Re: Newb

2012-10-28 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
So yeah virtualization is an option, with very limited performance since the VM 3D acceleration passthrough isn't so great. FWIW, both VMware and Parallels claim to have made great advances in their Windows 3D acceleration support. Like bringing honey from freezer to room temperature? I

Re: Newb

2012-10-28 Thread Chris Murphy
On Oct 28, 2012, at 9:23 PM, Michael_google gmail_Gersten keybou...@gmail.com wrote: So yeah virtualization is an option, with very limited performance since the VM 3D acceleration passthrough isn't so great. FWIW, both VMware and Parallels claim to have made great advances in their

Re: Newb

2012-10-24 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Oct 24, 2012, at 00:05, Chris Murphy wrote: So yeah virtualization is an option, with very limited performance since the VM 3D acceleration passthrough isn't so great. FWIW, both VMware and Parallels claim to have made great advances in their Windows 3D acceleration support.

Re: Newb

2012-10-24 Thread Jean Gobin
Oracle's VirtualBox also has an experimental 3d accelerated feature. J. On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Ryan Schmidt ryandes...@macports.orgwrote: On Oct 24, 2012, at 00:05, Chris Murphy wrote: So yeah virtualization is an option, with very limited performance since the VM 3D

Re: Newb

2012-10-24 Thread Chris Murphy
On Oct 24, 2012, at 1:34 PM, Ryan Schmidt ryandes...@macports.org wrote: On Oct 24, 2012, at 00:05, Chris Murphy wrote: So yeah virtualization is an option, with very limited performance since the VM 3D acceleration passthrough isn't so great. FWIW, both VMware and Parallels claim to

Re: Newb

2012-10-23 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Oct 22, 2012, at 23:54, jake pasner wrote: Thanks for the reply! I actually got a lot of help from another subscriber and was able to resolve my problem. Is there a way to update the status of my issue to *solved*? Thanks again! Jake Glad you got it working. It's just a mailing

Re: Newb

2012-10-23 Thread Michael
On Oct 22, 2012, at 23:54, jake pasner wrote: Thanks for the reply! I actually got a lot of help from another subscriber and was able to resolve my problem. Is there a way to update the status of my issue to *solved*? Thanks again! Jake Glad you got it working. It's just a

Re: Newb

2012-10-23 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Oct 23, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Michael wrote: On Oct 22, 2012, at 23:54, jake pasner wrote: Thanks for the reply! I actually got a lot of help from another subscriber and was able to resolve my problem. Is there a way to update the status of my issue to *solved*? Thanks again! Jake

Re: Newb

2012-10-23 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Oct 23, 2012, at 21:29, Michael wrote: Alright, so now that I've seen two threads on wine and crossover, what is the current best way to run a Microsoft Windows based video editor on a MacBook Pro? As Bradley said, Bootcamp is an option. It offers the best compatibility, but requires

Re: Newb

2012-10-23 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Oct 23, 2012, at 9:53 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Oct 23, 2012, at 21:29, Michael wrote: Alright, so now that I've seen two threads on wine and crossover, what is the current best way to run a Microsoft Windows based video editor on a MacBook Pro? As Bradley said, Bootcamp is an

Re: Newb

2012-10-23 Thread Chris Murphy
On Oct 23, 2012, at 10:58 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht pixi...@macports.org wrote: The question was pretty vague. Video editing is generally a IO and CPU intensive workflow and I cannot imagine very many cases where virtualization would make a video editor happy. In my opinion if the user

Re: Newb

2012-10-22 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Oct 21, 2012, at 20:27, jake pasner wrote: First off I should say I could be incorrectly using this list so please tell me to shut up and go somewhere else if that is what I should do. Welcome to MacPorts! This is a great place to ask for this kind of help; hopefully we can figure this

Newb

2012-10-21 Thread jake pasner
Hello, First off I should say I could be incorrectly using this list so please tell me to shut up and go somewhere else if that is what I should do. My problem is I was attempting to have Macports get wine for me and had an error. Info follows: System:Mac OS 10.8.22.66 GHz Intell Core 2 Duo2

Re: Newb

2012-10-21 Thread Jeremy Lavergne
I believe my computer then shut down for no reason, it didn't lose power. Sounds like your computer may have overheated. Error: Unable to execute port: sqlite error: database disk image is malformed (11) while executing query: SELECT state FROM registry.ports WHERE id=105 I suspect your

Re: Newb

2007-04-05 Thread Ryan Schmidt
Welcome to MacPorts! On Apr 4, 2007, at 12:37, Mark Duling wrote: Ron Green on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 10:35 AM -0800 wrote: Can someone please explain to me how to install MacPORTS. I keep seeing a reference to a binary installer but I don't see anything that looks like an installer.

Newb

2007-04-04 Thread Ron Green
Can someone please explain to me how to install MacPORTS. I keep seeing a reference to a binary installer but I don't see anything that looks like an installer. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org

Re: Newb

2007-04-04 Thread Mark Duling
Ron Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 10:35 AM -0800 wrote: Can someone please explain to me how to install MacPORTS. I keep seeing a reference to a binary installer but I don't see anything that looks like an installer. These instructions should do it.