On Jan 16, 2008 6:42 AM, Marvin Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca> wrote:
> Thanks. Also to others who replied. This is very helpful.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] A Mac in my future
>
>
> >
> > On Jan 15, 2008, at 7:24 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
> >
> >> b) Will I notice any difference in download time for the internet
> >> or in
> >> switching between programs?
> >
> > You shouldn't.
> >
> >> Doesn't the first depend on the ISP rather than
> >> the machine or its operating system, and the second on the amount
> >> of RAM?
> >
> > Yup to both.
> >
> >> d) I believe the Mac has something called Boot Camp which allows
> >> you to also
> >> work in Windows - but at additional cost and also more slowly, I've
> >> heard.
> >
> > BootCamp comes with the latest version of OS X, and Windows runs as
> > native code on the Intel, so there should be no sacrifice of speed.
> >
> >> Also, I've burnt most of our CD collection onto WMA files which
> >> won't play
> >> on a Mac - isn't that so?
> >
> > You can play WMAs with the Mac version of Windows Media Player and
> > with a plug-in for QuickTime. And there's a little shareware program
> > called EasyWMA that converts WMA to MP3 very quickly. THere are a
> > couple of other excellent sound conversion programs - Max and
> > SoundConverter - that can convert practically any format to
> > practically any other format.
> >
> > Doug
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