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Monthly General Meeting
Running PC Programs on a Mac
Wednesday August 20, 2008
This is the FOURTH time we are offering the same presentation
You asked for it, you got it :-)
As before, pre-registration is required
There are several ways to run PC programs on a Mac. One is Boot Camp, which is free from Apple. The down
side is that you need to shut down one OS and re-boot the other. Also, you can't cut and paste between
applications running in different OSs. Another approach is virtual. Using Parallels Desktop for the Mac software,
Windows and OSX can both be running at the same time (assuming the Mac has the newer Intel chips). Why bother?
Most programs are written for one operating system only. I am an architect, the bricks and mortar kind.
I have always been involved with graphics; the Apple was by far the better graphic choice when I started except they
had zero architectural programs, so I bought a PC and had Font Envy during the early years.
The PC had a very good architectural program, DataCAD that I still use today. DataCAD and AutoCAD are Windows
programs. Now there are good cad programs written for the Mac but once you have invested a lot of time and money
learning one program you really don't want to start again. If Parallels had existed when I bought my first
computer it would have been an Apple.
Parallels has been updated and improved from their earlier versions. Many of the early criticisms have been
resolved. Gamers are happy because Windows-only 3D games are supported. USB ports are now recognized, setting
up a USB printer works nicely with plug and play. You can easily cut and paste files from an application running
in one OS to another application in the other OS. I hear though that file sharing is still a little tricky.
And Note: you do need to buy a copy of Windows XP or Vista.
Here is a quote from the Parallels website:
"Parallels Desktop for Mac is the first solution that gives Apple users the ability to run Windows,
Linux or any other operating system at the same time as Mac OS X on any Intel-powered iMac, Mac Mini,
MacBook or MacBook Pro. Now, users can run important Windows applications like Outlook, Project, Internet
Explorer and Visio without having to give up the functionality of their Mac desktop, even for a few minutes."
VMware also makes virtual machine software for the Mac that competes directly with Parallels.
It too lets you run Windows and OSX concurrently. This will be discussed but not demo’d at the meeting.
If you are thinking of buying a Mac, Tekserve is a very good place to go. They have had an outstanding
reputation for many years. Their advice on configuring a new machine or upgrading an old one is very worthwhile,
and if you are thinking of buying Parallels they will install it for you so you are up and running on day one.
Try to come early, the meeting starts at 6:00pm, so you can wander around and see the goodies on display.
If you like computers, or iTunes, or other high tech stuff this place is really a sight to see. Near the front
door there are two Macs that you can test drive and take a speed lap around the net.
This meeting will be co-hosted by Tekserve and NYPC. The event space at Tekserve is smaller than our usual meeting space,
so you need to pre-register. Do this by sending an email to:
TekserveMeeting@nypc.org
Be sure to include your name as well as an email address. The meeting is open to all on a first come first served basis.
NYPC has a Mac SIG, (Special Interest Group) that meets in the hotel New Yorker.
The SIG leader is Betty Henderson and her email is MacSIG@nypc.org.
We hope you become an NYPC member, and if you are a member, then be sure to tell a friend that this is
one of New York City's Best Bargains.
by William Ginsberg
6:00PM Presentation
8PM Tekserve closes
NOTE: Not our usuual location. Meets at Tekserve
119 West 23rd Street (Just West of Sixth Avenue in Manhattan)
The Meeting is Free, Open to All but Pre-Registration is Required.
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Special Speech Recognition SIG meeting
with
Guest Speaker Kimberley Patch
Thursday August 21, 2008 4PM - 6PM
At the NYPC Office
The Hotel New Yorker
481 8th Avenue at 34th Street, Room 550 (5th Floor)
TOPIC: Strategies to Make Speech Recognition Software Work Faster and Easier
... using Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Utter Command
Bring us your hardest, your most annoying speech recognition tasks!
Kimberly Patch, President of Redstart Systems, Inc., will demonstrate how to overcome your problems.
*Tired of saying 'Page Down' 'Page Down' 'Page Down'?
*Want to know how to get to where you want in a long document faster and more efficiently?
*Are websites that don't work well with speech software getting you down?
This meeting will be extremely helpful!
Never dealt with speech recognition software? Newcomers will be amazed to see what can be done completely hands-free!
More about Dragon NaturallySpeaking:
Video Demonstration by David Pogue
from The New York Times
Complete Product Information: www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking
More about Utter Command: www.redstartsystems.com/uttercommand.html
This special meeting is free and open to the public, but NYPC welcomes donations.
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Meetings
NYPC holds our General Meeting on the third Thursday of the month at 6:00 PM
(normally, but not always). We usually meet in the Auditorium of PS 41 on 11th Street
just west of Sixth Avenue (116 West 11th Street). See a Google
Map* of the area. During the summer months we meet in other air conditioned locations.
NYPC general meetings are free and open to the public.
Previous Meetings
See what you missed at our previous general meetings.
Some of our members are new to computers, while others are computer pros. Some of our meetings feature NYPC members who share their special areas of expertise such as Genealogy, Digital Photography, Photoshop, Wireless Networking, Palm PDA’s, and Treo Phones, Antivirus Protection, and Windows Tips and Traps.
Outside Speakers have included, Jeff Hawkins inventor of the Palm Pilot, David Pogue NY Times columnist, Peter Norton, the man behind Norton Utilities, Bill Gates – well you know, Andy Grove CEO of Intel, Katrin
Eismann, Photoshop Diva and author, Eric Raymond author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar. PC Magazine’s Michael Miller, Bill
Machrone, Alfred Poor and John Dvorak have also spoken at our General Meeting.
Many computer companies have sent representatives to our meetings including: Microsoft, Adobe, Intel, IBM,
Compaq, Symantec, Lotus, Novel, Trend Micro, Intuit, Olympus Cameras,
Corel, Color Vision, Pro Graphics, 4G Data Systems, Palm, Handspring, Tekserve, and Apple computers.
If there is a topic you'd like covered, send an email to Bill Ginsberg at programs@nypc.org.
PS41 is accessible by subway (A, B, C, D, E, F, Q, V to West
4th Street, or, 1, 2, 3, 9 and L to 14th Street and Seventh Avenue) and by Path
(take the 33rd Street line to the Ninth Street Station).
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