Subj : buy a Mac, run Windows on it
To   : Warpslide
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Jul 20 2021 18:52:00

Hello Warpslide!

** On Monday 19.07.21 - 17:34, Warpslide wrote to August Abolins:

 W> One thing I NEVER got working on the Mac was running an
 W> envelope through the printer with Word.   It would just
 W> never work right, it was always print sideways, or off set
 W> or sometimes not at all.  Load up a Windows VM fire up Word
 W> for Windows and BOOM!  Perfect printed envelope every time.

I would never imagine nor expect a Mac product to misbehave  
like that. (Apple/Mac being associated with quality and  
everything, that is.)   Did you scour the user groups for  
solutions?

In Windows, usually a printer issue is resolved in a driver  
update. Not sure how a Mac system would take care of a printer  
problem.

Not surprised that the MS version worked. Afterall, the Mac  
version of Word was probably just a quick recompile "for  
Windows" without properly checking full functionality?

 AA>> But... did you *have* to upgrade to Catalina or Big Sur? ...

 W> I guess I didn't *have* to, but some of the new features
 W> are neat like full iPad apps on MacOS, using your iPad as a
 W> second screen, etc.

OK.  But look what "neat" for a little while cost you.  :/


 AA>> I read about the 32bit too, but the MS links to it were
 AA>> gone by the time I heard about it.

 W> It looks like they're still there, but Microsoft makes you
 W> jump through hoops just to download a frickin' ISO.

Did you get it then?

 W> I miss Win 7 sometimes with how "simple" it seems now.
 W> Even in Win 10 I sometimes dig through the cruft to get to
 W> the "real" settings (Control Panel, System Properties, Disk
 W> Management, etc).

Win7 simply operates smooth as butter.  Both of my Win7/64 Pro  
pcs (one laptop and one DT) only ever go into Hibernation.  I  
rarely need to do a Shutdown or Restart.

[I have a 3rd pc with Win7/32 Pro, but I rarely use it at this  
time.  It too is currently in Hibernate only]

I'm not sure how my Win7's are affected by the recent Printer  
Spooler vulnerability.  I think the news said that ALL versions  
of Windows were affected.
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  ../|ug

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