Hey Carlo
Thanks very much for that info on Parallels and the Mac App
Store....things just keep getting better with Apple! Yay.
Best regards
Chris
On 28/12/2010, at 11:46 AM, cm wrote:
Hi Chris,
I have been using Parallels for some time now over many incarnations
of OS X, so while I cannot guarantee the latest version will run
with 10.5.8, I am fairly confident it will... I just checked the
Parallels website and indeed Leopard 10.5.8 is supported - though no
version of Tiger 10.4 is.
As for the Mac App Store, here is a link:
http://www.apple.com/au/mac/app-store
Basically it is the same as the iPhone / iPad App Store except that
it will sell apps for the Mac. You will be able to search the most
popular apps, read user reviews and then download and install the
app to your Mac with one click. It is a fairly safe bet that your
current Apple ID and iTunes login will work on the Mac App Store as
will your iTunes gift cards. I was lucky enough to receive some gift
cards for Christmas so I will be amongst the virtual door crashes
when the store opens.
By the way, I notice from the link above that the store opens on
January 7 in Australia and not on January 6 as in the US.
Cheers,
Carlo
Sent from my iPad
On 28/12/2010, at 11:20, Chris Burton <c...@it.net.au> wrote:
Hi Carlo
I have been in need of an alternative to using Bootcamp for PC
work, and your suggestion of Parallels sounds like the one. I have
a MBPro with 10.5.8 running, will parallels work on this?
Also Carlo, what is the Mac App store you mention and does it
differ from the Apple store or going to Parallels site to buy the
software?
Regards
Chris
On 28/12/2010, at 10:50 AM, cm wrote:
PS: If you wait until January 6 to purchase, you will more than
likely be able to buy it from the new Mac App Store. Then you will
not have to worry about preserving the original media and it will
prompt you when free and paid upgrades are available.
C
On 2010-12-28, at 10:46, cm wrote:
Hi Mac,
I have used Virtual Box, VMWare, and Parallels and in my opinion,
the best one is far and away Parallels. Not only for its superior
speed, but also for its simplicity and perfect integration with
the Mac environment. Of the three it is the only virtual
environment that is exclusively Mac and it can thus take
advantage of Mac only interface and features.
It's a paid application, but well worth the outlay in my opinion.
Cheers,
Carlo
On 2010-12-28, at 10:33, McCallum Malcolm wrote:
On 26/12/2010, at 6:14 PM, cm wrote:
Hi Mac,
Just re-reading the wording of your question I don't lay claim
to being a guru. :-) I can tell you some things I have learnt,
however.
I have Virtual Box, is this enough or do I need Parallels to
make life easy?
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