Okay, so this is not a QuickBooks tip. But it is a story we all can relate to. Approximately 1 1/2 years ago, I had a Lenovo computer. I always had IBM computers and now they are called Lenovo. Well, I usually spend 1.5K on a new laptop. I need it beefy due to the amount of programs and due to the fact that I need a speedy PC because I have no patience. (Bad family trait--Thanks Dad).
So, I used the Lenovo for 1/2 of a year. My printer did not ever like the Lenovo and when I was printing some pictures for my husband (I was running late for an appointment), I shut the top of the PC down to stop the print queue. Don't ever do this! I opened the screen again and lo and behold, the dreaded blue screen. It kind of looks like the old pac man screen. Very Bad!
Being very frustrated that I "fried" my hard drive on a six month old computer, I was persuaded by a friend (Mac guy) to get an MacBook. My next mistake.
Currently, QuickBooks for Mac is inferior to QuickBooks for a PC. I knew this when I purchased the Mac. The girl in the Apple store said, of course you can run windows on a Mac. I knew I would need windows since most of my clients are on a PC. They sold me VM Ware. I am pretty good wth technology. I will read directions and some of this stuff comes naturally to me. Except when it comes to a Mac. I felt like I was using my left hand as opposed to my right. I did get it to run, but Virtual PC -- just the term scares me. Do I want my data to be virtual? I know I did not for the life of me understand VM Ware. So after 6 or so more months of the Mac (another 1.5K) I put it aside. I could not get the printers to work off of it. They would work on the Mac side, but not the Virtual side. I had to keep reinstalling the printer drivers. Then one day, my Virtual side would not open. It crashed. I took it back to Apple and they wanted nothing to do with me (not their problem, the Mac side worked). Well, that is fine, but they were the ones who convinced me I could run windows "seamlessly" off of my Mac. Seamless is hardly the word I would use.
So, off to Best Buy and I buy a $650.00 Toshiba. I buy the service plan that they tell you not to waste money on. I buy the new Word/Excel office suite. Another 1K. Ugh! But, oh am I in heaven using the Toshiba. No more left hand for me. Granted, the MacBook was the most stylish and well made computer I have ever owned, but the Toshiba let me be a PC again. Hurray!
Five more months later and I try to type an email and I look at the screen and there are extra "h"s and extra "l"s all over the place. I did have a couple of keys that stuck sometimes, but now the period key doesn't work, the "n" key doesn't work and so on. I bring it to back to Best Buy and they tell me "We will have your computer back to you no later than one month". One month? Are they kidding me? This is my business PC. I cannot work without a computer for one day, let alone one month. So, what do I do?
Back to the Mac! I buy a program called "Parallels". Load it, load Windows Vista, load QuickBooks Premier, QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions, upload all of my data, set up my emails.......etc. etc. I have done this far too many times in the past year and one half. I was going to gift this MacBook to my husband, so we will have to see how I do. If this parallels thing works out okay, maybe I'll become a Mac person and be really cool. Actually, that does not fit my personality. And I will give my husband the Toshiba. His learning curve will be a lot less on that machine. We shall see how it goes.
So, I used the Lenovo for 1/2 of a year. My printer did not ever like the Lenovo and when I was printing some pictures for my husband (I was running late for an appointment), I shut the top of the PC down to stop the print queue. Don't ever do this! I opened the screen again and lo and behold, the dreaded blue screen. It kind of looks like the old pac man screen. Very Bad!
Being very frustrated that I "fried" my hard drive on a six month old computer, I was persuaded by a friend (Mac guy) to get an MacBook. My next mistake.
Currently, QuickBooks for Mac is inferior to QuickBooks for a PC. I knew this when I purchased the Mac. The girl in the Apple store said, of course you can run windows on a Mac. I knew I would need windows since most of my clients are on a PC. They sold me VM Ware. I am pretty good wth technology. I will read directions and some of this stuff comes naturally to me. Except when it comes to a Mac. I felt like I was using my left hand as opposed to my right. I did get it to run, but Virtual PC -- just the term scares me. Do I want my data to be virtual? I know I did not for the life of me understand VM Ware. So after 6 or so more months of the Mac (another 1.5K) I put it aside. I could not get the printers to work off of it. They would work on the Mac side, but not the Virtual side. I had to keep reinstalling the printer drivers. Then one day, my Virtual side would not open. It crashed. I took it back to Apple and they wanted nothing to do with me (not their problem, the Mac side worked). Well, that is fine, but they were the ones who convinced me I could run windows "seamlessly" off of my Mac. Seamless is hardly the word I would use.
So, off to Best Buy and I buy a $650.00 Toshiba. I buy the service plan that they tell you not to waste money on. I buy the new Word/Excel office suite. Another 1K. Ugh! But, oh am I in heaven using the Toshiba. No more left hand for me. Granted, the MacBook was the most stylish and well made computer I have ever owned, but the Toshiba let me be a PC again. Hurray!
Five more months later and I try to type an email and I look at the screen and there are extra "h"s and extra "l"s all over the place. I did have a couple of keys that stuck sometimes, but now the period key doesn't work, the "n" key doesn't work and so on. I bring it to back to Best Buy and they tell me "We will have your computer back to you no later than one month". One month? Are they kidding me? This is my business PC. I cannot work without a computer for one day, let alone one month. So, what do I do?
Back to the Mac! I buy a program called "Parallels". Load it, load Windows Vista, load QuickBooks Premier, QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions, upload all of my data, set up my emails.......etc. etc. I have done this far too many times in the past year and one half. I was going to gift this MacBook to my husband, so we will have to see how I do. If this parallels thing works out okay, maybe I'll become a Mac person and be really cool. Actually, that does not fit my personality. And I will give my husband the Toshiba. His learning curve will be a lot less on that machine. We shall see how it goes.
Lynda
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