Andrew, I'm not sure what exactly you're doing with Outlook. But, I use a MacBook Pro, run the latest version of Office (for Mac OsX - Leapord), and I basically live in my inbox unfortunately. I use Mac Mail, and I've never had a problem attaching, reading, or working with PowerPoint, Word, Excel, etc. Just FYI. I didn't end up using Entourage (Microsoft's Mac equivalent of Outlook) because I had read multiple horror stories online re: Entourage. Jeff. Jeff Rutherford jeff at jeffrutherford.com 413 369-4128 - phone 866 677-4108 - fax http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrutherford On Jun 6, 2008, at 11:46 AM, andrew bellak wrote: > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Well my dell laptop is dying (something smoked even) so I bought a > macbook, 2.4 gHz, 2 GB, 250 GB hard drive to replace it. > > I want to run Outlook w/Business Contact Mgr. (BCM) because I’m used > to Outlook and I’ll need to interface seamlessly with Office’s > Excel, Word and PowerPoint. > > My current thinking and advice is to get Parallels, XP (Pro?), and > Office with BCM. Office Pro includes BCM. Vista seems newer, > probably more buggy, and more expensive. > > If the collective wisdom H-T wisdom agrees, what’s the difference > between OEM versions of MS software vs. ‘retail’ versions? > > Does this price on XP Pro seem too good to be true at $55? - http://cdsfu.com/index.php?categoryID=87 > , Office 2007 w/BCM runs $110 at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WEJYM4/ref=nosim/?tag=pricegrabber2-soft-20&creative=380333&creativeASIN=B000WEJYM4&linkCode=asn > > Thanks in advance, > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20080606/1140f88e/attachment.html