On 4 May 2006, at 9:28 AM, Paul Chong wrote:
Thanks for your reply. The DVD-ROM with the specifications mentioned
here below in my previous
email just won't open in my iMac (Mac OS X Version 10.3.9 Processor
800 MHz Power PC G4 Memory 256 MB SDRAM).
So let's just know what does happen :
Does the DVD mount on the Desktop ?
Normally a double click on the Mounted DVD would produce a window with
either icons or a written list of contents :
Does either or both of these things happen ?
Bob
Pardon me for being technical ignorant (I am but a old pensioner), so
anything that does not usually work
I am at a loss.
In appreciation
Paul
On 4May2006, at 8:43 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
On 03/05/2006, at 6:00 PM, Paul Chong wrote:
Is there a way of converting a DVD-Rom from its PC Version to Mac
Version?
System Requirements: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP
Pentium 4 - 1.4GHz 256 MB RAM DVD ROM Drive Min 500 MB
free space
Sometimes, as a Mac User, I feel so deprived by way of the abundance
of softwares
that are so readily available to PC users.
Paul
Your question is not really clear, but the following thoughts come to
mind:
1. You don't need to "convert" the DVD. Your Mac can already read it.
2. Applications on the DVD cannot be run on a PowerPC-based Mac
without help. They need Windows and an Intel-type processor. On a
PowerPC-base Mac you can run Virtual PC and enjoy any of the software
on the DVD, to greater or lesser success.
3. Invest in an Intel Mac, download and install Boot Camp and /or
Parallels Workstation, and you have access to that "abundance of
software" without have to convert anything.
For my part, I have yet to see anything useful running on a PC that
does not have decent or better equivalent on the Mac. Mind you, I did
use the word "useful", so I'm not talking about games here.
--
Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913
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