also looking for my 1st mac

[Paul]

Lol problem is that all i go is in aingles so i dont think i will do to good with rising funds that way...

[ptholt]

I use Parallels to which you can add virtual images of other operating systems (windows 7, windows xp, Google, etc, etc).
So worst case scenario if there is no osx software, use parallels and create the correct windows operating system inside the mac os.

you may find there are drivers for the cutter that will work on the mac, and it will probably depend more on your choice of software, for example corel has no mac version, so us maccies tend to use adobe illustrator, so does your cutter work with that for example.

But the get out is always using parallels so you can run another os inside your mac os.

[Paul]

thanks buddy! its great to know there is always a option
I will try that when I get my first apple

[JSR]

I've occasionally considered looking into Mac but every time I do, I think of all the software and hardware I use (all of it ancient) that I'd most likely end up having to replace.

And I figure if I'm going to enter that world of pain, I may as well just do the Linux thing. :biggrin:

Needless to say, I'm still using sub-£200 WinXP netbooks!

[Ian Mc]

Eeek! How on earth do you get anything done on those?
I'd never go back to PC in the home / photography environment. That said, I do still keep a couple of Win/Linux boxes around - you never know when you might need them.

[JSR]

Eeek! How on earth do you get anything done on those?

It's about buying/using what you need, not what you think you want ...

[ptholt]

are you still driving around in a morris minor thinking of the same analogy?

only kidding.

[JSR]

are you still driving around in a morris minor thinking of the same analogy?

only kidding.

You may laugh, but I'm the one laughing when I see people spending hundreds of pounds on ever more vast machines in order to do just what I do with a netbook. It's not what the machines are capable of that's the issue, it's the perception that people have.

[ptholt]

awww its gotta have flashing lights, make noise, look nice thats the whole fun of shopping for gadget toys

[Ian Mc]

I suppose I can agree with what your saying, JSR. I'd just have a long wait on my hand if I decided to edit 120MB TIFs on a netbook...