Re: Need to run windows on a Mac

2010-11-04 Thread Tom Venney
On Nov 2, 2010, at 11:11 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: and here's a SDR for the Mac (albeit in German): I have tried this with my hardware the Elector SDR and could not get it to work. I have never had any luck using terminal to program, So I was looking for something ready made. Thats why I

Re: Need to run windows on a Mac

2010-11-03 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
On 02/11/10 20:03PDT, Ashgrove wrote: You can install Windows directly on your iMac via BootCamp, or use virtualization software --there are paid options like VMWare Fusion and Parallels, which are both pretty good, and free like VirtualBox, which I haven't personally tried but I'm told it's as

Re: Need to run windows on a Mac

2010-11-03 Thread Ashgrove
On Nov 2, 11:11 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: Since the advent of OS X, it's rarely necessary to go to Windows for stuff beyond Corporate sez you have to run program 'X', which is Windows only; you can usually find a Mac or open source multi-platform application to do

Re: Need to run windows on a Mac

2010-11-03 Thread Walter Sheluk
On 10-11-03 9:37 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: No copy of Windoze required. That has not been my experience when trying to launch midi/audio window applications. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ

Re: Need to run windows on a Mac

2010-11-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 3, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: What about CodeWeavers CrossOver? No copy of Windoze required. In my experience it's a a kludge: it runs in X-windows, which is still not all that well integrated into OSX, and there a great variation on how well if at all applications

Need to run windows on a Mac

2010-11-02 Thread tvenney
Hello all, I would like to use my imac 2.8 ghz(10.5 will upgrade to 10.7) to run an SDR (Software Defined Radio), But the only programs I can find are for Windows. So I would like to hear opinions about the best software to run Windows and what version of Windows to use. Most of the programs will

Re: Need to run windows on a Mac

2010-11-02 Thread Ashgrove
You can install Windows directly on your iMac via BootCamp, or use virtualization software --there are paid options like VMWare Fusion and Parallels, which are both pretty good, and free like VirtualBox, which I haven't personally tried but I'm told it's as good as the paid ones. As for which