Subj : WinXP
To   : TOM WALKER
From : Charles Scaglione
Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 08:22 pm

On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 06:59:00 -0400, "TOM WALKER -> CHARLES SCAGLIONE"
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 CS>> We have already decided our next ministry computer will be a Mac.
 CS>> We'll make do with what we have until the new Mac Intel machines are
 CS>> out and have been debugged.  We are even willing to spend the outlay
 CS>> needed for Mac software to take the place of what we are currently
 CS>> using.

 TW> Getting equilivent software will be the big problem. Particulalry any
 TW> type of Reference Library.

It's somewhat encouraging.  My QuickVerse supplier (from Parsons
Technology) will sell me an upgrade to my QuickVerse Deluxe but the
Mac version, at a very competitive price.  Actually the same price as
I would have to pay for the Windows upgrade.

Ministry music software will be a bit more difficult to find simply
because most of the packages available are proprietary.  Which means
they're expensive.   Church accounting and membership software is also
available for the Mac but again more expensive than equivalent Windows
versions.

However, (with tongue in cheek) when the Mac platform begins using the
Intel processors, that means most, if not all available software will
have to be recompiled to run on the Intel CPUs.  That means there may
be delays in obtaining new software.

Regards.

chscag at gmail dot com

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