Windows XP and Appleworks

[Lew Jack]

I'm based in the UK and am trying to source Appleworks 6.1
or better(an earlier version would suffice)to operate with
Windows XP HE. My wife's a school teacher and use Macs in
school and most of her work is done on Appleworks. I'm
advised by many, including my nearest Apple dealer in
Glasgow that it is not possible.

Is this the case?

In anticipation

Lew Jack

[Mike Hall]

Appleworks is designed to work with the Mac OS, not with Windows.. trust the
local dealer..

"Lew Jack" > wrote in message
...
> I'm based in the UK and am trying to source Appleworks 6.1
> or better(an earlier version would suffice)to operate with
> Windows XP HE. My wife's a school teacher and use Macs in
> school and most of her work is done on Appleworks. I'm
> advised by many, including my nearest Apple dealer in
> Glasgow that it is not possible.
>
> Is this the case?
>
> In anticipation
>
> Lew Jack

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Lew Jack > typed:

> I'm based in the UK and am trying to source Appleworks 6.1
> or better(an earlier version would suffice)to operate with
> Windows XP HE. My wife's a school teacher and use Macs in
> school and most of her work is done on Appleworks. I'm
> advised by many, including my nearest Apple dealer in
> Glasgow that it is not possible.
>
> Is this the case?


Yes, the advice you've gotten is correct. It is not possible.

Apple software and PC software are not compatible, although there
are some products that are made in versions suitable for both.

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Ken Blake
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[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Why would you NOT trust your local Apple dealer?

"Lew Jack" > wrote in message
...
> I'm based in the UK and am trying to source Appleworks 6.1
> or better(an earlier version would suffice)to operate with
> Windows XP HE. My wife's a school teacher and use Macs in
> school and most of her work is done on Appleworks. I'm
> advised by many, including my nearest Apple dealer in
> Glasgow that it is not possible.
>
> Is this the case?
>
> In anticipation
>
> Lew Jack

[Comp Guy]

While that is correct. It is very foolish just to "trust the local
dealer..", as too many of them lie to make a sale.


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"Mike Hall" > wrote in message
...
> Appleworks is designed to work with the Mac OS, not with Windows.. trust
the
> local dealer..
>
> "Lew Jack" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm based in the UK and am trying to source Appleworks 6.1
> > or better(an earlier version would suffice)to operate with
> > Windows XP HE. My wife's a school teacher and use Macs in
> > school and most of her work is done on Appleworks. I'm
> > advised by many, including my nearest Apple dealer in
> > Glasgow that it is not possible.
> >
> > Is this the case?
> >
> > In anticipation
> >
> > Lew Jack
>
>

[Comp Guy]

lol :o)
And remember, G5s are the fastest personal computers.





(C) Apple Computers. The G5 was specially configured, and the Dell computers had hyper-threading disabled.

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"Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" > wrote in message ...
> Why would you NOT trust your local Apple dealer?
>
> "Lew Jack" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm based in the UK and am trying to source Appleworks 6.1
> > or better(an earlier version would suffice)to operate with
> > Windows XP HE. My wife's a school teacher and use Macs in
> > school and most of her work is done on Appleworks. I'm
> > advised by many, including my nearest Apple dealer in
> > Glasgow that it is not possible.
> >
> > Is this the case?
> >
> > In anticipation
> >
> > Lew Jack
>
>

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Comp Guy > typed:

> While that is correct. It is very foolish just to "trust the
local
> dealer..", as too many of them lie to make a sale.


Yes, and many of them don't lie, but just have no idea what they
are talking about. Selling computers and parts in a local store
is a low-paid job; in many cases it doesn't pay more than minimum
wage. For the salaries these people are paid, it's very difficult
to get informed people. If they knew anything, they'd have a
better job.

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Ken Blake
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>> Appleworks is designed to work with the Mac OS, not with
Windows..
>> trust the local dealer..
>>
>> "Lew Jack" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > I'm based in the UK and am trying to source Appleworks 6.1
>> > or better(an earlier version would suffice)to operate with
>> > Windows XP HE. My wife's a school teacher and use Macs in
>> > school and most of her work is done on Appleworks. I'm
>> > advised by many, including my nearest Apple dealer in
>> > Glasgow that it is not possible.
>> >
>> > Is this the case?
>> >
>> > In anticipation
>> >
>> > Lew Jack

[Jim Macklin]

MS WORKS and AppleWorks are not the same, but they may be
able to read and write cross platform if the files are saved
in a compatible form, perhaps transferred by TCP/IP. But
without an emulator on one or both computers, the file
formats are not compatible.


"Comp Guy" > wrote in message
...
| While that is correct. It is very foolish just to "trust
the local
| dealer..", as too many of them lie to make a sale.
|
|
| --
| Please be polite.
| ------
| "Mike Hall" > wrote in message
| ...
| > Appleworks is designed to work with the Mac OS, not with
Windows.. trust
| the
| > local dealer..
| >
| > "Lew Jack" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > > I'm based in the UK and am trying to source Appleworks
6.1
| > > or better(an earlier version would suffice)to operate
with
| > > Windows XP HE. My wife's a school teacher and use Macs
in
| > > school and most of her work is done on Appleworks.
I'm
| > > advised by many, including my nearest Apple dealer in
| > > Glasgow that it is not possible.
| > >
| > > Is this the case?
| > >
| > > In anticipation
| > >
| > > Lew Jack
| >
| >
|
|

[Mike Hall]

I wouldn't trust a local dealer if he told me that green grass was in fact
green.. but in this case, the dealer was right.. it could just have been a
lucky guess, however..

"Comp Guy" > wrote in message
...
> While that is correct. It is very foolish just to "trust the local
> dealer..", as too many of them lie to make a sale.
>
>
> --
> Please be polite.
> ------
> "Mike Hall" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Appleworks is designed to work with the Mac OS, not with Windows.. trust
> the
> > local dealer..
> >
> > "Lew Jack" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I'm based in the UK and am trying to source Appleworks 6.1
> > > or better(an earlier version would suffice)to operate with
> > > Windows XP HE. My wife's a school teacher and use Macs in
> > > school and most of her work is done on Appleworks. I'm
> > > advised by many, including my nearest Apple dealer in
> > > Glasgow that it is not possible.
> > >
> > > Is this the case?
> > >
> > > In anticipation
> > >
> > > Lew Jack
> >
> >
>
>

[Comp Guy]

lol

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Please be polite.
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"Mike Hall" > wrote in message
.. .
> I wouldn't trust a local dealer if he told me that green grass was in fact
> green.. but in this case, the dealer was right.. it could just have been a
> lucky guess, however..
>
> "Comp Guy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > While that is correct. It is very foolish just to "trust the local
> > dealer..", as too many of them lie to make a sale.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Please be polite.
> > ------
> > "Mike Hall" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Appleworks is designed to work with the Mac OS, not with Windows..
trust
> > the
> > > local dealer..
> > >
> > > "Lew Jack" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > I'm based in the UK and am trying to source Appleworks 6.1
> > > > or better(an earlier version would suffice)to operate with
> > > > Windows XP HE. My wife's a school teacher and use Macs in
> > > > school and most of her work is done on Appleworks. I'm
> > > > advised by many, including my nearest Apple dealer in
> > > > Glasgow that it is not possible.
> > > >
> > > > Is this the case?
> > > >
> > > > In anticipation
> > > >
> > > > Lew Jack
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Dwight Stewart]

"Lew Jack" wrote:
> I'm based in the UK and am trying to source
> Appleworks 6.1 or better (an earlier version
> would suffice) to operate with Windows XP
> HE. My wife's a school teacher and use Macs
> in school and most of her work is done on
> Appleworks. I'm advised by many, including
> my nearest Apple dealer in Glasgow that it is
> not possible.


AppleWorks for Windows version 5.0.3 works just fine with Windows XP. The
same with version 6.2.7. In fact, since your wife is a teacher, she may even
be able to get an educational discount. See...

http://www.apple.com/education/k12/products/appleworks/

Of course, you'll have to check Apple's UK web site to find if anything
similar is available there if you can't order from the US.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

[Dwight Stewart]

"Mike Hall" wrote:
> Appleworks is designed to work with the
> Mac OS, not with Windows.. trust the
> local dealer..


I have AppleWorks for Windows running under XP and it is a fine program.
In fact, its import and export capabilities are very impressive, which makes
it an excellent cross platform tool. However, it's not a bad program even
for those who have no need to transfer files to and from the Mac platform.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/