From: "John Beamish" 

Moneydance is exactly the one I was looking for.  Couldn't remember the
name and didn't want to restrict thought processes so I tried to make my
request as generic as possible.  Thanks for quick -- and decidedly spot-on
-- reply.


On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:24:56 -0400, Rich Gauszka  wrote:

> I haven't tried it but moneydance has cross platform capability and has
> gotten good reviews. They offer a free trial download for Windows, OSx
> and
> Linux
>
> http://moneydance.com/
>
>
> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.tb26woxpm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
> Speaking of Quicken ...
>
> other than Money, what are the Windows alternatives?
>
> On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 10:18:16 -0400, /m  wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm looking to get Quicken and this newsreader working under Parallels
>> (or VMWare).  At that point, about 95% of my usage will be on the
>> MacMini.  The other pieces of the 95% are browsing and email.  Opera has
>> released the Intel-capable Mac version, and for email I'll probably use
>> the OS-X email client for my main accounts, and something like Eudora
>> for my gaggle of secondary accounts.
>>
>> So far for me, the MacMini has been excellent for my media stuff.  The
>> iLife apps which come with OS-X are very good.  iPhoto is especially
>> excellent.
>>
>>  /m
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 10:03:40 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"

>> wrote:
>>
>>> Parallels has worked well for me with 2K but my needs for 2k are quite
>>> simple on the mini.
>>>
>>> They have a good support forum at
>>>
>>> http://forum.parallels.com/index.php
>>>
>>> I'm still waiting for the rumored VMware though as I have several
>>> canned
>>> apps that I'd like to transfer and VMware also quite a few
>>> preconfigured
>>> apps for the dl
>>>
>>>
>>> "/m"  wrote in message
>>> news:gutca2prv714ndikckvomh7sdsv0got89c{at}4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>> How's Parallels working for you?  I also equipped my Mac mini worth
>>>> 2Gb,
>>>> planning to use VMs.   I'd like to get this bulky Windows off my
>>>> desktop...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  /m
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 08:58:11 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>>>> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> George,
>>>>>
>>>>> Yep,  I have a Mac Mini in the living room for use as
a media pc. I
>>>>> configured mine with 2GB of RAM though as I'm using
the Parallels
>>>>> virtual
>>>>> software  ( www.parallels.com ) to run Win 2k in place
of using the
>>>>> Apple
>>>>> dual boot XP/wga stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> In use the mini's worked quite well but I had had
problems with the
>>>>> scheduling of sleep mode ( doesn't always work for me)
so now I just
>>>>> schedule a daily power off/on cycle ( never fails ). I have had
>>>>> several
>>>>> hangs when I had the mini set to turn my plasma
display off after
>>>>> several
>>>>> hours of idle time ( it would never wake the display
up again ) so I
>>>>> avoid
>>>>> that now.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using the Apple wireless keyboard but ditched the
Apple wireless
>>>>> mouse
>>>>> for Logitech 2-button ( makes life easier )
>>>>>
>>>>> Apple just released the 10.4.7 software update which I
applied last
>>>>> night
>>>>> so
>>>>> maybe the sleep/saver glitches are gone
>>>>>
>>>>> As a Mac neophyte I found the O'Reilly book 'Switching
to the Mac
>>>>> Tiger
>>>>> Edition' by Progue and Goldstein quite useful
>>>>>
>>>>> I had some problems finding a usable 'universal'/intel
AC3 codec and
>>>>> finding
>>>>> the usable DivX software ( had to use the beta ) but
they've just
>>>>> announce
>>>>> the 'universal' version of 6.5.1 on 6/29 ( haven't
tried it yet )
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been using http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/  and
>>>>> http://www.versiontracker.com/macintel/ to locate
software for the
>>>>> mini.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "George Sherwood"
 wrote in message
>>>>> news:44a6208c{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> Rich,
>>>>>>    Did I remember correctly that you recently
bought a Mac?  I am
>>>>>> seriously moving in that direction and was
wondering what  you
>>>>>> purchased
>>>>>> and how it has worked?  I was thinking of the Mac
Mini with 1GB RAM
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> 100 GB HardDrive.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> George
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>>> news:44a55c3b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> Tried to go onto the wga forum and received this
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your user acount has been banned. Visit here
for more info.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
-----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> Naturally the link to visit has nothing to do
with the banning
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?WS=communities
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I reckon they only wish happy news
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
>

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