I don't know about Parallells, but I'm pretty sure Fusion will create a a virtual from your Windows hard drive, so that there is no need to buy a new license. That said, if you are moving away from XP, you've got to buy a new license anyway.
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Giovanni Andreani <i...@giovanniandreani.eu > wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
