topic Re: PC software on MacBook Pro in Collaboration with other software

PC software on MacBook Pro

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:27:43 GMT

I just read a post on the ArchiCAD+ forum about running ArchiCAD and AutoCAD on Macbook Pros using Paralells and Bootcamp. Thought it better to ask my question under this heading because it's off the subject of ArchiCAD.

I havn't tried these solutions but wondered how successful they are. Also does anyone have experience of running CrossOver Mac 6.0 from Codeweavers? It seems to have an advantage that you don't need a copy of Windows.

Re: PC software on MacBook Pro

TomWaltz — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:45:48 GMT

I didn't think that was released yet.

Re: PC software on MacBook Pro

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:07:12 GMT

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/

Idon't know anything about the program but maybe someone has tried it out?

Re: PC software on MacBook Pro

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:57:36 GMT

Philip wrote:
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/

Idon't know anything about the program but maybe someone has tried it out?

Thanks for posting this, Philip...news to me. Sounds too good to be true, so I'd also like to hear from someone who has tried it.

Karl

Re: PC software on MacBook Pro

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:47:24 GMT

Having looked closely at the product, it seems to be some form of program translator rather than an OS emulator. It requires each application to be tailored for the program in some way (presumably by re-coding).

The more popular packages like MS Office have been incorporated successfully, but the less common the program or the more complex it is, the less likelihood of it being useable.

There is a demo version available with which to test your program of choice, but as I only have one Intel Mac (which is mission critical to my business) I'm not prepared to risk testing it!