I suppose that could be true. What would you have preferred? Should I specifiy, Macintosh Systems, OS X Tiger, OS 10.39, Apple;s version of Sun JAVA platform v. 1.42.
Or is that I can assume that those individuals reading the site might have an idea of all of the above and just call it all a MAC?
Do you have nothing better to do with your time?
Wow, I admire your bravery.
I provide onsite support SMEs. That said, I am the last to contest that Windows is a secure environment. As much as I hate saying it, that insecure environment keeps me in business.
However, switching to the MAC format in a business, now that is brave. Don't misunderstand, I like the MAC and look forward to learning the system thoroughly. However, I have business clients who have gone this route and found themselves buried in frustrations.
Why, you ask? The world is building services and software for the most common system on the market. In the majority most cases, the less popular platforms, such as the MAC are left behind.
I spent hours recently trying to figure out a JAVA issue for one of my business clients who switched to a MAC. The issue resides in the code on the website's end. A competent JAVA programmer could rectify this in about an hours troubleshooting. The proprietors of that website, however, refuse to update this code to work with the MAC JAVA application. If this were a small company, with a low exposure site, I could understand this. However, this particular website proprietor rhymes with Boverment. You'd think they'd want the millions of people who are the MAC users to have access to their services.?!>>!??
Forgive me, a bit of a vent there. To sum up, these issues will be a persistent part of the MAC users life. For a home user, although frustrating, I would consider it liveable. However, in a business, time is money and not be able to access the services and software that you need to do your job is a major expense that the MAC dealer always forgets to mention. Again, not holding this against the MAC, I'm holding it against the organizations who do not see fit to support this great platform.
I look forward to reading about your progress. If I may make one suggestion, leave at least one PC in your office, even if you have it shut down most of the time. Alternately, pickup Virtual PC with a copy of XPSR2.
Good luck!
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I suppose that could be true. What would you have preferred? Should I specifiy, Macintosh Systems, OS X Tiger, OS 10.39, Apple;s version of Sun JAVA platform v. 1.42. Or is that I can assume that those individuals reading the site might have an idea of all of the above and just call it all a MAC? Do you have nothing better to do with your time?
Wow, I admire your bravery. I provide onsite support SMEs. That said, I am the last to contest that Windows is a secure environment. As much as I hate saying it, that insecure environment keeps me in business. However, switching to the MAC format in a business, now that is brave. Don't misunderstand, I like the MAC and look forward to learning the system thoroughly. However, I have business clients who have gone this route and found themselves buried in frustrations. Why, you ask? The world is building services and software for the most common system on the market. In the majority most cases, the less popular platforms, such as the MAC are left behind. I spent hours recently trying to figure out a JAVA issue for one of my business clients who switched to a MAC. The issue resides in the code on the website's end. A competent JAVA programmer could rectify this in about an hours troubleshooting. The proprietors of that website, however, refuse to update this code to work with the MAC JAVA application. If this were a small company, with a low exposure site, I could understand this. However, this particular website proprietor rhymes with Boverment. You'd think they'd want the millions of people who are the MAC users to have access to their services.?!>>!?? Forgive me, a bit of a vent there. To sum up, these issues will be a persistent part of the MAC users life. For a home user, although frustrating, I would consider it liveable. However, in a business, time is money and not be able to access the services and software that you need to do your job is a major expense that the MAC dealer always forgets to mention. Again, not holding this against the MAC, I'm holding it against the organizations who do not see fit to support this great platform. I look forward to reading about your progress. If I may make one suggestion, leave at least one PC in your office, even if you have it shut down most of the time. Alternately, pickup Virtual PC with a copy of XPSR2. Good luck!