Here's my 2 cents. Virtual PC runs very well but slowly on every Mac
I've ever put it on including my G5 iMac. At least on the G5, it
runs half way fast but on this 1.2 gig iBook, it's tedious at best.
When VPC (I have the latest version--7) is running, for all intents
and purposes you are using a PC....but I really think that you're
going to be sort of crippled trying to use it. As much as I am a
total MacAddict and even hate to say the following, I think it must
be said for you to be competitive. Get a cheap PC laptop for use at
work (there, I typed it and didn't explode). You can still exchange
information with it and your Mac. Good Luck in your new career.
Tim
On Jul 5, 2005, at 6:00 PM, Claire Hart wrote:
Possibly three weeks ago, I posted to this list that I would
probably be headed into real estate soon. I have since taken the
required courses and am waiting to take the state certification
test in a few weeks.
The company I will work with uses several pieces of software that
is Windows-based. No one has Macs. The real estate school I
attended confirmed that NO ONE in the business uses Macs. Much of
the computer use is for accessing things online, but some of it is
actually running Windows-based real estate applications which is
installed on each agent's computer. (Realtors are independent, and
therefore buy their own software, etc.) When I posted a few weeks
ago, everyone recommended that Virtual PC is the way to go.
Today I talked to the person that handles computer support for the
company I will be working for. (He is not in-house, but works
independently.) He says he has "worked" on Macs, but he doesn't
know what Virtual PC is, and he can't believe that I don't have
antivirus software running. I can tell that he has not WORKED on
Macs. He says that if he has to "support" my computer to keep it
current and to keep it virus-free, I will have to pay additionally
for his tech support. I told him that I've never in 13 years ever
paid for technical support. The last time I bought antivirus
software was for my 1993 Centris (no, that is not a car). In other
words, he doesn't understand my questions at all. I just want to
know if the software I will be required to use can run through
Virtual PC. He did tell me that the whole office runs on a
server. The word "server" is not exactly good news. I think that
the office has a staff person that installs everyone's software for
them.
After that phone call, I figured that the only thing I have to lose
is the price of Virtual PC. If it doesn't work, I'll have to go
buy a PC laptop. Either way, I'll be loading the same software
onto either my PowerBook with Virtual PC, or onto a PC laptop.
So, here is my request one more time: Is anyone out there selling
real estate, using current software that is written for real estate
agents, and accomplishing it with a Mac? Or do you know of someone
who is? Please, please, please respond if it is working for you.
Desperately,
Claire
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