Yes David, I also think you would have to buy another installation for Windows to install using Parallels.
Giovanni -------- Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.eu >On 6/8/2014 5:05 AM, Michael Lawlor wrote: >> I have been considering upgrading Finale (still using 2009) and with the >> demise of support for XP, will need to upgrade that first. Does anyone >> have any comments / observations on the usability of Windows 7 versus 8 >> or 8.1 or if I should even jump ship, and get a new machine running MAC? >> Regards, >> Michael Lawlor >> > > >You do ask the hard questions! :-) > >I have had no problems running Windows 7 nor have I had any problems >running Windows8 or 8.1. I will say that I hate the "Metro" aspect of >Windows 8 so I searched online and found the setting which allows my >computer to boot to the desktop so it's just like every version of >windows before 8, only I can make use of the Metro interface if I want. > >However if I needed to buy another computer I would be sorely tempted to >buy a Mac, having watched my daughter use her MacBook Pro for the past >year and a half. She loves it and never once has she said to me "Dad, I >have a problem with my computer, can you help me?" > >The only thing holding me back is that there are two Windows-based >products which aren't available in comparable Mac versions: >Band-in-a-Box and WordPerfect. WordPerfect isn't available for Mac at >all and BIAB's Mac version seriously lags behind the Windows version. I >understand that I could run those under Parallels but then I would have >to buy another installation for Windows to install there (Unless I >misunderstand how Parallels works, which may well be the case). > >But if you look into Macs and check out the Mac versions of whatever >software you want to use, you might be surprised at what a nice >computing environment it is. It's not without it's problems, as >witnessed by the many messages on this Finale list about problems where >the solution seems to be to trash some Preferences folder or some Font >folder. > >If you want to stay in the Windows world, either Win7 or Win8 (or 8.1) >should be fine -- just be warned it's a very different world from WinXP. > I made the transition gradually through WinVista so it was a gradual >change. Jumping from WinXP will need some adjustment time. > > >-- >David H. Bailey >dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com >http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >Finale@shsu.edu >https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > >To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
