(I know there is a program out there that I can download that does this, but I can't remember the name of it.) Thank you for your assistance.
2007-12-27 17:57:27 · 2 answers · asked by sdn90036 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Boot camp is a pain if you just want one piece of software. It requires splitting apart your hard drive, installing linux, and rebooting whenever you want to use that one piece of software. If its a game, don't bother, but if its your taxes or something you need for work/school (certain CAD stuff, etc.), you should go for it as you'll get better stability.
Now, the easier solutions are to use a virtual machine, or use a WINE-variant.
VMware Fusion is wonderful, but requires a copy of xp or vista to install to a virtual disk, and runs side-by-side with OS X. Coherence mode is a beautiful thing: windows taskbar above the dock, windows and apple proprietary software side-by-side.
If you're running something older that's been around longer, you might want to look into Crossover and Crossover Office: they use Wine, (Wine Is Not an Emulator) a project that started in linux to bring microsoft's office suite to linux, and has gradually expended to run on Linux, Unix, Solaris, and OS X, and includes support for thousands of applications. You just take the windows installer file and let Crossover run it in a "bottle" that mimics the windows API - that is, it just "looks" like windows to the software, but OS X really runs it and lets you use it.
Your best bet is to look for a version compiled for OS X, but you've probably already tried that =P
Good luck!
2007-12-27 18:27:27 · answer #1 · answered by the7thone1188 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
run boot camp - part of mac os x versions tiger and leopard - just run boot camp and it will walk you thru the process of installing windows on mac - you maust buy windows copy separately though
2007-12-27 18:08:31 · answer #2 · answered by mburx 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋