[DM-MUG] Fwd: Re: Software Q

CW Smith dmmug@dmmug.org
Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:28:20 -0600


An iBook G4 running Mac OS X Panther and either M$ Office 2004 or OpenOffice
(free, openoffice.org) should work just fine with the office network and
applications, and runs $999 - $1799

QuickBooks, Office, Explorer, Outlook (Entourage) are all available for OSX.

Peace,
CW

On 1/17/05 4:24 PM, "Victoria L. Herring" <vlherring@herringlaw.com> wrote:

> Friend of mine has a job with organization wth following system at
> office = she needs to get a laptop so can work there and elsewhere
> and to keep price under $1400 if possible.  She now has her own 15"
> Powerbook G4, but that's not for this use.  Any sugg. of what she can
> do to stay able to use a Mac but work well with the system at the
> office...?
> 
>> The system here is:
>> MS Windows XP Professional, Version 2002 Service Pack 1
>> Dell Pentium 4 CPU 2.80 GHz
>> Programs:
>> Office 2003 Word, Excel, Publisher
>> Act! 2000
>> Explorer and Outlook
>> Quick Books Pro 2005
>> 
>> Need to read and burn CDs



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