VMWare has a software utility that will import a running windows machine onto your mac:
http://www.vmware.com/download/fusion/windows_to_mac.html I've used it once (with winXP) and it worked as advertised. -- ross On 4/21/11 9:28 AM, "Richard Chamberlain" <[email protected]> eloquently wrote: >Elizabeth, > >I'm also running ArcView 10 on a Macbook Pro and running it off of an >external SSD drive using VMWare. I am testing Parallels at the moment >and to me the graphics performance seems a bit better. One thing to keep >in mind is that it is probably best to physically separate any virtual >machine from the original OS (Mac OSX in this case). That cuts down on >two OSs hitting the same hard drive at the same time. I don't have an >extra drive in my laptop so I went external. You might have an extra one >in the iMac. I don't find the speed much of a problem yet so I'm happy >with the setup. > >Richard > > > >_______________________________________________ >>Uw-gis-l mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/uw-gis-l >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 2 >>Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:27:36 -0700 >>From: elizabeth barnett<[email protected]> >>Subject: [UW-GIS-L] Arc on a Mac >>To:[email protected] >>Message-ID:<[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> >>Any strong opinions on whether Fusion or Parallels works better to run >>Arc on a Mac? Also, any advice or tips out there on migrating a former PC >>Arc workstation (and data) to a Mac? I am optimistic that this is fairly >>straight forward. I hope. >> >>thanks! >> >> >>=================== >>Elizabeth A. Barnett >> >>U.S. Geological Survey >>c/o University of Washington >>Dept of Earth& Space Sciences >>Box 351310 >>Seattle, WA 98195-1310 >> >>office: 321 Old Oceanography Bldg. >>phone 206-553-0686 >>fax 206-553-8350 > > > _______________________________________________ Uw-gis-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/uw-gis-l
