I run Frame 9 on a MacBook Pro with Windows XP Pro running under VMWare Fusion. No problems here!
I have a setup similar to Rick's. I simply put the window in which Windows is running on one display (where it looks and acts just like Windows) and then keep Mac OS X visible on my laptop screen. I can drag and drop, cut and paste between them. One wireless keyboard and one wireless mouse works for both. I'm not really sure why, but I have a lot fewer problems running Windows this way than I ever did with a company-issued PC. The MacBook is my own and I take it to a client site every day. I use one of their monitors, and I keep an extra power supply and HDMI dongle onsite. Jenny Greenleaf Portland, OR On Jul 25, 2010, at 4:22 PM, Tori Muir wrote: > Brag #2: my team use Frame 9 on Windoze XP on Intel Macs running Parallels > (another virtual machine program like VMWare Fusion). Works flawlessly, > although it does take a few minutes to boot up. But since it can boot up > Windows in the background while doing other things on the Mac, it's not a big > problem. Like Rick, we have no performance complaints. > > Tori Muir > tm...@spot-on-creative.com | 650.430.8674 > www.spot-on-creative.com > > > On 7/24/10 6:50 AM, Dr Rick Smith wrote: >> On Jul 23, 2010, at 9:31 AM, boe...@gedok.com wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, there, >>> >>> we here were working as long as possible with our old Framemaker 7 on the >>> mac. Adobe got us on the wrong foot with discontinuing Framemaker on the >>> mac... :-( >>> >> >> Brag: I'm using Frame 9 on an Intel Mac Pro >> Admission: It's running on Windows 7 using VMWare Fusion. >> Another admission: I'm a technical geek. I also have two separate displays >> and enough RAM to run two operating systems. >> >> In any case, let me ask how others are running PC versions of Frame on the >> Mac. For a while I wondered why so many people still use Frame 7, but I >> assume it's because lots of people still run it on a Mac. >> >> My own solution might not work for everyone. Installation is nasty, since >> you have to install VMWare, Windows, and Framemaker, and keep Windows up to >> date as well as OS X. >> >> Once it's running, it is as if I am using two separate computers with the >> same keyboard and mouse. One display shows Windows and the other shows OS X. >> I find it easiest to keep each OS on a separate display. >> >> I have no performance complaints. There are practical disadvantages since I >> am essentially running two separate computers, each with its own hard drive. >> I use Microsoft's free SyncToy to keep an up to date copy of my files on the >> Windows hard drive and in the OS-X file system (where Time Machine backs it >> up). >> >> VMWare also has a mode called "Unity" in which the PC applications appear in >> their own windows on the Mac desktop. I tried that briefly, but found it >> confusing. Others might have better luck. >> >> Rick Smith. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to framers as tm...@spot-on-creative.com. >> >> Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com >> or visit >> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/tmuir%40spot-on-creative.com >> >> Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as jennygreenl...@comcast.net. > > Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jennygreenleaf%40comcast.net > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
