Package Purchasing Advice

[Ingo Sorke]

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[Lorinda H. M. Hoover]

If by "textual criticism" you mean the apparatus of the BHS and the NA-27, you will need the Mac Studienbibel CD-ROM, Stuttgart Original Language Collection for $149.

This collection does not include grammatically tagged texts, although the grammatically tagged LXX, BHS, and GNT can be unlocked from this CD for a total of $190.

 

If you wanted some of the other tools in the Scholar's Collection, you might want to go with one of those levels and unlock the tagged LXX separately.

 

If you choose a Scholar's collection level, you will get at least one of your English Bibles as a free unlock. For the rest, you might want to consider the Bible Bundle

 

The Graphics DVD for $189 gets you the Atlas, Timeline, and Photoguide.

 

Several German Bibles, including at least 3 of those you listed, are on the Mac Bibel Bibliothek CD-ROM for $129.

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[Ingo Sorke]

I just put everything together I'm used to from my Windows world and to function with Accordance (via phone consultation and web). With teacher discount, specials, best possible bundles, etc., it still adds up to almost $1,000.

 

No doubt it's a premier product, but Ouch - that Apple tax hurts! Haven't pulled the trigger yet; still trying to convince myself that the Mac move is worth it in the long run . . .

 

Switchers, tell me it's gonna be alright!

 

Ingo

[Tom Childers]

I just put everything together I'm used to from my Windows world and to function with Accordance (via phone consultation and web). With teacher discount, specials, best possible bundles, etc., it still adds up to almost $1,000.

 

No doubt it's a premier product, but Ouch - that Apple tax hurts! Haven't pulled the trigger yet; still trying to convince myself that the Mac move is worth it in the long run . . .

 

Switchers, tell me it's gonna be alright!

 

Ingo

Ingo,

I have been a computer user and consultant for nearly 30 years. I go back to the days before hard drives when I used cassette tapes to load programs. I know the frustration, not only mine, but from others that I have tried to help. About four years ago, I made the switch, and I must say I am much, much, more productive now. Today I can do my work without having to stop and fix something. Now, when I get a call from a friend who says, "Can you help me, I am having trouble with ..." I cringe and think to myself, "You would not be having these problems if you had a Mac." More work and less frustration -- it is never too late to make the switch -- from one who knows.

[Ingo Sorke]

Thanks, Tom.

 

I do have to say that my little Macbook shuts down in 6 seconds instead of 2+ minutes, and just when I thought I'd stay with Windows it froze (Windows 7!) and I had to deal with force-restart, secure mode, etc. Is that what they call predestination?!

[Timothy Jenney]

Thanks, Tom.

 

I do have to say that my little Macbook shuts down in 6 seconds instead of 2+ minutes, and just when I thought I'd stay with Windows it froze (Windows 7!) and I had to deal with force-restart, secure mode, etc. Is that what they call predestination?!

 

I think they call that double-ended predestination: some [computers] are predestined to long, even "eternal" life as productive members of the Kingdom of God; others are predestined to damnation. I find it interesting how religious language permeates the computer world. For instance, when I import a DOS file into my Mac, the first thing I have to do is "convert" it, so it can be "saved" on my hard drive. Oh yes, and let's not forget that Windows machines must regularly be "cleansed" by a virus checker so that they don't become "corrupted," while Macs are largely "free" from such attacks.

 

Is it any wonder so many of God's people use Macs? ;-)