherwise, the going gets a little rougher.

send list of applications which contain most data (mebbe private email)
& I'll see if I can give you an educated guess on what it'll take.

best,
Dave Hartley
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Santa Cruz, CA (831)464-8127

Hi,

I'm also a Mac user and will never switch to PC! I don't know what your
technical issues are, but there's a software called Virtual PC for Mac which
will enable you to read PC documents on Mac.

Ching Yee
on 18/2/03 10:29 pm, Robert&Shannon Nelson at shannonnelson@tds.net wrote:

Can anyone tell me, if I were to switch from Mac to PC, what would it take
to access my 7 gazillion saved documents on the Mac? Once I got them onto
the PC's hard drive, what would it take to be able to read them?

Can anyone who's made the switch in past couple of years or so comment on
how easy or not they found it? (I'm torn, because I love my Mac, but there
are technical issues which make me consider a switch...)

Shannon
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For little more than the cost of the Mac's "Virtual PC" program -which
is pretty OK, but nothing like running software on a "real" PC .. one
can practically purchase a NEW low-end desktop PC, and easily a used
one.

A new PC notebook / laptop computer can be had for $700, people who're
willing to risk buying a used notebook (which is practically not worth
the cost of repairs if something goes bad) can find something useable
for about half that.

So, due to several factors
1. ease of use of native PC application on PC vs VPC
2. performance gain " " "
3. many potential benefits of a second computer around

-in my professional opinion, Virtual PC is not the best solution, unless
your religion forbids you to own a PC.. or unless are always travelling
with the computer, in which case having only one is a benefit.
Dave Hartley
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
San Francisco, CA (831)464-8127

>
I use Virtual PC to run Radar, and it slows things down a bit, but
that's not a big deal really. If money is an issue and you feel at ease
with PC systems, then Dave's suggestion is probably right.

I don't think it's a religious thing, some of us just love Macs...

Yol

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