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[revtim]

This is a great thread. I'm using a 24" 3.06GHz Imac with 4gigs of ram. Having the extra real estate is a blessing. There are a lot of windows that opens when I first load Accordance (I have them set up as detached windows so when I click on a reference verse or dictionary the windows come to the front ,yet I can still see the main window below the popup window. If there is a better way of doing that I would appreciate any help...Thanks, Joe

Joe,

While looking at your screen shot, I noticed a Windows task bar at the bottom. How does running Windows on your Mac work for you?

I realize this is off the subject, but I will be needing to install Windows on my MacBook in a couple months and would like some insight.

In Christ,

Tim

[Alistair]

Running XP under VMware Fusion seems to work just fine. I can run it full screen in its own "space" and flip between apps just fine.

Only problem is trying to copy text from a Windows app and paste into a Mac app. Have to use a text document as a go-between.

[jackcav]

Running XP under Parallels also works well. I have always been able to copy from Logos and paste directly into several different Mac applications.

Jack

Edited by jackcav, 04 July 2008 - 10:20 AM.

[Justin Burt]

Joe,

While looking at your screen shot, I noticed a Windows task bar at the bottom. How does running Windows on your Mac work for you?

I realize this is off the subject, but I will be needing to install Windows on my MacBook in a couple months and would like some insight.

In Christ,

Tim

Having had too much experience doing this, I will share my thoughts on this.

If you have OS 10.5.x you can also run Windows natively on your MacBook using Boot Camp. While this is not always the best option, it will give you the best performance in Windows. I have to run a software program called CLAware. It is a basic database for learning unwritten languages, but the install is over 1 GB. It stores photos and audio files, so the database itself can become very large. When I ran it in VMWare and Parallels, they both were a bit slow. However, I have ran them both using more everyday programs like MS Office 2003, Logos X, and a few others and they ran just fine. It really depends on what you are going to be running.

I have only used Windows XP Home Edition, I have not ran any other version of Windows. Also, if you are thinking of playing any games like Call of Duty 4, they run flawless in Boot Camp!

*As a side note, if you use Boot Camp, it does make it a bit more work to transfer documents between systems. You would have to create a document in Windows and save everything to it and then open it up once you have rebooted into you Mac OS again. It is not difficult, just takes more time and a restart.

Edited by Justin Burt, 04 July 2008 - 12:39 PM.