Steve
Sun Jan 09 14:04:24 CST 2005
Have you heard they've actually got some kind of crazy flying machine a man
can actually ride inside! An I hear tell up North they've even got movin'
pitchers!
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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"John" <mjensen@theriver.com> wrote in message
news:mjensen-3F16F1.11351709012005@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <0698A366-FE1C-4C98-BA9B-70C01639DAF7@microsoft.com>,
> "shawad2" <shawad2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> I have MS Project 97 for the PC and something equivalent for the Mac.
>> There
>> are a lot of users at my company and we all have Project 97. We were
>> planning to upgrade to the 2003 series of products, but it looks like
>> Project
>> will be a problem. Can you add the capability to do this directly.
>
> shawad2,
> You mention a couple of things that beg a few questions.
>
> First you indicated that both PCs and Macs are used in your company. Be
> aware that MS stopped upgrading and supporting Project for Mac several
> years ago. The "latest" version that runs directly on a Mac is version
> 4.0 which is equivalent to Project 97 for the PC. How many users at your
> company have Macs compared to PCs? Normally the proportion is many PCs
> and a few Macs but some companies that do a lot of graphics or photo
> work may have the opposite blend. If you still need to use Project on
> Macs, then you basically have two choices - don't upgrade (i.e. stick
> with Project 97) or upgrade to a later version (it doesn't have to be
> Project 2003) but plan on using Virtual PC on the Macs (that is what I
> use).
>
> Everybody likes to think that newer versions are better. Well, taint
> necessarily so. The latest versions of Project have a lot more
> functional capability and more whistles and bells, but sometimes all the
> users need is good basic scheduling software. The determining factor is
> compatibility among users within your company and outside your company.
> If Project 97 is really doing everything you need and you don't need to
> share Project information with outside users who have later versions,
> then why upgrade?
>
> Anyway, that's my two cents. And no, I don't have a cell phone but I do
> drive a horseless carriage.
>
> John