Mac-compatible software

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clitherow
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Mac-compatible software

Post by clitherow » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:32 am

As I'm building my to-do list, this is a big one... It's not a dealbreaker, but my main computer is a Mac. We've have PCs but using the Macs are more convenient.

So, does anyone use or know if what, if any, software is Mac-compatible?

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Re: Mac-compatible software

Post by BlackSpinner » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:44 am

Nope - nothing - you have to do the virtual thing.

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Re: Mac-compatible software

Post by jdm2857 » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:41 am

If you search the fourm on "mac + 'software name'", you'll find discussions on how others have handled this situation.

It may be easier for you to just use one of your Windows machines.
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Re: Mac-compatible software

Post by Julie » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:03 am

Bootcamp (lots better than Parallels or Virts). There just is no software for Macs yet (and believe me I've been there!)

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Re: Mac-compatible software

Post by socalmonkey » Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:00 pm

I am running Windows XP Professional under Boot camp on one machine... and it works great!

Then on another Mac, I have Parallels and VM Fusion running XP Pro. Parallels works very well (although slower at reading the card). With VM Fusion, I had a lot of card reader errors. Not to mention it just runs generally slower than Parallels.

Parallels is very good and easy to install. Boot Camp gives a true Windows experience. That said from a long time Mac user.

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Re: Mac-compatible software

Post by SleepyInDC » Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:44 pm

I use parallels to handle all of my data.

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Re: Mac-compatible software

Post by bearded_two » Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:49 pm

I use Linux both at home and on my work desktop workstation. I use my work Windows laptop to run my CPAP software -- and that is about all that it is used for.