Macintosh... Yet again...
Macintosh... Yet again...
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Same question, a year or so later...
So Apple's now bundling their new Macs with a program called "Parallels." And guess what it does? It runs XP is what it does.
As a lifetime Mac user (home, school) AND PC user (work), I am now SERIOUSLY interested in upgrading my system at home such that I can utilize parallels.
Programs I want to run at home are: MathCAD (I have given up on Maple simply because of the potential with Parallels), MicroStation (home version), and a variety of other Windows-only engineering software programs.
Anyone with experience re: Parallels, please, your thoughts.
So Apple's now bundling their new Macs with a program called "Parallels." And guess what it does? It runs XP is what it does.
As a lifetime Mac user (home, school) AND PC user (work), I am now SERIOUSLY interested in upgrading my system at home such that I can utilize parallels.
Programs I want to run at home are: MathCAD (I have given up on Maple simply because of the potential with Parallels), MicroStation (home version), and a variety of other Windows-only engineering software programs.
Anyone with experience re: Parallels, please, your thoughts.






RE: Macintosh... Yet again...
Come to the "Dark Side" embrace it.
RE: Macintosh... Yet again...
RE: Macintosh... Yet again...
Come over to the Dark Side, eh? Ten years ago the Dark Side SUCKED. Wait a minute, ten years ago was 1997... Yeah, the Dark Side sucked, really, really sucked...
Sometimes I realize that the work I do at home on my Mac system could be done a lot easier at work on my PC workstation... What the heck do I use the computer at home for, anyway? E-mail, Quicken, Safari, iCal... I have the OS 9 version of PowerCADD (the worst CAD program for the cost, BTW) and a lot of other stuff, including M$ office... but mostly I do work at work.
Motivation to come over to the Dark Side: well, I would be the Admin and could install anything I want to, 24-7.
But... if Parallels (or Boot Camp, if it's better, I'm in the exploratory stage right now) can run MathCAD, why, I've got the best of both worlds...
RE: Macintosh... Yet again...
You could also look at "Virtual PC for Mac"
http:/
Boot Camp is a "hard" boot type software. You can only access one OS at each boot-up session.
Parallels and Virtual PC are emulators which allow access to multiple OS's at the touch of a button.
RE: Macintosh... Yet again...
TTFN
RE: Macintosh... Yet again...
That way you can get the worst of both worlds.
RE: Macintosh... Yet again...
As for you, monkeydog... also advice well taken.
Of course, there was this little message on the Mactopia (M$) page: "Note: Virtual PC does not run on Intel-based Macs."
Argh!
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