Windows On A Mac?

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CT said:
Don't start Doddy - just don't! :D
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:D

Honestly, I'm not. I was just tidying up the pile of cables in behind my desk at the weekend and thinking what a bloody mess it was. S'pose it works though :p
 
neil_g said:
thats odd, it should "just work"...... :p
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It probably got the hump 'cause he typed the word "Windows" in earlier in the day ;) :D
 
dod said:
:D

Honestly, I'm not. I was just tidying up the pile of cables in behind my desk at the weekend and thinking what a bloody mess it was. S'pose it works though :p
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PMSL. Seriously - the room it gave me on the desktop was incredible and that's with a 27 inch monitor. I was really getting into it as well. :shrug:
 
Defiance said:
If you do get a replacement and stick with it - another recommendation here for Aperture 3. I switched from Windows and Photoshop Elements and Paint Shop Pro to this and never looked back. Do all my processing in Aperture and love it !

It's only £44.99 from the App Store as well so is a bargain !
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So you just download it - yeah?
 
CT said:
So you just download it - yeah?
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You have to set up an itunes account (which you may have done when purchasing your mac). Then you just open the App Store (the blue circle with the 'A' logo inside it on the tray at the bottom of your screen) and click to purchase it - you will find it in the 'Top Paid' or 'Top Grossing' lists on the right hand side. It then asks you to log into you itunes account if you're not already logged in, you complete the transaction and the Aperture is downloaded to your Mac and installs itself.
 
Cheers. :thumbs: I'll have a look at that then. I've had an iTunes account for a while with the iPad - which has been trouble free. :D
 
Just to ask a silly question, can this work the other way round, i.e. OSX on a windows pc?
 
neil_g said:
not without breaking apples end user licence agreement.
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I know nothin about macs at all. Just fancidd trying it out
 
CT said:
My new desktop. :cool:

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Looks like he is eyeing up Word or Powerpoint for breakfast.
 
If you do decide to run Windows within Mac OS then you might be interested in this software bundle which includes Parallels. I've bought previous bundles and even if you only make use of a couple of the applications it can be very good value for money.

If you managed to do a Time Machine backup after you got it all set up then you should be able to just do a restore from Time Machine once you get the new machine delivered.
 
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you need to have a google around for the phrase "hackintosh" to find lots of of info on putting osx on windows hardware.
Ive tried it a couple of times with mixed results before going completely mac in the house to mixed success, is very hardware specific and getting drivers can be a pain.

CT ive had 4 macs in the last 8 years, only ever had to add 2gb to my original 17" imac and never even had to rebuild them, did you break a mirror, walk under a ladder or something?
 
ptholt said:
you need to have a google around for the phrase "hackintosh" to find lots of of info on putting osx on windows hardware.
Ive tried it a couple of times with mixed results before going completely mac in the house to mixed success, is very hardware specific and getting drivers can be a pain.

CT ive had 4 macs in the last 8 years, only ever had to add 2gb to my original 17" imac and never even had to rebuild them, did you break a mirror, walk under a ladder or something?
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Thanks for that. Will have look when i get in from work in the morn
 
Installed VirtualBox on a colleagues Mac today (with a Vista VM) which looks like a great free alternative to VM Ware and/or Parallels.
 
DigitalRelish said:
If you do decide to run Windows within Mac OS then you might be interested in this software bundle which includes Parallels. I've bought previous bundles and even if you only make use of a couple of the applications it can be very good value for money.

If you managed to do a Time Machine backup after you got it all set up then you should be able to just do a restore from Time Machine once you get the new machine delivered.
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If Apple were to replace the computer then out of good manners they should at least take the hard drive out of the old one and transfer the data back onto the new one, so the poor b****r doesn't have to spend another 2 days setting up again.
 
trencheel303 said:
If Apple were to replace the computer then out of good manners they should at least take the hard drive out of the old one and transfer the data back onto the new one, so the poor b****r doesn't have to spend another 2 days setting up again.
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I appreciate the sentiment there Trench but until Apple get to look at it they're not sure what the problem is although they tend to think it's a hard drive failure of some sort, so it may not have been possible to copy the files from the old drive. They're saying this is a really unusual failure - but they would say that wouldn't they? :D

With the old machine I first had to copy all the files onto a single stand alone drive before transferring them to the Mac. At least with that already having been done it's speeded up the process a lot - in fact I'm well on with copying files to the new machine.

It was replaced straight away with no problem at all. So far so good. I've noticed this one seems to be running a lot cooler. Fingers crossed anyway!
 
DigitalRelish said:
If you do decide to run Windows within Mac OS then you might be interested in this software bundle which includes Parallels. I've bought previous bundles and even if you only make use of a couple of the applications it can be very good value for money.
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That's an excellent price on that bundle - thanks for the headsup. :thumbs:
 
After much deliberation I've installed Parallels and XP and I have to say it's very impressive.
 
I've recently brought an iMac 27in whilst haven't used it much yet I'm pretty impressed and I've always been a windows person.

If you buy Parallels do you also have to buy a copy of Windows ? I want to try to use apple software but have a couple of programs that there isn't a mac version. Buying Windows for just a couple of programs would be annoying.
 
DuncanH said:
I've recently brought an iMac 27in whilst haven't used it much yet I'm pretty impressed and I've always been a windows person.

If you buy Parallels do you also have to buy a copy of Windows ? I want to try to use apple software but have a couple of programs that there isn't a mac version. Buying Windows for just a couple of programs would be annoying.
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I've got a couple of urgent photo restoration jobs to do which has somewhat precipitated the decision to install Parallels.

I started to do the install with a Windows XP Pro upgrade version, so half way through the install, you're asked to remove the Windows CD and insert any full copy of Windows otherwise you're not authorised to do the install. Fortunately I have an old full version of Windows 95 and once the install had 'seen' that it asked for the XP CD again and completed the install.

The Parallels software doesn't include Windows Duncan, so if you don't have a copy you would have to buy it.
 
CT said:
Fortunately I have an old full version of Windows 95 and once the install had 'seen' that it asked for the XP CD again and completed the install.
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Now who says Windows 95 doesn't still have its place in modern computing! :eek:
 
noahdelias said:
why not use VMware for your windows related programs.
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I'm not sure what software that is or what would be the advantage over Parallels?

I must say the whole idea of running windows on a Mac seemed very Heath Robinson to this complete Mac newbie, but I'm really impressed with how stable it is and how well it integrates with OSX.
 
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CT said:
I'm not sure what software that is or what would be the advantage over Parallels?

I must say the whole idea of running windows on a Mac seemed very Heath Robinson to this complete Mac newbie, but I'm really impressed with how stable it is and how well it integrates with OSX.
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Parallels vs VMWare is a bit like Canon vs Nikon, but not so violent as not many people are that bothered.

FWIW, I've found previous versions of Parallels to be better for home users, it's better integrated with Mac OS and has more 'bling' features, whereas I stick to VMWare Fusion for my business stuff as it has tended to be more stable than Parallels. Not too sure on version 6 of Parallels though as my Windows stuff is now pretty much consigned to editing the Parish Council website which at the moment doesn't work with anything other than IE.

I got my copy of VMWare cheap as they were doing a really low price if you switched from Parallels, and you got actually use the Parallels trial key to get the lower price, which I seem to remember was around the £10-£15 mark.
 
CT said:
I'm not sure what software that is or what would be the advantage over Parallels?

I must say the whole idea of running windows on a Mac seemed very Heath Robinson to this complete Mac newbie, but I'm really impressed with how stable it is and how well it integrates with OSX.
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VMWare offer Fusion. It's an alternative to Parallels. I've got both installed and to be honest, I couldn't really recommend one over the other. Unless you've an issue with Parallels which Fusion is known to overcome then I don't think there's much point switching.
 
Just my experience of it:

I'm on my second Macbook Pro now and both have worked very successfully with a dual boot system just using the standard Apple Bootcamp system. Very easy to set up, purchased a £20 genuine copy of Windows XP from eBay ages ago. Brilliant for using a the remote desktop feature so that I can connect to my work computer when out and about.

Definitely worth it if you have windows programs (Autocad in my case) that you need to run.

Of course MacOSX is fantastic as an operating system and runs lightroom like a dream.

J.
 
jST said:
Just my experience of it:

I'm on my second Macbook Pro now and both have worked very successfully with a dual boot system just using the standard Apple Bootcamp system. Very easy to set up, purchased a £20 genuine copy of Windows XP from eBay ages ago. Brilliant for using a the remote desktop feature so that I can connect to my work computer when out and about.
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There was an Mac version of Window Remote Desktop, may be worth a look to save booting into Windows.
 
Craikeybaby said:
There was an Mac version of Window Remote Desktop, may be worth a look to save booting into Windows.
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Going slightly off topic here, but yes, you can get Remote Desktop Connection for Mac. I use this to connect to up to 60 Microsoft 2003 and 2008 Windows servers to check logs/hard drive space and AV status.
 
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