On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 08:45 +0100, Philip Stubbs wrote:
> My brother has just bought himself a MacBook. Most of the time he
> will simply be using the Internet and iTunes, but there are a few
> programs that he needs.
>
> I suggested that he use OpenOffice instead of MS Office. It appears
> that there are two versions for OS X, one that uses X11 and one that
> uses Aqua. Does anybody have any suggestions as to which one I
> recommend he install?
>
> Secondly, he has one Windows program that he really wants to be able
> to run. I have managed to run the same windows program under wine on
> Linux. What would people recommend as the best way to get a windows
> application running under OS X? Wine, Boot-camp or Virtual Box?
>
I use NeoOffice (
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php) as the
OpenOffice port (free), but splashed out the $59.95 for Codeweavers
Crossover Mac (
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/) which makes
life very simple when using (the supported) Windows programs.
Peter
