No. If you're going to run windows, just get a windows machine.
If you're going to set her up to keep running Windows, she'll simply keep running Windows...
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No. If you're going to run windows, just get a windows machine.
If you're going to set her up to keep running Windows, she'll simply keep running Windows...
worse, she would only accept a mac if it comes in pink...any alternatives out there?
Here you be. This should be good to get you out of at least 3 weekend projects:
Give her this to read?
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
My uncle found it helpful when switching to his Mac.
This is a GREAT link - thanks! Even though I've been using my MBP long enough to be comfortable with it, I picked up some new information from reading it, particularly keyboard shortcuts for basic ops.
Versions really does completely flummox switchers (and for good reason, it's a logically inconsistent mess).
Why there is not just one button to turn it off is beyond me. Lion made OSX considerably more difficult to use for the non-techie.
Why there is not just one button to turn it off is beyond me. Lion made OSX considerably more difficult to use for the non-techie.
Apple is preparing you for the day when all your file management will be handled from inside the application... just like iOS. It's a forced transition.
If there were any way to turn it off, everyone would do so and they can't have that.
You sure? I run Excel with Office 2011 on a fast i7 iMac with loads of ram and still it runs almost unusably slowly. Quite embarrassing considering how fast that machine is....
i have an i5 iMac and it runs 2011 Excel like a dream. My wife has a Dell i5 with Office 2010 and it is definitely no faster.
We both use Excel for our businesses, so heavyweight use.
Very strange. I get huge delays even when typing formulae in. Maybe my installation is corrupt....???
Apple is preparing you for the day when all your file management will be handled from inside the application... just like iOS. It's a forced transition.
If there were any way to turn it off, everyone would do so and they can't have that.
But unlike iOS, where there was no tablet market to take users from, computer users are very used to the "save as" paradigm. There won't be many people buy a Mac for the first time who weren't Windows users first. The barrier to entry has been raised.
I know *why* Apple think it's a good idea. They're just wrong.
(I think the file system on iOS is a catastrophic failure too tbf.)
I have no problems with MS Office for Mac. I open and edit 300-400 page documents with large amounts of formatting and tables. No issues. I also use excel without issues, but none of the excel files are overly complex with formulas.
The only thing I've ever had a problem with is embedding certain files in the document, like ZIP files. I've found it is not supported on the mac version, so we have someone do it with a windows machine.
The only thing I've ever had a problem with is embedding certain files in the document, like ZIP files. I've found it is not supported on the mac version, so we have someone do it with a windows machine.