[Hidden-tech] macbook, parallels, xp vs. vista

[B. Kimo Lee]

Hi Andrew,
I vote for sticking with XP. I've heard that Vista is a real hog and  
may run slow even with 2gb ram, so I've avoided upgrading. I have  
parallels running XP Pro on several Macs, including a MacBook. It  
runs well, but I wouldn't use it as my primary operating system. No  
offense, but it just doesn't seem to make sense to me to buy a Mac  
and not use it native. Leopard is such a great OS, imo. I don't use  
Outlook, so no experiences to share, other than client nightmares.  
Like Jeff, I use Apple Mail, as well as Address Book. Have you  
considered looking into Thunderbird from Mozilla -- their Outlook  
competitor? I've set Thunderbird up on client's Windows machines and  
they like it. Anyway, I'd stick with XP if I were you.
Good luck,
Kimo


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On Jun 6, 2008, at 11:46 AM, andrew bellak wrote:

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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> If the collective wisdom H-T wisdom agrees, what’s the difference  
> between OEM versions of MS software vs. ‘retail’ versions?
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> 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
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Andrew
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