Hello all, I would like to add. On top of this. If you are looking at other Options other than Duxbury, you can use Libre and install the OBT2 extention and that can translate. I have seen that on a Windows side, but I have not seen it on the Mac side since I don’t have an embosser. Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro
2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 17, 2014, at 4:21 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: > The little I do in Windows didn't require a dedicated Bootcamp setup so I've > always used VMs. The other nice thing is the virtual windows hard drive is > just a (large) file. So I keep a master copy around and if my running copy > gets mangled somehow I just put it in the trash and clone another one from my > original. There is also a 'snapshot' thing in VMWare which will let you keep > a whole hierarchy of point in time stored so you can revert back. I haven't > used that as I'm usually just testing stuff out on clean setups and then > throwing them away. I also keep multiple VMs around for Windows XP, Vista, 7 > and 8. That would be nearly impossible with a bootcamp setup. > > CB > > On 1/17/14 4:56 PM, Robert C wrote: >> Chris, >> Thanks. Have you used both modes? Since the Mac experience is new for me I >> want to do what works right the first time. I can keep using the Windows >> machine and have to until I find a Windows 7 dvd anyway, but it would be a >> tidy office here to have only one computer. >> >> I hope there will be further confirmation from others while I hunt for a dvd. >> >> Quote of the nanosecond . . . >> Oxymoron: A stripper's dressing room >> Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn >> E-mail- >> [email protected] >> >> On 1/17/2014 1:25 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >>> You can set up a mac to 'dual boot' where you partition your hard drive >>> in two pieces with Windows on one and MacOS on the other. Then Apple's >>> BootCamp tool lets you pick which one you want to start up. When running >>> Windows this way it's no different than any other PC laptop and your >>> Apple turns into one of the best high-end Windows machines. The downside >>> is you have to be in Windows 'mode' or Mac 'mode' and the two do not >>> share or talk to each other. So there should be no reason that any USB >>> Windows device wouldn't be happy in that arrangement. That said, the >>> more integrated approach is to use VMWare Fusion to emulate some PC >>> hardware so you can essentially run Windows as an app on your Mac. While >>> I haven't had the need to attach a lot of USB devices, usually when I do >>> and VMWare is up and running it will ask if I want the newly attached >>> USB device connected to the Mac side or the virtual Windows instance. I >>> would think that if you chose Windows the Windows app running in the >>> virtual windows would have no idea that it's not running on a real PC. >>> Of course the virtualization is not always perfect but a lot of things >>> seem to just work. Would probably be worth giving it a go with Fusion. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 1/17/14 4:16 PM, Robert C wrote: >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> Just joined the list. Got a MacBook Pro recently, and will start >>>> training on it next week. >>>> >>>> First of many questions, but will not fire them off too quickly. I am >>>> switching from Windows 7 to the Mac. One program that is not yet >>>> supported by OS X Mountain Lion is Duxbury. I will keep the Windows >>>> laptop to run that and MS Office. >>>> >>>> I had asked Enabling Technologies, who makes the Juliet embosser, if >>>> the embosser will work connected via USB to the Mac with Windows on >>>> it. This is their response. >>>> >>>> "...in a dual boot environment rather than in a virtual machine. >>>> However, we have not tested this." >>>> >>>> Does this mean I cannot use VMWare for this? If so, will dual boot be >>>> accessible anyway? What is the difference between the two modes? I >>>> hope to get answers I can put to use during the training. Thanks. >>>> >>>> Quote of the nanosecond . . . >>>> "You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty." >>>> --Sacha Guitry (1885-1957) >>>> Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn >>>> E-mail- >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>> >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
