Question From A Potential Pc To Mac Switcher
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:58 pm
Hi all,
with all the current debatest re switching from Pc to Mac, especially with Vista knocking on everyones door, I started to think about it again. I have some quick questions, especially regarding some native Mac software options, because I want to avoid running parallels. Dont want to waste space on my HD and money on Vista.
* Statistics software like SPSS. It is a must for me, yet SPSS is not avail. for intel macs. Any alternatives? I usually do multivariate stuff in all flavors (factor, cluster, MDS, various regressions and ANOVA's galore).
* Personal finance software (especially German variants). Something like Quicken. I know there is an American Quicken for Macs, but there is no German clone. I guess I'd need a German variant for proper online banking. Any ideas?
* What about PDA's? Don's have one, really need one. How do they interact with Mac's? Many PDA's are centered around Office, particularly Outlook. That seems to be a problem, right?
I really appreciate any help!
r.
with all the current debatest re switching from Pc to Mac, especially with Vista knocking on everyones door, I started to think about it again. I have some quick questions, especially regarding some native Mac software options, because I want to avoid running parallels. Dont want to waste space on my HD and money on Vista.
* Statistics software like SPSS. It is a must for me, yet SPSS is not avail. for intel macs. Any alternatives? I usually do multivariate stuff in all flavors (factor, cluster, MDS, various regressions and ANOVA's galore).
* Personal finance software (especially German variants). Something like Quicken. I know there is an American Quicken for Macs, but there is no German clone. I guess I'd need a German variant for proper online banking. Any ideas?
* What about PDA's? Don's have one, really need one. How do they interact with Mac's? Many PDA's are centered around Office, particularly Outlook. That seems to be a problem, right?
I really appreciate any help!
r.