A friend of mine does some of my marketing on a MAC. It's killer.

I grew up on a Mac.  Before Real Estate I worked in the Advertising and Marketing business (in an agency) and we only had MAC's.  I had to switch when I went into the business, as all my online  tools only worked wth the PC platform.  My husband and child still work on MAC's and I get very sad sometimes watching them "zoom, zoom, zoom" and I plug along...

We watch the apple commercials that feature the cool MAC guy and the dowdy PC guy, and they laugh at me.

oh, well....

Shelly

I would love to have a Mac. Of course, the problem is my MLS software, Top Producer, VisualTour, blah, blah, blah!  I'm thinking of buying one anyway. It would be kind of like a really cool car that you only drive on the weekends. :)

What ever you prefer. Just don't get in an argument with a MAC user. It could be dangerous.

What's the big difference anyway?  I've never used a MAC, so have no clue what the big fuss over each is!

Mac has the answer. Mac IS the answer!!!

There's no longer any need to choose between one or the other since you can run Windows on an Intel Mac. I'm typing this post on my Intel MiniMac, where I have Windows XP running on Parallels software. It's very cool. I can move seamlessly between both operating systems.

I can even copy from system and paste into the other. Literally THE most difficult aspect of using Windows on my Mac was learning to command C on the Mac and control V in Windows to copy and paste, and vice versal. For some reason, doing it on the same computer and keyboard has been a little more difficult for me than going back and forth between my Mac and separate Windows laptop.

Setting up my wireless cable connection in Windows was effortless -- I didn't have to do a thing; it set itself up.

My Windows laptop has never been the same since the cat threw it off the desk. Now I am perfectly content to let it die in peace.

My wife's Windows laptop needs to be replaced. I've been doing my homework on Mac's. I'm replacing it with a Mac. I've found there's no need to worry about applications and interoperability. The only thing it won't run that she needs is Auto CAD.

Craig, have you looked into using Parallels on an Intel Mac to run AutoCad? The only thing so far that I've found I can't do is upload images to a certain competing real estate web site system whose initials are AA. But since I hate customizing their sites anyway, no biggie! I've also heard that sometimes things that don't work with Parallels will work with Bootcamp, but since I need to be able to switch between Mac and Windows on the fly without restarting, Bootcamp isn't an option for me.

The biggest challenge when going back and forth between Mac and Windows for me is remembering to use the Control key on the PC to copy and paste. For some reason, no problem doing that on my PC laptop, but a major challenge when working using the same keyboard for both .

for me it's always PC. Macs to me feel like they came from a different planet! Plus, to me they just look plain ugly ... no offence to anyone who likes Macs ... just a personal opinion :-)

Suzanne, yes we have. I've heard some of the same things with Parallels and Bootcamp. She still getting a feel for the Mac, keystrokes, etc... so far she loves it.

For now, we're keeping Auto Cad on the desktop. I got her the Mac Book. It's a great laptop for portability. I can see her having problems looking at detailed drawings or layers with the 13" screen. We could have gotten the Mac Book Pro, which has a bigger screen among other things. We talked about the differences between the Mac Book and the Mac Book Pro before we bought and decided on the Mac Book.

She's happy...