outlook 2001 was the closest we ever got to a true likey likey PC version. It still had its flaws in terms of calendering, meeting rooms, notifications etc.
The entourage version has improved, but it still falls short of the Outlook version you get on windows, be it 2003 or 2007

Every year we speak to developers and microsoft at various functions, macworld etc and each year they say they are doing it...

as for the edu market, yes there is a bigger uptake on the mac platform, but nowhere near the share in the US market.

 

and who rated my previous post neg ya sad gits..it was a joke

 

Macs have been getting more affordable recently which is probably the reason for the increased popularity - a couple of years ago and the debate would probably have been much more biased towards the PC.

I run my PC stuff using parallels - just upgraded to the new version which has some rather natty features like being able to open PC apps/files directly from the Mac desktop. The only issue that I've noticed with VM ware is that you really need at double the RAM for things like SQL server and Visual Studio to run well as the Mac OS needs to retain some of the RAM for it's needs.

 

I've used both for many years at work, but always use Mac at home. When you don't need specific applications on either particular platform then why not choose the easiest to use, more reliable option ? I also think that if you use PC all day at w*rk then why not have something different at home ? Let's face it, you wouldn't decorate your home to look like your w*rk, so why emulate that environment needlessly in other ways ? I simply prefer the way they work, the way they look and the ease at which everything seems to just flow, effortlessly. My old laptop at home is 9 years old, run a measly 400mhz processor with a paltry 320mb of RAM and until recently had just a 9.8gb HDD, and yet it has run almost faultlessly and completed every task I have ever asked of it. It fried its HDD recently but I was able to recover almost everything on it, and for just £50 I sourced and fitted a 55gb item. The only other fault was with the LG DVD ROM drive which split a ribbon, and that was replace with a Superdrive for £25. It does now struggle with larger video files and I intend to upgrade it soon. The OS has been solid since the first install of OSX and all the subsequent updates, but I can't run the latest (10.5 Leopard) as it just can't. At w*rk I run nine 8+yo G4 Quicksilvers with 933mhz and 2gb RAM, and they have also never seen an engineer. This longevity brings the baseline cost of a Mac down to below that of an equivalent PC, which are usually replaced or upgraded much more frequently.
To summise, for home use, surfing, mail, calendar, pics, vids, music, TV & DVD they are faultless. Unless you need something PC specific, you don't need a PC, so it's then just personal choice as to whether you try something different or not. The lack of virus's and not needing the related protection or constant paranoia is another major plus.

 

I think its looking to be MAC for home and PC for work.. I like the way we haven't had any fan boy posts !!

Kept the thread on track, Thanks !!!

 

b everytime for me. Yes its like using vmware but the difference is its usable! Ive got a 2gig imac and use images for sql server and vs2005 and its just like sitting at a pc. Ive got a lappy with 4gb in and it still seems sluggish when I have to use vmware images to do any work.

Gary

 

wow.. mac is shooting ahead now !

 

I voted ages ago but just got round to posting.

I switched to Mac about 18 months ago with a G4 Powerbook as I needed a mobile pic editing machine.

Since then I have bought a Mac Mini and haven't looked back. Since the day the Mini turned up, my windoze box hasn't been switched on once!!!!

I do intend keeping the Wintel box but only as a raided server. Whether or not the box stays Xp or goes samba is yet to be decided.

 

It depends what you do for work. It is useful (for me anyway) to have played with lots of things at home on my PC and then know more at work.

Steve

 

I've got both at home. Mac Mini as my "Media server" which is used on my TV. Can't fault it. For general stuff, browsing etc think it's fantastic.

There are things I struggle with, video editing on it puts a bit of a strain on it compaired to my PC, but the mini wasn't really build (or bought for vid editing).

If I could afford it I would replace my AMD tower with a Mac Pro... but that eats heavily into my track day budget for 2008. I might "make do" with the much rumored updated MacBook Pro !