Posted on 02/14/2008 8:16:57 PM PST by jdm
You can. Run VMWare
There is already (and has been for years) a Microsoft Office for Mac (latest version: Office 2008) that runs natively on Mac OS.
Access is not offered on the Mac version of Office, but if you wish to run it (or, for whatever reason, the entire Office/Win suite) you can install Windows under VMWare Fusion on the Mac. Then, using the “invisible” VM option, you can run it just as if it *were* a Mac-native app.
And yes, it would be transferable, because essentially you would *be* programming it on a Windows PC.
That said, I and a billion other people would really appreciate it if you would choose to write DB apps in something other than that buggy POS that is Access. 4D, FileMaker, and mySQL come to mind. :D
ping
Can someone please help me with some explaination as to why my MacBook Pro keeps getting that awful gray window in 4 languages that floats down any old time it pleases. This random shut down with my first MacBook Pro which I got last June was so bad I traded it in for a new one and I have been in 3 times and 3 times the RAM has been replaced. I have to go in again tomorrow for the same reason. These random shutdowns happen if I read email,type letters, work on photograpny ( which really makes me mad) and even once on start up..up comes the icons and then the thing shuts down. I was impressed with Apple but am wondering if I made a big mistake and should have just stayed with my PC ( which I am using as I scribe this). The first MacBook was found to have a bad logic board...I wish Apple would just fix these problems before coming out with something new like MacBook Air. I am about to give up the Apple altogether.
Here’s a comparison on a Mac Fanboy website. http://lowendmac.com/mail/0801mb/0122.html#1
Excerpt... “This is one seriously superior machine to Apple’s offering. The Apple has only two advantages: it’s 4 mm thinner (does anyone care?), and it runs Mac OS X. In every other respect it will be vastly outclassed by Lenovo’s latest.
I think my MacBook is wonderful, but I’m looking for a new machine that saves a couple pounds. Lenovo seems to have figured out the formula. Why can’t Apple?”
not a windows fan, but if you like games, and I do, then windows has a clear advantage. Besides games, I’d say my OS of choice is Firefox/Google. OSX or XP/Vista are pretty much irrelevant to my day. I find myself in gmail and using google docs for the bulk of my work day.
Not lately. He mentioned he is having problems with screen sharing and time capsule...his systems must be really complicated.
Can you overclock and apple? Who many processors will it support?
51. More games.
Apple did call “him”....
If you have never tried the iWorks..look at it ..love it..much nicer that Word..but in a world of Microsoft word..I have both!
I would consider switching if I could use XP on a Mac. I can’t bring myself to buy a Vista machine.
You can either use Parallels or VM.. virtual machine.
Install both WIndows and Mac OS X. Run both at the same time.
In the Windows Window, it’s Windows, whatever you can do in Windows, you can do.
As for MS Office, there are versions for Mac and Windows. The files are cross platform, except for macros. Spreadsheets, word docs, powerpoint docs.. created on either platform, run on the other platform without conversion (again excepting macros).
Or, for Office, you can do it in the Windows side if you have VM.
Boot Camp is another option, it comes free with Mac OS and allows you to boot into either Windows or OS X.
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I thought the new Thinkpad’s processor speed was only 1.2ghz. Am I wrong?
I’m sure Mac software is great but the hardware is too overpriced.
Right now, 8 cores. And yes, even the earliest Mac Pros can be upgraded to that (Intel-standard processor connector).
As for overclocking... that’s just a bad idea. It’s like using nitrous on a car. Yeah, sure, it’s fast for a while but eventually you’ll burn out the motor.
That said, yes, you can.
It's called Exposé.
It will show all windows, or just windows in the app selected or pull aside all windows to access the desktop... It's very cool.
I upgraded from a PIII-133Mhz FSB w/786 Mb RAM that has been a workhorse for 8 years.
I'll likely own a Mac someday. But for the foreseeable future, Winders and Linux do me just fine.
It’s not an “experience”...it’s a friggin’ machine! ( X50 )
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