Regarding our ongoing discussion in Answers to Questions about Macs in the law office, TechnoLawyer member Gina MacDonald writes: "I use a Mac at the Office, with OS X and Microsoft Office for Mac 2004. All the Office features to date (4-5 months) work flawlessly both originated by me or by others with comments/corrections from me, for Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Outlook does not come for the Mac, but Entourage does, which I think is a better program than Outlook. You have a choice of Apple's Safari browser (exclusively for Mac), Firefox or IE, or can use all 3. I love my Mac — I have the 12" G4 PowerBook and recommend it highly. I am still using my IBM ThinkPad because I love my contact management program I have been using for years — Lotus Organizer. Except for that, I would be totally a Mac person." Microsoft ceased development of Internet Explorer for the Mac about two years ago. Therefore, you won't want to use it as your primary browser. Also, Entourage has very good contact management and calendar features — Gina should try those modules so that she can use just one computer.
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