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Running windows on a Mac
Hi,
I just got a Macbook Pro:
Apple MacBook Pro Anti-Glare 15.4″ 2.8GHz 500GB Notebook Computer
Display: 15.4″ Widescreen Anti-Glare
CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz
Memory (RAM): 4GB 2 x 2GB
Maximum Memory: 8GB
Hard Drive: 500GB HDD SATA II 5400rpm
Integrated Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor
Integrated Graphics Memory: 256MB
Dedicated Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics processor 512MB GDDR3SD Card SlotI was wondering which software to get to run Windows on it and could I then have a PC Avid suite running on it (I’ve ordered MC 5.0). I’ve just been having hassles with NT formated drives and wondered if being able to work in Windows might help.
Tim
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I have no personal experience but have heard Parallel Desktop 5 works well.
Ricky
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NT formatted drives? Macs like macOS Extended…which I think is NTFS+. Is that what you mean? And what troubles?
Shane
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I would never install MC under an emulator like Parallels.
But your MBP has a BootCamp assistant that will let you create a Windows partition on your Mac, and help you install Windows on it. You’ll need to buy an MS Windows installer, one of the versions that Avid supports.
There are some limitations to using certain peripherals within the Win OS on an MBP, but I did succesfully install MetaFuze and Media Composer on it.
Not that I would recommend it for long-term use.
I don’t understand why you would have problems with NTFS formatted drives. I use Macs and PC’s all the time, and I deal with both HFS+ and NTFS drives all the time. On my PC’s I have installed MediaFour’s MacDrive, and on my Macs I have installed Paragon’s NTFS-for-Mac. On both ends this means unlimited reading from and writing to both HFS+ and NTFS drives without the slightest problem.
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I found that the disk was read-only, and Xpress Pro took exception to the database files in the Media Files folder. Wouldn’t let me do anything. Maybe the Paragon thing you are talking about would help.
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Tim Young -
Yes, NTFS disks are read-only under Mac OSX, and in my experience, some disks won’t be read at all.
Which is why I recommend a solution like Paragon’s since that will let you read AND write ALL NTFS disks.
If it were up to me, I’d have an international worldwide rule that this type of utility be a default asset in all OSes. Until that time, I purchase a license for Paragon and MacDrive for each of my machines.
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On my Mac Pro work station Parallel Desktop 5 crashed so bad I had to erase and reinstall everything. I’m now using VMWare Fusion 3.1 and it works great.
I installed MC 5 on the Mac side along with the v 5 bundle (except for Avid DVD) I installed it on the Windows side.
2.4 GHz Intel dual Xeon quad-core,OS 10.6.4
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