Apple iMac IntelCD - how feasible is it to use this as a Windows PC plse?

Get a friend who knows how to use both a Mac and PC to help you. It is bit had to tell you what will and won't work without actually what model Mac you have and what Operating System that your running.

A lot of people say that Mac are easier and more intituative to use so if that's the case you should be able to make your way round easier but that isn't true in every case.

Files like MS Office, music, video files etc will generally be capatible of both platforms but depends on a few minor technical things.

Are you trying to run Windows on this Mac?

Hi Accounting Help

Would appreciate all advice I can get from any informed source on the practicality of using my machine to behave as if it were a Windows PC. The world seems to divide into Mac and PC users so while I've a small number of friends who use Mac, they don't know anything about Windows; and the Windows user friends don't use Mac!

I've business contacts of a friend who knows how to use both systems (I think) but I'll have to be very careful to limit the questions I ask so I'm not a nuisance. I can also get short free tutorials on using Mac from the Leicester Apple store (but haven't yet discovered whether any of their staff know enough about Windows to advise me on my machine's useability as a purely Windows machine).

I think my basic questions are can I copy over my Windows filing system onto the Mac and extend / update it as necessary? Windows Explorer works differently to Finder - the significance of this difference is unclear to me.

My Windows computer filing system links to a unique drive (the D drive) and I'd like to do the same on the Mac (if it's got 2 or more drives). I organise my filing system into folders that make sense to a human being - eg each file for an individual client will contain everything relevant to that client, whether the material is a document, email or web page.

Dunno whether any of this info is helpful, however my Mac machine is as follows:-

Model Name: iMAc
Model identifier iMAc 4.1
Model ST3160023AS
Processor Name Intel Core Duo
SMC Version (system) 1.1f5

Any ideas please on whether I can get it to behave purely as a Windows machine?

.... and Happy Christmas!

Best wishes, Linda

Think you can get to behave as a Windows machine but not sure on this Mac. There is a Virtual Management software called bootcamp that you can use to run Windows Virtually on a Mac. This is the simplest way of running Windows on a Mac but once again some searching on google would have to be done to see if you could do that on your Mac.

Finder is pretty easy to use and it the Mac equivalent on Windows Explorer.

Will have to get back to you tomorrow with more possible suggestions as got to run.

Thanks again Accounting Help ...

Am now "off" for Christmas and won't think or do anything technological for a week -rah, rah, rah!

Enjoy

Hi,

I'm a Mac and Windows user, currently writing this on a Mac with Parallels installed to run Windows when I need it.

I've just started using the latest version of parallels and this is much better compared to my previous version. It now allows Windows applications to run almost as if they are Mac applications, which makes it much easier for those of us that are more used to using Windows.

Macs are very useful, especially in media-related areas such as web design, music and video editing. One of the things I like most about mine is the battery life which is often over five hours for me.

The best thing to do though is to use a Mac as your only computer and then only install Windows applications if you can't find a Mac alternative.

Hope this helps? Probably not...

Here is a link to the requirements needed to run the most recent version of Parallels.

System Requirements

Thanks Wicketts and Accounting Help.

Am still trying to track down / acquire missing Windows disks, then will psych myself up to tackle Mac-speak. I'll need a glass or two of summat beforehand.

Good Luck. Please let us know how you get on.