Kurtopia

Simple thoughts from the simple mind of Kurt Klinger

Dude, I’m getting a Mac!

I never thought the day would come, but within about a week, I should have a shiny new iMac on my desk at work.  I’ve never really been interested in let alone actually used anything Apple-related (yes, that includes the iPod).  But the new deputy dean at Wharton is a Mac man (complete with an iPhone to boot), so in my new position, which includes indirectly supporting him, I feel it would be a good idea for me to get some Mac experience.

My fears of switching to a Mac are somewhat mollified by virtualization software (like Parallels or VMware Fusion) that will allow me to run familiar Windows applications in the OS X environment.  Thank God for that, because I hear that Entourage is crap compared to Outlook.  I’m even wondering if I can take my current Windows Vista installation and plop it into VMware Fusion on the iMac.  That would be HOT.

And if I totally hate it, I’ll just use Boot Camp to install Vista (if that’s even supported yet) and be on my merry way.  But at least I’ll have tried!

UPDATE: I can take my current Vista installation, turn it into a VM, and use it in VMware Fusion.  Totally hot.

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