I was running Arc 9.3 on a Mac using Boot Camp for a year or so. I found that the aforementioned file transfer problems and annoyance of having to reboot between OS versions was a major hassle--so much that I was running 90% of the time in Windows mode. That's when I realized I needed to get rid of the Mac and just buy a Windows machine...
Jeff Richardson On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:09 PM, christopher scott <[email protected]>wrote: > I haven't found a recent site that lists performance specs of the > various options, but there are quite a few sites out there if you > google boot camp versus parallels (or similar) that will give you a > good (if slightly outdated) overview. > > If you run Boot Camp, it sets up a dual-boot environment and you will > be running arc natively under Windows, which will give the fastest > performance. > > I haven't run parallels or the other virtual options, so i can't > comment on how robust they are, but I've been happy with my Windows > installation under Boot Camp. > > Transferring files from the windows and mac side can be problematic > because although macs can read an NTFS formatted drive, they cannot > write to them. To solve this problem, I have a dedicated Fat32 > partition on my main outboard drive that I use as a transfer drive. > > Cheers, > Chris > > 2011/4/21 Steven Garrett <[email protected]>: > > This conversation is probably useful for people already using a Mac to > try > > and figure out the best way to do it, but it is almost useless to > somewhat > > who just bought a Mac today (like me). Too many new terms and new > software > > being thrown around. What I need is a step by step process. > Can anyone point > > me to such site? > > Steven > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: christopher scott <[email protected]> > > To: Steven Garrett <[email protected]>; UW - GIS Discussion and > Support > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 2:21:08 PM > > Subject: Re: [UW-GIS-L] Re: Arc on a Mac > > > > I find that just using Boot Camp is worth the initial hassle. It's > > much faster, plus I don't have to clutter up my Mac side with all that > > PC software. :-) I'm currently running the 9.3 student evaluation > > copy under Windows 7 on my 13" MacBook Pro using Boot Camp and I > > haven't had any problems. It's not the fastest machine for ArcGIS, but > > it's faster than it would be under software emulation... > > > > The biggest problem I have is dealing with the Mac NTFS issue. I hate > > having to use a dedicated fat32 drive to transfer files from the mac > > side to my big NTFS drive. > > > > Cheers, > > Chris > > > > 2011/4/21 Steven Garrett <[email protected]>: > >> If I just want to run stand alone Windows apps on a Mac, is Parallels > the > >> only software I need? Or do I need VMware Fusion too? > >> > >> Steven > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Ross A. McKenzie <[email protected]> > >> To: UW - GIS Discussion and Support <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 1:01:39 PM > >> Subject: Re: [UW-GIS-L] Re: Arc on a Mac > >> > >> > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > __________________________________ > > Christopher A. Scott > > Master of Urban Planning Candidate 2011 > > University of Washington > > College of Built Environments > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > 206.919.0619 > > _______________________________________________ > > Uw-gis-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/uw-gis-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Uw-gis-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/uw-gis-l > > > > > > > > -- > __________________________________ > Christopher A. Scott > Master of Urban Planning Candidate 2011 > University of Washington > College of Built Environments > [email protected] > [email protected] > 206.919.0619 > _______________________________________________ > Uw-gis-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/uw-gis-l >
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