I have Alpha 5 V6 running on a dual core Intel based Mac (a MacBook Pro)with Tiger (OS 10.4.7).
I have it running in a virtual environment created by Parallels (third party software). I can run Alpha 5 in this environment and continue to use other Mac applications (email, browser, Excel, Word etc.).
The Parallels virtual enviroment loads in 3 seconds, XP boots within that environment in another in another 16 seconds (anyone booting XP in 16 seconds on their PC?) Alpha 5 loads in another 4 seconds. Total of about 23 seconds to start Alpha 5.
My only problem was my Alpha 5 database (not Alpha 5 itself) had trouble with the new path that its files were in when they were ported from my Windows machine. I first put them in a shared directory, per Parallel's advice. My database had trouble accessing related files for forms and reports.
I then recreated the directory structure and path my database was used to seeing on my old computer, put my data base files there, and Alpha 5 worked just fine. When you have XP running in a Parallels virtual environment it looks like you have a hard drive, on which you can recreate the same directory structure you had on your old computer.
At least this solution was easier for me than figuring out how to make Alpha 5 use another path.
Alpha 5 is installed the same way it would be installed on any Windows machine. Start Parallels, start XP, insert disk and follow instructions. I will try installing V7 soon.
You can back up data while you are in your XP virtual environment by burning files to disk or memory stick, or when you are in the Mac OS, by backing up your personal Library files.
Parallels required a dual core intel based Mac with the latest OS - 10.4.7.
There's nothing significant I can't do in Tiger that I could do in Windows, and it doesn't take long to learn the new way of things. Not having layers of virus checkers and anti spyware scanning everything you try to open sure speeds things up.
Tiger boots from a cold machine in maybe 20 seconds. No crashes yet even running XP under a virtual environment along with other Mac applications.
I have it running in a virtual environment created by Parallels (third party software). I can run Alpha 5 in this environment and continue to use other Mac applications (email, browser, Excel, Word etc.).
The Parallels virtual enviroment loads in 3 seconds, XP boots within that environment in another in another 16 seconds (anyone booting XP in 16 seconds on their PC?) Alpha 5 loads in another 4 seconds. Total of about 23 seconds to start Alpha 5.
My only problem was my Alpha 5 database (not Alpha 5 itself) had trouble with the new path that its files were in when they were ported from my Windows machine. I first put them in a shared directory, per Parallel's advice. My database had trouble accessing related files for forms and reports.
I then recreated the directory structure and path my database was used to seeing on my old computer, put my data base files there, and Alpha 5 worked just fine. When you have XP running in a Parallels virtual environment it looks like you have a hard drive, on which you can recreate the same directory structure you had on your old computer.
At least this solution was easier for me than figuring out how to make Alpha 5 use another path.
Alpha 5 is installed the same way it would be installed on any Windows machine. Start Parallels, start XP, insert disk and follow instructions. I will try installing V7 soon.
You can back up data while you are in your XP virtual environment by burning files to disk or memory stick, or when you are in the Mac OS, by backing up your personal Library files.
Parallels required a dual core intel based Mac with the latest OS - 10.4.7.
There's nothing significant I can't do in Tiger that I could do in Windows, and it doesn't take long to learn the new way of things. Not having layers of virus checkers and anti spyware scanning everything you try to open sure speeds things up.
Tiger boots from a cold machine in maybe 20 seconds. No crashes yet even running XP under a virtual environment along with other Mac applications.
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