http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/ XenoDream users Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:17:06 GMT Jane http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3691 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3691 I have a new router, netgear, which all my Macs are hooked up to. I guess this is a firewall? Though my kids recommend getting the light version of Zone Alarm. Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:55:50 GMT Jane http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3690 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3690 Hi Tom, I needed to hear this, as my Mac classmates are pushing me into BootCamp or the other 2 which are not easy or cheap, at least for me. The little Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:45:55 GMT Tom Robinson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3689 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3689 Jane, Forget the Lynux The Toshiba looks good the windows program is not a trial version! Windows is easy to learn. Grand children can get you started. You Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:17:53 GMT Jane http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3688 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3688 Went to town today for dog food and decided to stop into our local Staples office store, they have a bunch of netbooks and suggested the Toshiba NB305. Will be Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:13:30 GMT Garth Thornton http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3687 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3687 XD won't run native on Linux but it will run well in WINE, and I haven't heard any reports of a distro that it doesn't work in. I would NOT recommend Linux for Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:56:31 GMT Dennis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3686 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3686 Wow, that's news to me, Tom. I've NEVER heard of any computer coming with a "temporary OS." It's common to have a trial version of Microsoft Office or some Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:50:07 GMT Jane http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3685 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3685 Hi Tom, Gee, that makes perfect sense, and would be far easier than stuffing my Mac with all sorts of Windows programs and the things I need to run them. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:25:47 GMT Tom Robinson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3684 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3684 Jane, In final reality all XD does is make digital pictures. Digital pictures are easy to move via memory cards USB sticks E-Mail and picture web sites. I Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:39:37 GMT Jane http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3683 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3683 Hi Dennis and Tom, I never thought of that, all I would need to do is transfer by USB to my Mac and not have to install any of this Windows stuff onto my Mac. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:50:31 GMT Tom Robinson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3682 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3682 I also use a similar older Acer Aspire with several version of XD for several years. As I can recall I have rendered to "completion" very few of the simplest Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:35:06 GMT Dennis Ginley http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3681 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3681 Jane, I installed the latest build of XD on my Acer Aspire when I got home from work today. I have a simple spiral rendering, and it seems to be fine. It has 1 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:56:49 GMT Jane http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3680 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3680 Hi Garth, My classmates all recommend getting the software that will make my Mac use Windows, with my huge screen. There are 3 options, but with all 3, I will Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:46:23 GMT Garth Thornton http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3679 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3679 Hi Jane, I checked the specs and there's no reason why it shouldn't work. You could copy the PSD files by network to your Mac. Download the trial version to Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:38:21 GMT Jane http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3678 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3678 I think that I should try it on my grandkids netbook first. this will be fun. If it goes OK, then I will get one. I suppose I could look into the software that Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:08:44 GMT Paul N. Lee http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3677 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreamers/message/3677 ... Well, I have never tried one of those, but if it will handle other Windows based applications, especially those that are graphic related (such as the GIMP,