[Equest-users] New computer?

Kevin Kyte KKyte at watts-ae.com
Thu Nov 17 07:40:46 PST 2011


Or if you know your laptop still works and you think it is only the software that's toast.  Consider installing Ubuntu.

From: Carol Gardner [mailto:gems at spiritone.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 1:28 PM
To: Pasha Korber-Gonzalez
Cc: eQUEST Users List
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] New computer?

Guess what? you can have everything you want.

I got a MacBook Pro in 2008. That was during Windows Vista days and I just didn't want to get involved with it. What I was originally looking for was a PC that could run a dual environment: one Vista, one XP. I spent hours, at Best Buy, while they tried to find the PC that could do it. They were still looking when a sales associate came up and whispered "go to a Mac store. They've been doing this for years.

It's true that they can do this. You will need two things: your boxed version of the Windows operating system, so they know that you bought it and a thick spin when the Mac guy says: sure I can install a dual environment, they call it Boot Camp btw, with a slight sneer. At this point you have already bought the Mac but I would recommend not even leaving the store with it. Come prepared with your discs.

It will cost you more, by which I mean the Mac and the PC, there might be a small charge for installing Boot Camp, I don't remember. I had my partition set at 75% Windows/25% Mac. That has worked well so far. I am entering my 3rd year of this arrangement and the only failure I have had has been on the PC side, when my Sound Card mysteriously disappeared.

Good luck!
Carol

On 11/16/2011 7:35 AM, Pasha Korber-Gonzalez wrote:
Hi --I want to ask if any of you have been running eQuest on a MacBook?    My back-up laptop, Dell Vostro, lost its motherboard 2 nights ago right in the middle of a Baseline model....Ugh.   It was only 2.5 yrs old.

With that crash---I'm fed up with Dells and am looking for a better laptop with enough reliability to handle eQuest.

Are there any drawbacks or advantages that I should be aware of before purchasing a MacBook?     It's nervy to switch to a Mac, being a PC so long, but after 5 Dell computers---and poor computer quality, I'm wavering from the whole PC thing anyway....

Would appreciate advice, notes or recommendations on a new, good laptop that will run eQuest with little issues...

Thanks,
Pasha




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