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| Monday, March 14, 2005 |
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I can't remember where it is, but I've responded before to a similar question. I looked around for a while so I didn't have to run Windows as my primary OS. and finally settled on VMWare Fusion. In my opinion, it runs almost perfectly. I've never used the others but have read where Fusion is faster than the others. I didn't have much luck with Parallels. Fusions was a much easier install for me. I'm running it on MacBook Pro. Hope this helps.
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I'm running a MacBookPro and VMWare Fusion. I tried Parallels, but I don't think it's anywhere as functional as VMWare Fusion. I really like it. Telechart runs great on it. There are several different view settings that can be used. With single window mode, a person can shift Mac windows and MS windows all like they are on the same OS, pretty cool stuff. I think a lot of people still don't know what VMware can do. I know I didn't until about 5 months ago. I don't know about playing games, but the Windows virtual machine does great for Telechart, MS Word and the standard programs. I have a feeeling games would be OK, since I can' t tell a big difference between using Windows with VMware or how it is with a PC.
I could go on and on about my how much I enjoy my Apple notebook, but it's probably nothing different than what's already out there. I know Apple is in it to make money, but I think Jobs truly wants happy customers, for his own personal satisfaction. Jobs has the techie mindset, while Gates is more of a corporate hack mindset.
I don't think Gates gives a crap as long as he gets the money. I guess I want know until a few years down the road, but I've used PCs enough to know I can't get taken advantage of much more than what gates does if MS is the primary OS.
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I had the same thing. It's not impatience when it takes an hour to load instead of 5 minutes. It seemed to work itself out. My program has been really sluggish loading lately. I thought it was my system acting up.
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It'd be nice to have some detailed explanation of this sometime. Is it just not practical? Is it the wrong OS for such number-intensive work? Is it cost prohibitive for Worden? What? I love Worden customer service, and there's no doubt that the product is superior to anything out there, but this thing pretending Apple isn't a major OS alternative customers would find useful is a bit absurd.
There are no suggestions or anything, just "we don't do that." I can understand not supporting Apple, but I can't understand not even making an attempt to look into what might be done to accommodate Apple users, other than some cold response that looks like something a lawyer wrote. Maybe at least a special section here Apple users can discuss options? What works, what doesn't?
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I'm sure there's a reason no one gets responses to any of the LINUX questions around here. I'll let you know if I find something out about WINE or any alternatives.
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I have searched for and read comments about some of the discount online brokers, but the discussion seems to often mix apples and oranges. People speak of daytrading or options and all kinds of special services, and complain about brokers not designed for that style of trading. I don't expect all of that from a $7 a trade unlimited broker. I'm just looking for a bare bones broker with minimal fees who allows reliable trading to occur...little downtime, etc.
I have an account with Scotrade. They seem like a good outfit, so far. Not wanting to put all of my eggs in one basket, I am looking for another discount broker. I think my choices for the second broker are down to Ameritrade, Firstrade, and OptionXpress. I don't want problems with closing accounts or tranferring money, or executing trades...just basic, reasonable service for a good cost. Thanks for any input.
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