[Hidden-tech] Converting from PC to iMac

[Shel Horowitz]

Naaz,

Have you thought about running a PC emulator program such as 
Parallels on your Mac, and then running your existing PC version of 
Quicken? Note that I haven't tried this myself, but have heard it 
works reasonably well.

At 2:35 PM -0500 12/9/09, SoundShifter at aol.com wrote:
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>Hello all,
>
>I so appreciate the knowledge on this list-serve even though much of 
>it is out of my league.  I started my computer days on a Radio Shack 
>dinosaur using DOS commands -- could it really have had a total of 
>only 28k?  Whatever it was, it was laughable compared to what we use 
>now.  After many years and migrations thru the PC world, I am eager 
>to switch to the new iMac.
>
>My problem: I have years of bookkeeping on Quicken for PC and I am 
>hearing that the MAC version is terrible.  I am also hearing that 
>the 2010 version is supposed to work well or at least better.
>
>What I'm considering doing:
>1. Switch to the iMac but keep my PC till February when Quicken Mac 
>2010 is supposed to be available.
>2. Make the switch then and hope that it works without causing me 
>days of manual input or other headaches.
>
>I'm wondering if anyone has knowledge about how well this might work 
>and if it makes sense to try a Mac accounting program and start from 
>scratch instead.  Or anything I haven't thought of that will spare 
>me frustration and wasted time.
>
>Thank you for your help.
>
>Naaz
>
>PS: I'm also considering using the Mac Suite instead of Mac Office. 
>Any problem in doing that (when I have years of documents in MS 
>Word) as long as I convert files to doc or pdf before emailing as 
>attachments?
>
>Naaz Hosseini, LP
>Psychotherapy & Voice Empowerment
>Faculty, Teachers College Columbia University &
>Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training
>
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