Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-29 Thread J.J. Merrick
Um, I have right click... 2-finger on the trackpad/magic trackpad and right-click on the magic mouse... so I can't missing something that I have :-) Oh and I do everything and more! I have a *nix based machine under my belt. Way better then any windows machine. I switched back in 2008 and

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-29 Thread J.J. Merrick
My father-in-law is a teacher and they are buying a MBP this week and making the switch. He got Office 2012 doe the mac for $25 educational price. On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Bruce Sorge sor...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of the mac way , I currently use ms office and my axiom professors

RE: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-29 Thread Pierre Demester
Responding to several different questions. I have a couple MBP's (13, 15, and 17)... and also a MacPro... all with XP, Vista, or Win 7 (multiple test platforms). Each MBP and MacPro has Parallels and Team Viewer installed. Parallels will let you run windows software on the Mac. Just about

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-29 Thread Cameron Childress
All good input for a newbie to Mac. Parallels has been slow as crap for me every time I open it, to the point of being completely worthless to me. Anything special you've done to speed it up? Maybe I just have bad luck? -Cameron On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Pierre Demester

RE: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-29 Thread Pierre Demester
) will probably help. -Original Message- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 9:23 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Going to the MAC side All good input for a newbie to Mac. Parallels has been slow as crap for me every time I open it, to the point

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-29 Thread Cameron Childress
Ah - so really, you are booting into Windows. I use OSX exclusively and Parallels is just something I use very very occasionally. I already have my RAM maxed out and I don't think I will ever want to boot directly to Windows (so I don't have Boot Camp installed). Mainly I was curious about

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-29 Thread J.J. Merrick
I use a VM to be able to run SQL server express and have CF on the OSX talk to it. It work really nicely and have had no issues with it. When I am not doing dev on the system I need the SQL server on I just shut down the vm which freezes it and then boots right back up to the same state. Getting

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-29 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:01 AM, J.J. Merrick j...@panos.cc wrote: I use a VM to be able to run SQL server express and have CF on the OSX talk to it. It work really nicely and have had no issues with it. Yeah, I have an old laptop running Windows here in the office that I use for that, or

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Erika L. Rich
Question for the hardcore dev's ... of course I am sure it's silly. Can you really do everything you need on the Macbook? And how often do you miss right-click for the context menu? (for the right handers of course) ~| Order

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Erika L. Rich
Oh and one more. Does installing an instance of windows really let you run all the little windows programs you've gathered over the years that you can't live without? On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Erika L. Rich elr...@ruwebby.com wrote: Question for the hardcore dev's ... of course I am

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Tony
two finger tip click on the trackpad is right click. I use VMware fusion and by use I mean never but it's there I'm case Erika. On Monday, May 28, 2012, Erika L. Rich wrote: Oh and one more. Does installing an instance of windows really let you run all the little windows programs you've

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Vivec
Yes I got Parrallels and find it better than running a separate instance of windows through VM Ware etc. etc. The windows programs are side by side with the MAC programs on my screen, seamlessly. You don't realise that you are running two separate OSes. The only thing Parallels doesn't handle

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Erika L. Rich
I dont need any games. Never game on the computer, so that's ok. I just don't want to lose what I have already invested in. this laptop of mine is starting to make crunching noises and after 6 years, I think that might be the death knell. So researching now. It may last another 2 years. Who

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I use the right click button when I have a mouse. Otherwise use the control button, as in control-click. On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Erika L. Rich elr...@ruwebby.com wrote: Question for the hardcore dev's ... of course I am sure it's silly. Can you really do everything you need on the

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Larry C. Lyons
yes. On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Erika L. Rich elr...@ruwebby.com wrote: Oh and one more. Does installing an instance of windows really let you run all the little windows programs you've gathered over the years that you can't live without? On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Erika L.

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Larry C. Lyons
VMWare, Parrellels and Virtual Box all have a seamless mode where you can set up a windows application and it will just look like an application in your dock or in the applications folder. But for SSMS and SQL Server, I rarely do work on the windows side. I have all the needed programs on the mac

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.comwrote: I use the right click button when I have a mouse. Otherwise use the control button, as in control-click. Yeah it's only the mighty mouse that doesn't have a right click, that mouse sucks anyway. I'm currently using

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Larry C. Lyons
a real b*tch to use if you're left handed. btw does anyone have a recommendation for a diff tool for OSX like WinMerge or Beyond Compare? On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com wrote: On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Larry C.

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Erika L. Rich elr...@ruwebby.com wrote: Question for the hardcore dev's ... of course I am sure it's silly. Can you really do everything you need on the Macbook? Absolutely. SQL Server is the single tool I cannot install locally, but an on demand AWS

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Erika L. Rich elr...@ruwebby.com wrote: Oh and one more. Does installing an instance of windows really let you run all the little windows programs you've gathered over the years that you can't live without? Running Windows in a VM blows. It's not acceptable

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.comwrote: a real b*tch to use if you're left handed. I switch between left and right hand with my mouse, depending on which wrist hurts more that day (but mostly my left). For both, I use a two button mouse with the same right

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Erika L. Rich elr...@ruwebby.com wrote: I dont need any games. Never game on the computer, so that's ok. I just don't want to lose what I have already invested in. this laptop of mine is starting to make crunching noises and after 6 years, I think that might

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.comwrote: a real b*tch to use if you're left handed. I'm only half ass left handed, eating, writing and darts. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Bruce Sorge
Speaking of the mac way , I currently use ms office and my axiom professors want all of our work in ms office format (.doc .docx). What's a good substitute? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Bruce Sorge sor...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of the mac way , I currently use ms office and my axiom professors want all of our work in ms office format (.doc .docx). What's a good substitute? I use Pages, which is Apple's word processing software. It

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Larry C. Lyons
open office is pretty good. Pages exports to a doc or docx format. I have Office for the Mac and it works really well. On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Bruce Sorge sor...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of the mac way , I currently use ms office and my axiom professors want all of our work in ms

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-28 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.comwrote: open office is pretty good. Pages exports to a doc or docx format. I have Office for the Mac and it works really well. Don't forget Google Docs :-)

Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread Bruce Sorge
This is really for all the MAC users out there, MAC haters need not reply, haha. Anyway, my Acer has outlived it's usefulness as a daily computer and I am moving up to a new Mac book pro with the Intel i7 processor, 17 display, 4GB memory and a 750GB hdd. Is this good to start with. I am new

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread Tony
no real explanations needed on anything bro. just get one, it's all intuitive. very well though out machine. On Sunday, May 27, 2012, Bruce Sorge wrote: This is really for all the MAC users out there, MAC haters need not reply, haha. Anyway, my Acer has outlived it's usefulness as a daily

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread Cameron Childress
A few things I'd say here. First, if it's n emergency, go ahead and buy it but if it's not, you may want to wait a few more months. Rumor is that Apple may be renewing the MacBook Pro line later this summer/fall and the new MacBooks may have a slimmer profile similar to the Air model. They may

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread Larry C. Lyons
nice machine. first thing upgrade it to 8 gig. I just did that with my new MacBookPro, I bought an 8 gig kit from Tiger Direct for about $50, much cheaper than the Apple price of $200. You may fine this exchange from last November useful. I just got a Macbook from work:

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
This is really for all the MAC users out there, MAC haters need not reply, haha. I'm neither a mac user or lover, but I've had to support them for my bosses in the past. Transferring data to your mac, and even back from it, should be fairly painless. One annoyance we had was with Excel

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread Larry C. Lyons
one thing I forgot to mention, download Virtual Box and set up a windows instance on it. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 11:45 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey chumph...@gmail.com wrote: This is really for all the MAC users out there, MAC haters need not reply, haha. I'm neither a mac user or lover, but

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread Bruce Sorge
Thanks Cameron. I need a new machine more like yesterday than later. I live near COlorado Springs but I am getting the machine at Best Buy because they are having a huge sale. I think that I have parallels from an older Dell purchase I made many years ago, I'll have to go see. Also I have

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread Maureen
Just FYI, Best Buy may have good prices, but their support sucketh, especially on Macs. Usually if you have a problem, the Geek Squad will just tell you they have to send it to Apple to fix, and you have to wait weeks to get it back. So don't let them talk you into the Geek Squad service

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread Cameron Childress
I second Dana's comments on Best Buy and the Geek Squad. Avoid them - buy Apple Care. IIRC, you have one year after buying the device of laptop to buy AppleCare for it. I *think* this is true. Not 100% sure. -Cameron On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Bruce Sorge sor...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread Maureen
er,,not Dana. We don't even look alike. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.com wrote: I second Dana's comments on Best Buy and the Geek Squad. Avoid them - buy Apple Care. IIRC, you have one year after buying the device of laptop to buy AppleCare for it.  I

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread Dana
uh, that was maureen. But I don't have a very good impression of them either. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.comwrote: I second Dana's comments on Best Buy and the Geek Squad. Avoid them - buy Apple Care. IIRC, you have one year after buying the device of

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread Cameron Childress
Whoops - yeah - sorry... On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote: er,,not Dana. We don't even look alike. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.com wrote: I second Dana's comments on Best Buy and the Geek Squad. Avoid them - buy

Re: Going to the MAC side

2012-05-27 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
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