Trying to shed the PC

[matt4life]

There are several reasons I can't seem to shed my frustrating PC.

1) My company set up a VPN that can only be accessed by a PC.

2) I have 1 or 2 work programs that are PC only.

3) I own a PocketPC PDA (iPaq 3765) that I happen to like.

4) I cannot find a financial software package that I trust for the Mac. I was scared off by bad reviews of Quicken 2004. I currently use MS Money 2002.

I have considered getting Virtual PC (Windows 2000 is best I have heard), but some reviews say it will run at about a 300mHz PC rate and I currently have a HP PC that is 600mHz (low on memory though, 64mb) so that doesn't seem to make sense.

Any advice?

Is Virtual PC that slow? I have a PowerMac G4 Dual 867mHz with 1 Gb memory.

Is Quicken 2004 (or any other year) that bad? The reviews said it crashed a lot. Is the transfer form MS Money to Quicken hard? Is there any other good financial software for the Mac?

Please feel free to contact me sirectly at:
matt4deb@bellsouth.net

I am new to this "forum" stuff.

Thanks in advance.

 

[MisterMe]

There are several reasons I can't seem to shed my frustrating PC.

1) My company set up a VPN that can only be accessed by a PC.

2) I have 1 or 2 work programs that are PC only.

3) I own a PocketPC PDA (iPaq 3765) that I happen to like.

4) I cannot find a financial software package that I trust for the Mac. I was scared off by bad reviews of Quicken 2004. I currently use MS Money 2002.

I have considered getting Virtual PC (Windows 2000 is best I have heard), but some reviews say it will run at about a 300mHz PC rate and I currently have a HP PC that is 600mHz (low on memory though, 64mb) so that doesn't seem to make sense.

Any advice?

Is Virtual PC that slow? I have a PowerMac G4 Dual 867mHz with 1 Gb memory.

Is Quicken 2004 (or any other year) that bad? The reviews said it crashed a lot. Is the transfer form MS Money to Quicken hard? Is there any other good financial software for the Mac?

Please feel free to contact me sirectly at:
matt4deb@bellsouth.net

I am new to this "forum" stuff.

Thanks in advance.

You do seem to have a lot of excuses, don't you?

 

[matt4life]

You do seem to have a lot of excuses, don't you?

You don't understand.... I LOVE MY MAC!!!!!!!! I could do the comercial of the former PC guy who made the switch (I was an Amiga guy first. You are all probably too young to remember the Comador Amiga.) I just have a few more PCisms to shed.

If someone could tell me about Qucken 2004, that would help with one.

 

[hvfsl]

You don't understand.... I LOVE MY MAC!!!!!!!! I could do the comercial of the former PC guy who made the switch (I was an Amiga guy first. You are all probably too young to remember the Comador Amiga.) I just have a few more PCisms to shed.

If someone could tell me about Qucken 2004, that would help with one.

He was born in 1953.

Anyway VPC should be fine on your Mac for what you want to do. Although I would install Windows 98 because it runs the fastest. M$ is releasing VPC7 soon, which should be even faster on you Mac. You can get the Dos version for around $60, so you can add your own version of Windows.

 

[MisterMe]

You don't understand.... I LOVE MY MAC!!!!!!!! I could do the comercial of the former PC guy who made the switch (I was an Amiga guy first. You are all probably too young to remember the Comador Amiga.) I just have a few more PCisms to shed.

If someone could tell me about Qucken 2004, that would help with one.

I am certainly old enough to spell words correctly.