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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / June 2007Will Virtual PC or the new MacBookPro allow me to useI
I'm curious whether the new MacBookPro with the Intel processor will allow me to run the following. IP Blue Softphones, Outlook, and LCS. > I'm curious whether the new MacBookPro with the Intel processor will > allow me to run the following. > > IP Blue Softphones, Outlook, and LCS. Virtual PC will not run on the new Intel-based Macs. Any new Mac with Intel processors will allow you to run Windows software, but they won't run directly under Mac OS X - you need a helper and a copy of the Windows operating system. The three main ways are: - Apple's BootCamp http://www.apple.com/bootcamp This allows you to install Microsoft Windows on a separate partition of the hard drive and you can choose when turning on the computer whether you want to run Mac OS or Windows. To change operating systems you have to restart the computer. This method gives you a fully compatible Windows PC (or at least as compatible as any other PC box is.) - Parallels Desktop http://www.parallels.com This is a similar application to Virtual PC. It runs a pretend Windows computer as a Mac OS application, and you can run all your Windows applications inside a Mac OS window. 3D graphics acceleration card support has just been announced so may be a little flakey. - VMWare http://www.wmware.com This is similar to Parallels Desktop, but I don't know much about it. Helpful Harry Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o) > Any new Mac with Intel processors will allow you to run Windows > software, but they won't run directly under Mac OS X - you need a > helper and a copy of the Windows operating system. The three main ways > are: I'd like to add Crossover to Harry's informative list. > CrossOver Mac 6.0 > Your Windows Applications, Seamlessly Integrated on Mac OS X http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/ Crossover runs Windows Apps without Windows, however not all Win Apps are currently supported. http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/ > CodeWeavers CrossOver Compatibility Center (C4) > Mission Statement [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > vis-a-vis Wine. We also hope that you will join us in helping to support your > application in Wine. > > Any new Mac with Intel processors will allow you to run Windows > > software, but they won't run directly under Mac OS X - you need a [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > application vis-a-vis Wine. We also hope that you will join us in helping to > support your application in Wine. That is another solution. I often don't include it since compatibility is so low, but if the Windows application you want to run is one of the lucky ones litsed (or works if you try it yourself), then it may be a good solution. There are of course other freeware / shareware options as well, but they are usually more difficult to set up and less compatible than the "official" solutions to running Windows on a Mac. Helpful Harry Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o) > > I'm curious whether the new MacBookPro with the Intel processor will > > allow me to run the following. > > > > IP Blue Softphones, Outlook, and LCS. > > Virtual PC will not run on the new Intel-based Macs. That's why he said "VPC *or* MacBookPro". I think he was assuming the use of one of the mechanisms you listed for running Windows on the MBP, and wanted to know whether these 3 applications are compatible with it.  SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** |
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