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09/30/2010 10:18:25 PM · #1 |
I've moved to a MAC. But I still have applications that require a PC OS. Specifically, I want to use ProShow Producer on my MAC...
What is the best PC emulation software for me to install on my MAC? |
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09/30/2010 10:41:34 PM · #2 |
Both VMWare and Parallels have great track records and work beautifully. I would not hesitate to use either.
As for OS, Whichever OS you feel most comfortable with. Both Win7 and XP run well on my mac in Parallels. I have run both 32 and 64 bit versions as well. I would run whichever is most compatible with the software you need to run. |
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09/30/2010 10:46:53 PM · #3 |
| The best emulation is no emulation. Run Apple's Boot Camp software, then install Windows as you would on any PC. You can then switch back and forth between Mac and PC as needed. As a bonus, Windows will often run faster on a Mac than on a similarly configured PC. |
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09/30/2010 10:50:30 PM · #4 |
| Windows 7 64 bit is going to be easier to setup and manage. Better driver detection. |
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09/30/2010 10:58:26 PM · #5 |
Parallels, or VMWare fusion. I wouldn't go with anything else. VMWare came first, so it's more widely used, and I like the interface more. Parallels seems to have more options and seems to run a bit faster on my machine. It's up to you, but those are the two I'd consider.
Once you've made you're choice, make sure your computer can handle it. If it has an i3 processor and above with 6 or more GB of ram, you should be fine. i3 processor with 4GB or RAM will be fine, but don't count on running any massive programs with ease. Anything lower then that is a waste of time.
If you can run it, good for you, you're richer then me. I'm currently using Parallels to run the main OS... but if want to play any games; Assassin's Creed, Portal, Crysis, etc. I'll restart with Bootcamp. Bootcamp comes free with Leopard and Snow Leopard, and if not I can give it to you, it's a relatively small app and it's easy to use. It simply takes part of your hard drive, and separates it (partition) into another HD and installs Windows on that.
Emulation still hasn't gotten to the point where you can run anything big with stability. Games pretty much go out the windows, and big applications like Sony Vegas, Adobe Premier, and Adobe Photoshop will be laggy as fuck. I'm currently doing Paralles and bootcamp, and it works for me. Startup and shutdown takes about 20 seconds to go between PC and Mac with bootcamp. Here's websites:
Parallels: //www.parallels.com/
VMWAre Fusion: //www.vmware.com/
Bootcamp: //www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
[P.S, if you plan on using emulation, win XP runs MUCH BETTER then vista or windows 7. In fact, you may get away with running win XP on an i3 processor with parallels.]
Good luck! Tell me how it goes!
Message edited by author 2010-09-30 22:58:34.
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10/01/2010 03:46:42 AM · #6 |
I've been using VirtualBox for a couple of years now - It's great.
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10/01/2010 03:06:31 PM · #7 |
| + for Virtualbox, Free and easy. |
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10/28/2010 08:51:51 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by JH:
I've been using VirtualBox for a couple of years now - It's great. |
Do you have to reboot to access windows programs?
I guess i don't get how this works. Let me give you my understanding. Virtual Box, Parallels, VMWarefusion are programs that you install on your mac. Then you open one of these programs and install windows on your mac. Then you run windows and install whatever windows program you need. Then you what? Turn on your mac, click on the virtual machine to start windows and access the programs you installed?
Am i running windows and mac os side by side? or can i turn off the windows side when i am done?
I am a TOTAL noob to macs |
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10/28/2010 08:54:55 PM · #9 |
| And do I need to install all the anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc. crap if i am using windows on my mac... |
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10/28/2010 10:11:18 PM · #10 |
VirtualBox, VMWare, and Parallels (and Qemu, which wasn't mentioned) all run as Mac OSX applications (just like Safari or iCal) which you can open, minimize, and close at will from inside your OSX environment.
Each tends to reserve a bit of memory (RAM) for the OS you're booting, but when you close the application (or just stop the "virtual machine" (MSWindows)) you'll get it back to use for native OSX applications.
To answer the question the topic posed, though, the best personal computer OS on a Macintosh PC is in my experience is Debian GNU/Linux... |
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10/28/2010 10:13:19 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by slickchik:
And do I need to install all the anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc. crap if i am using windows on my mac... |
It's no different from a normal installation; if you'd install in on a physical computer you should do the same here. |
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10/28/2010 10:13:20 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by slickchik:
And do I need to install all the anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc. crap if i am using windows on my mac... |
It's no different from a normal installation; if you'd install in on a physical computer you should do the same here. |
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10/28/2010 10:16:52 PM · #13 |
The one i use ...
The one I just paid to upgrade ...
The one that's never created problems ...
The one that runs my remaining complex windows Apps ...
The one I trust to run my financial management and tax software on ...
VMWare Fusion.
Superb and superbly easy to set up. Recommended. |
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12/17/2010 01:14:07 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by m:
Originally posted by slickchik:
And do I need to install all the anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc. crap if i am using windows on my mac... |
It's no different from a normal installation; if you'd install in on a physical computer you should do the same here. |
you still need
but for mac a simple firewall wouldd be enough
i use www_protemac_com/netmine/ |
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12/17/2010 02:03:24 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by zxzasa:
Originally posted by m:
[quote=slickchik] And do I need to install all the anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc. crap if i am using windows on my mac... |
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microsoft security essentials, free, great, and as of today, firewall integration plus other features. |
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12/17/2010 06:01:21 PM · #16 |
Parallels worked great for my year of living dangerously on a Mac. I still use it to run multiple OS's when testing software. Works very well.
However, you need a copy of the host OS to run...it isn't an emulator, but rather it's a virtual machine. So it's not a low cost option.
I didn't run wine for long, but if it works for you, that would be one of the cheapest ways to go. It's an emulator. There may be other free options as well.
Boot Camp would also work as Shannon suggested, but then you have to reboot to run, you are more isolated, and there wasn't any advantage over Parallels (except not having to buy parallels).
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02/26/2011 09:41:56 AM · #17 |
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02/26/2011 09:58:10 AM · #18 |
I've tried VMWare, Parallels and the open source app. Of the three, I like Parallels the best just because of the way it's integrated with Mac OS. The Windows start menu includes all the Mac apps installed.
They both have a trial version.
Message edited by author 2011-02-26 09:59:17. |
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02/26/2011 10:26:57 AM · #19 |
I've found for the few times I needed Windows that XP with the latest service pack running in VirtualBox was a really good combination. It saves you the whole reboot for bootcamp as you just have it running in a Window and open and close it as required. Obviously it won't run graphics intensive stuff very well, but apart from that it serves me fine.
I used it a lot specifically to run my Neverwinter Nights server as the Mac version was very buggy, and it worked perfectly.
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04/22/2011 05:57:41 AM · #20 |
| anybody used ProteMac NetMine as a firewall and antivirus software? I heard a lot of positive reviews about this app |
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