<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>Pasha --</div><div><br></div><div>I'm a complete Apple fanboy so consider my advice with that in mind. I run a MacBook Pro, VM Ware Fusion as a virtual machine and Windows XP underneath that. On the Windows virtual PC I run eQuest, AutoCad Light, Window6 and — now that LEED Online Version 3 won't work with Safari or Firefox — Internet Explorer to fill out my templates. It works mostly like a charm. I've actually done speed tests against cheaper PC laptops running the same model and my virtual PC smokes them.</div><div><br></div><div>Your milage may vary. Feel free to contact me off-forum if you have any more specific questions.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">Steve Samenski, PE, LEED AP BD+C, BEMP</span></div><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">
Vice President - Sustainable Technologies<br>
The Spinnaker Group<br>
www.thespinnakergroupinc.com</span></font></font><font size="2" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="font-size:10pt"><font color="#76923C"><b><i><br></i></b></font></span></font></font></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Pasha Korber-Gonzalez <<a href="mailto:pasha.pkconsulting@gmail.com">pasha.pkconsulting@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:35:45 -0700<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> eQUEST Users List <<a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [Equest-users] New computer?<br></div><div><br></div>Hi --I want to ask if any of you have been running eQuest on a MacBook? My back-up laptop, Dell Vostro, lost its motherboard 2 nights ago right in the middle of a Baseline model....Ugh. It was only 2.5 yrs old.<div><br></div><div>With that crash---I'm fed up with Dells and am looking for a better laptop with enough reliability to handle eQuest.</div><div><br></div><div>Are there any drawbacks or advantages that I should be aware of before purchasing a MacBook? It's nervy to switch to a Mac, being a PC so long, but after 5 Dell computers---and poor computer quality, I'm wavering from the whole PC thing anyway....</div><div><br></div><div>Would appreciate advice, notes or recommendations on a new, good laptop that will run eQuest with little issues...</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Pasha</div>
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