In theory, Macs and PCs can run Filemaker together with no problems. Lots
of people use iMacs as hosts. Some things to watch out for:
- The mac should be used for nothing else and filemaker should be the
foreground application. Filemaker, or anything else, as a background
application on a Mac is very slow.
- If it's an old mac, it might also be slow. Regular Filemaker is
single-tasking. For example, if a 'guest' is doing a long find, other
guests can't do anything until this process is finished. Filemaker Server,
on the other hand, is multi-tasking. Guests can do stuff concurrently.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Fickes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 10:33 AM
> To: TechRocks Support
> Subject: [support] ebase on mac - pc network?
>
>
> Is it possible (and if so, what might be some of the
> advantages/disadvantages) to host ebase/FM on a Mac in a small, local
> network that is composed, otherwise, of PCs? I don't know enough about
> networking, particularly w/ macs, to answer this very definitively, though
> the answer may be an obvious yes or no.
>
> A group contacted me saying that they have ebase installed on the lone mac
> left in their office and, to avoid moving the database and/or
> getting a new
> pc, would like to network the Mac with their pc's and use the mac just as
> the host for the database. FM server wouldn't be involved, just
> one license
> of Filemaker.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted
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