[ILUG] Linux and Macs

[Walter Faleiro]

Hi Kevin,
If its not too late you might want to try crossover. I  use crossover for
linux on my Ubuntu 9.04 desktop system.
Its a paid software which allows you to install Microsoft Products.  I
currently have MS Office Professional installed though I only need to use MS
Excel, Word, Outlook.
Ofcourse you will need to spend on the Microsoft Office license too in
addition to buying crossover for linux.

Regards,
--Walter

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Kevin Philp <lists at cybercolloids.net>wrote:

> Gareth 'bigbro' Eason wrote:
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>> On 09/03/10 14:52, Kevin Philp wrote:
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>>> the future. I was going to set up Samba for the Windows users but I am
>>> now thinking I won't need to bother if Windows is going away. They are
>>> all techno-phobes and just want to type, email and make pretty
>>> presentations. I will need to integrate the laptops into the network one
>>> way or other over the next couple of months, the Mac may be an easier
>>> option - I am thinking of encouraging this Mac mania!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>        While I find OpenOffice 'Presentation' excellent, I find Keynote on
>> a
>> Mac makes the prettiest presentation for given amount of effort. It's
>> also a pleasure to present from, given any Mac laptop will understand
>> the concept of the laptop screen being different to the external display
>> (projector) and will give a presenter's screen on the internal display
>> showing the timing and the next slide - this is incredibly useful for
>> anyone giving presentations.
>>
>>        Re everything else, a Mac will do things roughly equivalently well
>> to a
>> (say) Linux laptop. I'm personally more productive for general work
>> tasks on Linux, but that's a feature of practice and experience rather
>> than Linux being innately faster or better in any way. If doing
>> multimedia, Mac is 'yer only man' (though Linux does a fine job on many
>> things now.)
>>
>>        For laptops that just work, it's hard to beat an Apple. And you can
>> always run Linux either natively or in a VM on a Macbook :)
>>
>>        Best regards,
>>        -->Gar
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> Thanks for all the comments. We will try the Mac and see how it goes.
>
> Kevin.
>
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