From: David@hotmail.co.uk   
      
   On 17/02/2026 18:55, Tom Elam wrote:   
   [....]   
   > Yesterday I took the next step and bought a MacBook Air. Probably just   
   > before the next update, but what the heck. Got almost everything up and   
   > running except 2 standalone utilites that are Windows-only. A few years   
   > back the poor state of Quicken and an M1 MacBook Pro that failed to boot   
   > 13 days after purchase derailed the process. Quicken has been updated   
   > and now works OK. I have two Windows 11 machines around that can run   
   > those utilities. This is being sent on the Air/Thunderbird.   
   >   
   > Still a few kinks to work out, thanks to Google and YouTube I'm   
   > confident I'll not be needing Parallels.   
      
      
   You won't be sorry, Tom. 🙂 It's a great machine. I have the first one,   
   an M1, which has hardly been used since I bought it for my wife!   
      
   If you need any help, pop over to 'alt.computer.workshop' - you'll   
   always find me there.   
      
   Are you already familiar with the Apple Support Communities forums?   
      
   Loads of help and advice from other users of Apple products there!   
      
   https://discussions.apple.com/learn   
      
   --   
   Kind regards,   
   David   
      
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