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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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 Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:02 am Post subject: Korea internet banking on a Mac? |
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has anyone - does anyone - do this?
I signed up today at Standard Chartered for their internet banking but when I came home and tried to start the setup through the website it's not working - seems there's an ms dos executable file that needs to download on my harddrive but it's no go.
you can't run an msdos exe file on macs can you? (and no i don't use boot camp - that's not going to happen so don't even mention it)
fyi, i'm running a macbook pro, os x.4 tiger
the program from the bank's website is to secure my nb for transactions - jees - i'm hoping i can do this!  |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:02 am Post subject: |
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 Pretty sure you can't but, it's a MAAAAAC! Bout as useful as an ipod. |
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ulsanchris
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: take a wild guess
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| Korean banking and pretty much all e-commerce in korea rely on activeX. Which is rather stupid since it is easily exploited and so unsafe microsoft didn't use it on Vista. Since activeX doesn't run on macs you can't do online banking in korea with a mac. |
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ulsanchris
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: take a wild guess
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| I forgot to add. Way to go financial hub of Asia. WOOHOO! |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:38 am Post subject: |
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| spliff wrote: |
| Pretty sure you can't but, it's a MAAAAAC! Bout as useful as an ipod. |
yeah I bet you wish you had one |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| ulsanchris wrote: |
| Korean banking and pretty much all e-commerce in korea rely on activeX. Which is rather stupid since it is easily exploited and so unsafe microsoft didn't use it on Vista. Since activeX doesn't run on macs you can't do online banking in korea with a mac. |
I sort of thought this after all K websites always need IE to work - then today they were trying to hand me a floppy disk with my reg cert on it - I'm like - I have a mac - it's new - no floppy - do you understand? no floppy? they just kept looking at me... 
hmmm, yeah, not a financial hub brownie point, more like a financial toilet plunger - great big sucking sound |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:51 am Post subject: |
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My wife keeps her certificate on a USB key.
She uses a PC though. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| moosehead wrote: |
| spliff wrote: |
| Pretty sure you can't but, it's a MAAAAAC! Bout as useful as an ipod. |
yeah I bet you wish you had one |
Yeah, just think, then I'd have to go to a PC bong to use my internet banking...that's real secure! |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not going to a pc bong - I'll just use my old windows machine I kept -  around for all those who are trapped in a time warp and don't yet understand higher technology of the mac |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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Unfortunately 90% or more of Korean websites require windows with IE...talk about sucking Microsoft's BIG ONE...I know macs are a minority of computers out there, but they are gaining popularity as people look for something different and NOT microsoft.
I won't run boot camp either. I have a windows machine, but honestly I wish I could exist without ever having to use windows again.
Oh and Spliff...I saw your outstanding offer of 1.2mil on a 2mil macbook pro...does that mean you were just looking to scam a guy and make a quick buck on a resale, or you really want to be a mac owner, just for a lower price? |
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agoodmouse
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
Location: Anyang
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:25 am Post subject: |
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| You can use VMWARE or Parallels to run Windows on your mac. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:18 am Post subject: |
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| agoodmouse wrote: |
| You can use VMWARE or Parallels to run Windows on your mac. |
but I don't WANT to run win on my mac - !! she's in good shape and I want to keep her that way |
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agoodmouse
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
Location: Anyang
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| moosehead wrote: |
| you can't run an msdos exe file on macs can you? |
| moosehead wrote: |
| and no i don't use boot camp - that's not going to happen so don't even mention it) |
| but I don't WANT to run win on my mac - !! she's in good shape and I want to keep her that way wrote: |
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Har, har, har. You have to run software virtualization to run a windows executable on an Apple. There's no harm, really. However, as you're unwilling to do this, which is your only option -- you will have no success. FYI: both VMWare and Parallels run don't require hard drive partitioning. You merely install it like a regular mac program within OS X. It's a breeze. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:04 am Post subject: |
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hmmmm, well, I'll think about it -
but it's not that big of a deal not to do internet banking for my K accounts and if that's the only reason, I probably don't need to spend that time and energy and take up the drive space - it just doesn't seem that important, you know?  |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| Face it...Mac's are like ipods...expensive crap! |
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