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question about a mac

Post by thewelfareline » Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:01 pm

has anyone run a pc program through a mac using that "pc for mac" program?

any info would be great, thanks
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Re: question about a mac

Post by penelec » Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:51 pm

I've run a bunch of stuff through Virtual PC with hardly a glitch. But for anything that could crash and lose music I stick to native OS. W/ Virtual PC running, I get a little slowdown and temp monitor goes up from a max temp of 48 C to 55 C or so. I'm running it on a dual 1 GHz G4 w/ OSX.
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Re: question about a mac

Post by thewelfareline » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:05 pm

i will be running 1gig ram on a g4 powerbook and just doing basic edits, no mixes really, so not alot of plugs.

any forseeable problems?
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Re: question about a mac

Post by penelec » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:18 pm

According to this forum you may want to minimize how much work you do with it. What speed processor are you running?

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Re: question about a mac

Post by texlop » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:23 am

There is an emulator for 30 dollars, but I think you have to have your own copy of windows. Go to www.iemulator.com. I was thinking of getting this one since I already have a copy of windows.
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Re: question about a mac

Post by fremitus » Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:16 pm

i'm not saying it won't work. it's just a bad idea. using a mac to do a pc job is just silly. pc's are awfully inexpensive. and can do the work properly if such is the case. if this is just for one project. hammer it out. carefully. saving often and backing up regularly. if you plan on future work. get the right computer for the job or buy the mac software equivalent.

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