Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Really, should it be that hard?

I have taken on some freelance work. I am very excited about my new projects. I have taken a leap of faith and decided to pursue a dream. I am so very excited about this.

BUT.....

I am struggling with technology. I have a MAC. H loves MAC. He has been a die hard MAC guy since he was old enough to know what a computer was. He turned me onto MACs. I get them. They are easy to use. I am by no means a technocrat, but I am competent.

Well two of the projects I have taken on, use software that only works on a PC. MMMMM. In this day and age that seems short sighted. It also does not work well with the PC emulator software that we have. The problem with Virtual PC on the MAC is that it sucks up the memory and the overall performance fails. So that is a closed avenue.

But I really want to keep these projects, so I am thinking about getting a PC laptop..... only that seems to be a daunting task as well. What to get. How much to spend, is it worthwhile?

Questions, oh questions........

2 comments:

IHateToast said...

do the pc if you must, but check email and open attachments on the mac. PCs will always be virus magnets. and you'll always be getting patches.

i'll try not to scoff.

Susan said...

right, it is a double edged sword, I tell you. It would be better if all software worked on both.....