That is another thought, go to the Dell Outlet and you can find a solid but cheap computer to run all your GIS analysis functions.
http://www.dell.com/outlet best, John Laughery BCRA 2011/4/21 Jeff Richardson <[email protected]> > 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 good (if slightly outdated) overview.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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Uw-gis-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/uw-gis-l > >
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