Re: The Mac vs. Windows War is Over. And the Winner is...


"Phil Wheeler" <w6tuh-ng7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:gvaZf.42357$%d.36836@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
George wrote:

The point was why buy an expensive Mac to run Windows
when you can buy (or build) a much less expensive computer to do the
same
job? Running Windows on a Mac, IMHO, defeats the purpose of having the
Mac
in the first place."


I buy a Mac to run OS X, because I prefer its stability, user interface
and the way apps like Office run on it .. to WinXP.

I also have a PC laptop for those apps that need WinXP (and I have quite
a few).

So, in the future, I can buy a single laptop which will do both.

Sounds good to me: One expensive Mac vs. One expensive Mac and one PC
laptop ($1000 or more) to run the apps I need to use with WinXP.

Phil

Point taken. It's s specialty area, not something most people would find
useful. Question. What can applications run on a Mac OS X do that
applications run on a Windows XP PC can't do?

George


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