Eero Ahonen wrote:

>> OTOH, I have many hundreds of pounds worth of software that won't work
>> on it. Which is fine I guess - I just keep *that* software on my PC
>> instead. But then... what exactly am I going to use this shiny new Mac
>> for? 
> 
> Desktop computing. You'll run 'bout everything you can on it and use VNC
> session to hold the Windows -PC in touch. OR you can use Parallels and
> install and use both OSX and WinXP on that MacMini.

Most LOL-inducing moments: Standing in PC World and looking at the "Why 
Mac?" sticker on the shelf.

"#7: It runs Micro$oft Office."

Uh, dude, isn't the whole *point* of a Mac to get *away* from M$ 
products? :-P

Anyway, whatever. I doubt running highly compute-intensive applications 
in Parallels is a good idea...

>> But... I don't know... Do I

> 
> No, you'll first need to find out what's it like and then decide if it's
> what you'll want.

Heh. Well. No obvious way to do that...

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