Well, you couldn't run it without Windows if it used Parallels, so it must be CrossOver.
On Nov 10, 2006, at 09:06 , Don MacQueen wrote: > Simon, > > Is that R Windows GUI being run using CrossOver > (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/)? I don't see any sign of > Parallels in that screenshot. > > I'm getting a new MacBook Pro in a week or so, and while it never > occurred to me to run the Windows version of R on it, I think it's a > fun demo of the capability of the new Intel-based Macs. > > -Don > > At 11:42 AM -0500 11/10/06, Simon Urbanek wrote: >> Carlos, >> >> On Nov 10, 2006, at 11:22 AM, Carlos GUERRA wrote: >> >>> Dear friends, >>> >>> I'm thinking about buying a MacBook Pro and I wanted to know if >>> anyone can tell me what are the major changes, in "R", between a >>> Mac, and a Windows. >>> >> >> The R itself is pretty much the same - the major differences are in >> the OS (better support for virtual memory, 64-bit support, it's a >> unix etc.) but not R (basically because we develop R primarily on >> unix and use unix-based tools to create the Windows version). The GUI >> for R is different on a Mac - it strives to be more intuitive to Mac >> users, but I don't think there are many features you would miss (you >> may rather find a couple of new ones). I suspect that R will be your >> least problem when switching to Mac OS X ;). >> >> And BTW if you really crave for Windows version of R you can actually >> run it on a MacBook Pro in OS X even without installing Windows and >> it works :) >> [screenshot at: >> http://rosuda.org/misc/iMacWin.png >> the Mac GUI is in the background, the Windows GUI in the foreground] >> >> Cheers, >> Simon >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > > -- > -------------------------------------- > Don MacQueen > Environmental Protection Department > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > Livermore, CA, USA > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > ========================================================== Jan de Leeuw, 11667 Steinhoff Rd, Frazier Park, CA 93225 home 661-245-1725 skype 661-347-0667 global 254-381-4905 .mac: jdeleeuw +++ aim: deleeuwjan +++ skype: j_deleeuw ========================================================== Many nights on the road and not dead yet --- the end of autumn. (Basho 1644-1694) _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
