I'm using Parallels in order to work with Microscribe on my MacBook. I didn't try any morphometric software on it, only the Microscribe. I had a lot of problems at the beginning but now it works great. I had to upgrade my memory to 2GB though. I had 1 GB and it wasn't enough to be able to really work on the windows in parallel with the mac OS. Installing windows and configuring the virtual machine wasn't that straightforward either, and at some point the CD-RW got stuck and wasn't recognized by either operating systems, but maybe someone more technologically talented would have had an easier time. A big problem that I had was working with the USB - even with the latest update I had to set the virtual machine to connect manually to USB devices and not automatically, or it would get stuck on "usb device is being used by another machine" when it really isn't. Their technical support service was rather useful most of the time. The main advice is, as you say, to have the latest update, especially after any security updates to the mac OS. Good luck Annat
> From: morphmet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:21:14 -0400 > To: morphmet <[email protected]> > Subject: Macs, emulators, and geometric morphometrics > Resent-From: <[email protected]> > Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:21:21 -0700 (PDT) > > In order to follow the (green) book by Zelditch et al. closely, a > student new to geometric morphometrics would like to try a Windows > emulator --VMware or Parallels--to use the Windows software on her Mac. > > Can anyone comment on either of these emulators and their use with this > software? Are there any incompatibilities or glitches we should be alert > to? (I understand that the emulators are being upgraded with new > versions on a very frequent basis, so it's possible that problems are > actively being remedied.) > > -- > Replies will be sent to the list. > For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org > -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
