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Question about files?....
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Generally no. Do you have any third party programs on the PC that make quirky files?
For the record, your music, Office documents and videos should work without a problem.
The only problem I can see is if you have the very latest WMV files. These do not work on Macs, but most WMVs do and the latest WMP10 versions are pretty rare.
For the record, your music, Office documents and videos should work without a problem.
The only problem I can see is if you have the very latest WMV files. These do not work on Macs, but most WMVs do and the latest WMP10 versions are pretty rare.
As Mad Jew said, standard files work just fine. Images, audio, video, Office documents, text, etc all work fine. The only things you'll have trouble with are proprietary files that are created by Windows programs which have no Mac equivalent. To be honest though, those are really not that common. Even a lot of those types of files are readable on a Mac, just not necessarily writable.
FWIW, I've never encountered a WMV 10 file. That's not to say that they don't exist, as I'm sure they do, but they're very rare in my experience.
FWIW, I've never encountered a WMV 10 file. That's not to say that they don't exist, as I'm sure they do, but they're very rare in my experience.
I met a WMV 10 file once...friend of mine was going to use my laptop to do a presentation in class that included it..needless to say it didn't work.
The only other odd thing i can think of is how OSX handles some image files differently than windows. Normally only an issue with Powerpoints. So basically...if you make a powerpoint..check it out on both types of machines first just in case.
The only other odd thing i can think of is how OSX handles some image files differently than windows. Normally only an issue with Powerpoints. So basically...if you make a powerpoint..check it out on both types of machines first just in case.
andcraig said:
for reading powerpoints, i recommend keynote2 or powerpoint (from office). appleworks has never cut it for me with regards to reading windows .ppt's.
also, certain files (.sitx comes to mind for me) might be easily usable on a mac, yet not so much on a pc. i'd recommend keeping that in mind if you're in an environment with lots of pc's and have to work with them quite frequently with any type of files besides standard (IMO: office docs, .jpg, .mp3, .psd [sometimes], .zip, .avi)