James, Unfortunately, in dental practice management software, the name of the game is long-term support/survival...as in survival of the company that makes the product. The deal is that there are about 4 major players in this area, and whenever a small product gets big enough, a biggie buys the company that made it, and soon thereafter comes the demise of the product, and now you are left with no support, no updates, and now have the opportunity to switch to another product, and in these cases to another platform entirely.
BTW, Virtual PC is a REAL problem, because none of the software companies will support it, and if there is a problem (and you KNOW with PC software there inevitably WILL BE), you are screwed. I even tried the demo on my 350MHz G4 Sawtooth, and ran into difficulties on a single workstation. The problems multiply exponentially with a network and with digital radiography/digital imagery software added to the mix. Bottom line: if you're gonna spend $50,000 on software, spend it on something that will last, whose company will last, whose product has been tested for a while, whose products have the state-of-the-art capabilities, etc...even if it means crossing over to the dark side. Unfortunately, it is the reality of my business. on 4/19/02 7:30 PM, James Sedgwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 4:20 PM -0600 4/19/02, Paul Stamsen wrote: >> About 2:14 pm -0400, on 4/19/02, an e-mail from David Boag sagely related: >> >> >> -> I'm new to DSL/broadband, so please bear with me. >> -> >> -> I am looking to start a business in the very near future. It's a dental >> -> practice. There are no longer ANY Mac-based dental practice management >> -> programs, so, I'll be using PC's. :-O >> - >> >> You can run PC programs on Macs. Ever hear of Virtual PC! > > Maybe go to <http://guide.apple.com/> and do a search on dental or > medical, you might be surprised > > Regards James > ___________________________________________________________ > James Sedgwick mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sedgwick & Son http://homepage.mac.com/jsedgwick/ > Information System Specialists and proud Canadians > -- Dave Boag [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
