ResScan on a Mac

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hose head
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ResScan on a Mac

Post by hose head » Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:20 pm

I now have my ResScan 3.7 running on my Mac. I am using bootcamp so there is no extra cost and I had a downloaded XP-Pro with SP2 from a computer class. I transferred two months of data so my file is current. Now I can get rid of Toshiba and have a cleaner desk.

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Re: ResScan on a Mac

Post by Goofproof » Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:43 pm

Keep adding Windows Programs, and you will be able to do real work with your Mac. Jim
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Re: ResScan on a Mac

Post by hose head » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:31 pm

Yea, it'll be nice to work without the programs crashing all of the time.---Oh, wait they don't crash now, and gee I don't get those pesky spyware bugs.

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Re: ResScan on a Mac

Post by ww » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:55 pm

hose head wrote:Yea, it'll be nice to work without the programs crashing all of the time.---Oh, wait they don't crash now, and gee I don't get those pesky spyware bugs.
Sorry to disillusion you, but when you put Windows XP on the boot-camp partition, you are just as vulnerable to spy ware and viruses as any other MS DOS machine!!!! You really must install an antivirus program such as avast.

The Intel Mac is indeed a better ms dos machine than any of the others available, but it would really be nice if any of the cpap software (Encore Pro) would run under CodeWeavers Cross Over program that would allow you to run your windows programs without having a version of windows installed. Then you wouldn't need an anti-virus program.

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Re: ResScan on a Mac

Post by Goofproof » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:02 pm

Yor are now in trouble, you now have useful stuff on your Mac, it's now a target. Jim
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Re: ResScan on a Mac

Post by bbeck4x4 » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:00 am

vmware fusion works well for me here. There are only two programs from the windows world that I need, one is for the cpap and the other is for the blood glucose monitor, thus the vmware, I have a integrated menu system and I have widows xp using both processors.

As far as viruses only the widows portion is vulnerable to viruses and only when windows is running, which for me is about 30 minutes a week, that is a risk that I can live with.
Just over three years now on cpap, I wish that I could have started sooner.

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Re: ResScan on a Mac

Post by hose head » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:28 am

I will check out fusion software.
"As far as viruses only the widows portion is vulnerable to viruses and only when windows is running, which for me is about 30 minutes a week, that is a risk that I can live with."---I don't connect with internet with XP. I just turn the network off.

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Re: ResScan on a Mac

Post by bbeck4x4 » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:29 am

that works well also, I just download whatever I need for windows on the mac side and then drag it over.
Just over three years now on cpap, I wish that I could have started sooner.