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p.1 #1 · Computer question (mac)

I put this in the processing section too but I shoot mostly weddings and wanted to see if any of you had any experience with this.

Just curious how many of you all are using a parallels program like boot camp to run windows based software on their mac? Have you had any problems or any major pain in the you know what. There is a couple programs that I use and I am just getting tired of running back and forth to my Dell.

Nov 22, 2009 at 11:46 PM

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p.1 #2 · Computer question (mac)

nope... we run all macs and all of the software we need runs just fine.

Perhaps you should list what your using on your pc that isn't working on the mac.... and hopefully maybe someone can point you towards a similar program that does work on mac.

Nov 23, 2009 at 12:28 AM

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p.1 #3 · Computer question (mac)

well one of the programs that I would be using is proshow gold. I love at and I have a great workflow with it. Also after reading the fotofusion thread I was thinking of picking that up too.

Nov 23, 2009 at 12:32 AM

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p.1 #4 · Computer question (mac)

I use it to run Quickbooks. Thats all.

Nov 23, 2009 at 04:50 AM

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p.1 #5 · Computer question (mac)

I have a separate windows boot disk. Only time I really go into it is to play COD4.

Nov 23, 2009 at 04:54 AM

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p.1 #6 · Computer question (mac)

You should try VMware fusion, my wife has this setup on her Mac, She needs the proshow producer that runs only on windows. It works perfectly

Nov 23, 2009 at 01:47 PM

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p.1 #7 · Computer question (mac)

Hi,

Parallels and Bootcamp are two different things. Parallels will let you run Windows virtually on Mac OS X. Bootcamp takes a portion of your boot drive and you would install Windows into that. This becomes a dual boot configuration; if you're in Mac OS X you'd have to reboot into Windows. I use Parallels (they just released version 5) and it runs very well. Check out their website for more information.

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Marc

cre55107 wrote:
I put this in the processing section too but I shoot mostly weddings and wanted to see if any of you had any experience with this.

Just curious how many of you all are using a parallels program like boot camp to run windows based software on their mac? Have you had any problems or any major pain in the you know what. There is a couple programs that I use and I am just getting tired of running back and forth to my Dell.

Nov 23, 2009 at 01:55 PM

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p.1 #8 · Computer question (mac)

I have a spare Dell box that I use rather than put win apps on my mac or have to install other patches.

Nov 23, 2009 at 06:23 PM

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p.1 #9 · Computer question (mac)

I also use the VMWare Fusion on my iMac. I have never had any trouble with it at all! I absolutely hate to use Windows to be completely honest, but there are some things that aren't made for Mac so I have to and that is what I use!

Nov 24, 2009 at 05:48 AM

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p.1 #10 · Computer question (mac)

Virtual Box is free, and will do the trick. Can't hurt to try at the price. I like it, but I am a huge geek. http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Nov 24, 2009 at 09:14 PM


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