Using Powerbook Windows Apps

All this started happening when I decided to try installing Windows on Boot Camp again. ...

and often the cursor and certain windows disappear off the screen. ...

Welcome to the wonderful world of Macintosh! I'm a Mac convert after using Windows PCs my entire computing life, and I can't ever imagine going back after using Apple computers for the past few years. ...

In any event, I found myself using Windows for almost the first time in my life, and it was quite a experience. ...

was made using Rhapsody based tools on my Rhapsody systems. ...

for example, if a processor was rated for 50,000 hours of life, then using all 50,000 in one swell foop or using 10,000 then resting then using another 10,000 and resting and so on until you reached 50,000 is the same thing. ...

I hate to advocate turning off your mac, rather than sleeping it, but it does use less power when asleep. Yes, I know its only a couple of watts (I think i read somewhere that a FlatScreen iMac uses ~5W when asleep, ~3 when 'off'), but over the course of the year, it all adds up. Why should this bother you? I dunno, most likely it doesnt. But, if as everyone leaves their...

Personally I am ready to kiss the PPC goodbye - just like I kissed my 68040 goodbye. My mac experience, over the years, has gotten better. I started using a mac with the Mac (68000). For a little while I backsteped to an Apple IIGs (running a MOS6502), then to Performa 635CD --> PowerMac G3 B&W --> PowerBook TiG4. The OS has gotten better, the hardware has gotten better. I...

thanks, that was most helpful. from what i've read about virtual pc, i guess it would be a solution to consider, since i can edit the assembly code directly in mac osx and then move the source code to windows running under virtual pc (it seems to be possible)... i'll mainly just be running some DOS applications under windows... i guess someone that's getting a degree on...

I find that it's perfect for those tasks, basically for doing productive things in general, and I enjoy using it much more than any other laptop I've ever owned. ...