[Jewelry making - Article 01272] - Re: [Orchid] Process tracking program

[Epaul Fischer]

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>      The biggest problem you will have is finding something that
>     "really works" with your Mac. Although Mac's are very good
>     computers for designing and graphics, when it comes to number
>     crunching, IBM compatible are the ones that fit the bill, when it
>     comes to number crunching, don't fight it, give in and you'll be
>     glad 

    I try not to get too involved in the whole "Mac vs. PC" argument on
    Orchid because I know I am a fanatic, but this is a statement I just
    can't let go past. All that any computer does is crunch numbers.
    "It's all ones and zeros". Mac OS X is built on UNIX, which is an OS
    that is in far greater use in number crunching world wide than
    Windows. Many countries, laboratories, educational- and research
    institutions long ago switched to UNIX (or started there) because it
    is a far more stable platform. And remember, unlike Windows Apple
    has made great strides forward every year for the last 5 years. Most
    of what you "know" about Macs likely isn't true today. 

    As I mentioned in my earlier post, any relational database program
    is (at least) theoretically capable of doing what you are asking,
    whether it runs on Windows, OS X, Solaris, Linux, or on a Commodore
    64. 

    You can run Jewelry Design Manager on a Mac using emulation software
    such as Virtual PC, Guest PC, iEmulator. There is nothing in the
    program that makes it "better" on Windows or that it wouldn't
    "really work" on Mac other than the fact that the person who wrote
    the program knew Windows programing. All it would take to port it to
    Mac would be the desire and knowledge to do so. By the end of next
    year you likely will be able to run almost any Windows application
    directly in OS X, either on the new processors or through programs
    such as Darwine.

Epaul
Aritst Member GANA - Gem Artists of North America
http://www.gemartists.org

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