| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Poll: Do you use a Mac or a PC for your translation work? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Mac with virtual Windows (Parallels)
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MAC, and I am very happy, but since I have not installed Windows (parallels), I can use only some softwares. I have Office for MAC, which is exactly the same as Windows, but the problem is about CAT tools, Wordfast is ok, Trados is not. But this depends on me, I do not want to install Windows on a MAC. It is like ruining a perfect machine
| | | | Michael Harris 
Germany
Local time: 17:00
Member (2006)
German to English
I would love to invest in a Macstation and Macbook Pro 17", but I do not find much point in having such powerful equipment and then having to put a crapy Windows partition on it so tht Trados / Across / MemoQ, etc. can work on it reliably.
As soon as these companies introduce their software so that it can run on a Mac / Macstation, then I will be there to work on them as I am just soooooo fed up of the unreliable Microsoft products!!
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I use Studio on my PC, and then I lean over to the right, in an un-ergonomic way, and do research on my Mac!
Yes, I know, I know..... I AM a computer whizz kid.
Can't help it, comes naturally......
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 17:00
Spanish to English
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PC every time, warts and all.
| | | | William Murphy
Italy
Local time: 17:00
Member (2009)
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neilmac wrote:
PC every time, warts and all.
Same here and for the foreseeable future.
I've been thinking of getting a Mac because it is the superior machine but, as others have so correctly pointed out, I would be buying a Mac just to install Windows on it, which is ridiculous. Even using Office for Mac doesn't make me feel right. Sticking with not-so-good 'ole Microsoft for now (might get a Mac for the family though...hmmm).
[Edited at 2013-03-19 09:19 GMT]
| | | | | Mac with Windows partition, | Mar 19, 2013 |
for the past 7 years. Haven't looked back! Sturdy, fast, trouble free machine.
[Edited at 2013-03-19 09:58 GMT]
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| Mac with virtual Windows | Mar 19, 2013 |
Via VMWare. Works like a charm.
| | | | | Mac forever! | Mar 19, 2013 |
I use Mac since over 25 Years, long time before it became a Status-Symbol... I'm really sad that Trados works just on PC, so I'm using now boot camp to work with Trados... Untill now I was working with Mac and Wordfast, and it was great... Now I spend a lot of time to try to use this stupid pc: virus, problems, new start... It's terrible!!! I like to use a computer to work, and not to work for the computer... I can't understand how Microsoft could have so much success with such a sh....
An... See more I use Mac since over 25 Years, long time before it became a Status-Symbol... I'm really sad that Trados works just on PC, so I'm using now boot camp to work with Trados... Untill now I was working with Mac and Wordfast, and it was great... Now I spend a lot of time to try to use this stupid pc: virus, problems, new start... It's terrible!!! I like to use a computer to work, and not to work for the computer... I can't understand how Microsoft could have so much success with such a sh....
And if agencies did not ask to work with Trados (expansive and not better then other CAT-Tools) I would never change to PC and Trados. Excuse my bad english, I konw just few words but I wonted to say my opinion... I hope you can understand what I wrote!
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I prefer Mac, but since there is no Mac version of Trados, sometimes I have to run Windows in BootCamp.
| | | | | Poll: Do you use a Mac or a PC for your translation work?" | Mar 19, 2013 |
I use a strong PC with virtualized environments for my translation jobs. Cheap, fast an secure. (Windows 8 + classic shell, Lion OS, Linux)
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| PC for now and the foreseeable future. | Mar 19, 2013 |
Desktop PC and laptop with Windows 7, and they work fine.
As far as I am concerned Windows works well. I hear a lot of complaints but I have not had any problems that I could blame on Windows or the other Microsoft software.
I know that those who own a Mac speak wonders about it, but at this point I see no reason to spend up to 70% more on a Mac than on a PC, and as long as my computers give me no problems, I will stick with them.
And if Mac is so much bett... See more Desktop PC and laptop with Windows 7, and they work fine.
As far as I am concerned Windows works well. I hear a lot of complaints but I have not had any problems that I could blame on Windows or the other Microsoft software.
I know that those who own a Mac speak wonders about it, but at this point I see no reason to spend up to 70% more on a Mac than on a PC, and as long as my computers give me no problems, I will stick with them.
And if Mac is so much better, how come 88% of respondents are using PCs?
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| | | | Rebecca Garber
Local time: 11:00
Member (2005)
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| Where was the button for Both? | Mar 19, 2013 |
I have 2 laptops, 1 of each flavor, and a CAT tool on each.
I'm even starting to warm up to the PC; it's only taken 5 years...
| | | | | Exactly the same here: | Mar 19, 2013 |
Magdalena Balibrea Vich wrote:
Via VMWare. Works like a charm.
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