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silentwarrior

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« Reply #15 on: 1 April 2003, 22:55 »
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Originally posted by The Muffin Man:


Music:
MP3's - iTunes
Ogg Vorbis - Various Players

Movies:
MPG, MOV - Quicktime
WMV, AVI, ASF - Windows Media Player
RM, RM Streams - RealOne Player

Why do you need Windows? Almost every Windoze application has a counterpart on the Mac side.

[ March 31, 2003: Message edited by: The Muffin Man ]

i liked your point..but only windows applications work on windows..not on mac..and most people use windows..so you can't share anything from them on your mac...that's why i think VPC is good...
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« Reply #16 on: 2 April 2003, 01:22 »
A Microsoft Word 2000 document made on a PC opens just fine on any Mac application that has the capibility to open Word documents.
Files aren't platform specific. Applications are, but as I was saying before, there is a Mac counterpart for any PC application you could possibly want to use.
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« Reply #17 on: 2 April 2003, 02:33 »
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Originally posted by Linux User #5225982375:
What windows programs do you need to run on a mac?  Viruses?


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« Reply #18 on: 2 April 2003, 12:21 »
come on dudes..can't anyone say good point of usin VPC...i want to buy mac so want to clarify things...you  all mean if everything works so how come mac is differnt? huh? you nuts? i want clear answers..you guyes are trying to say VPC is useless cause all win files opens on mac...useless point...  :mad:
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« Reply #19 on: 2 April 2003, 13:43 »
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Originally posted by Silent Warrior:
come on dudes..can't anyone say good point of usin VPC...i want to buy mac so want to clarify things...you  all mean if everything works so how come mac is differnt? huh? you nuts? i want clear answers..you guyes are trying to say VPC is useless cause all win files opens on mac...useless point...   :mad:  


you want clear answers when i can't even understand your totally garbled question?
did it ever occur to you that nobody will answer your VPC questions because perhaps none of the mac users here have ever needed to use a PC emulator, because their mac is so much better?
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« Reply #20 on: 2 April 2003, 15:18 »
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Originally posted by Silent Warrior:

i liked your point..but only windows applications work on windows..not on mac..and most people use windows..so you can't share anything from them on your mac...that's why i think VPC is good...


That is not true! Most Windows applications HAVE an OS X counterpart and most Windows files, even M$ Office ones, can also be opened by OS X apps. So, why get VPC really?   :confused:
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« Reply #21 on: 3 April 2003, 04:07 »
alright..alright..so you all mean i don;t need anything like VPC when i buy my mac...and nearly all windows things would work on mac..
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« Reply #22 on: 3 April 2003, 06:24 »
Ummm... I "bought" Virtual PC a few weeks ago, installed Win 98 and still have no reason to keep it occupying precious HD space...
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« Reply #23 on: 3 April 2003, 06:39 »
how much disk space does VPC needs?
and are there any advantages of VPC that you bought?? cause i want to buy mac and so thinkin to buy VPC for it...
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« Reply #24 on: 3 April 2003, 19:25 »
I'm of the opinion that you'll just waste your money on VPC. However, I do not know what kind of software you want to run on Windows. Hence, check to see if the apps you already have for windows, do have an OS X counterpart. Just to make sure.   ;)
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« Reply #25 on: 3 April 2003, 19:41 »
VPC is slow for games unless they are old DOS games. Nothing 3d or whatever. Don't expect to be running Neverwinter Nights, or Half Life on it. The newest thing I was able to run on it (with some bugs) was Fallout 2. Now that it has a Mac port I don't need to bother anymore.

VPC is good to have if your into old DOS RPG's like me. I like the early Ultimas, SSI games, and Wasteland alot. But it's not like a REAL PC. My advice, save your 300 bucks and buy an old PIII or something along with your Mac.
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« Reply #26 on: 4 April 2003, 01:32 »
Alright...so what do i do if i want to run some of the win appz like Fruity Loops on mac? i have Fruity Loops and donm;t want to but new for mac...so is there any other alternatve to VPC? on which i can run my win games like Medal Of Honor,max payne..i don't want to spend money on buying new things for mac which i already have for windows...
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« Reply #27 on: 5 April 2003, 18:08 »
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Originally posted by Silent Warrior:
how much disk space does VPC needs?
and are there any advantages of VPC that you bought?? cause i want to buy mac and so thinkin to buy VPC for it...



It takes some space (the app itself), approx. 50 MB. (I'm using vers. 5.0.4), but each Windows OS you install on your HD takes some space too depending on the OS.
MS-DOS can take less than 50 MB., but Win Ex-Pee can suck 2 GB. of disk space. My sincere suggestion: If you wanna use Windows programs, run them on a PC. VPC is a good emulator, but its performance is (obviously) not good. Consider this: If Windows on a PC sucks a lot imagine how much sucks inside a Mac. And like some people said, everything you wanna do with a computer has a Mac-native program to do it... Buy a Mac. Live well. And God bless. Hope it can help!!
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« Reply #28 on: 12 April 2003, 23:05 »
Max Payne and medol of honor both run on mac.


As for froot loops well ..... most of the techno music and music videos you will encounter are most likely built on a mac.

Professionals often use macs. So if you want to be creative with a mac you will have to use professional software.
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