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Search Tech-Forums - link takes you to our Forum's search page. Note: The following is only a text archive! To view the actual forum discussion, please visit our website at http://www.tech-forums.net Pages:1 This Parallels stuff is insane!(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: The General See for yourself: [url]http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/5370/fullscreen1sm9.png[/url] [url]http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2997/fullscreen2ck3.png[/url] Posted by: mac_mogul cool :) Posted by: WorldIndustries First I've seen of it... What is it exactly? Posted by: moisiss Is it fairly easy to move files between Windows and OSX on a Mac now? Ever have any problems with certain file types not being read by either one? Does this program (or bootcamp) make it easier to do that? I've been thinking about getting a Macbook Pro for a while.... but if I have to jump through all kinds of hoops to be able to get my files from my desktop to laptop and visa-versa... I don't know. I want to mainly use the laptop as a mobile DAW.... using Cubase/Reason (both will work with Windows or OSX) with my Firepod. So if I go out and record a session in Cubase in OSX... will those files/session open and be the same in Cubase under Windows (or Visa-versa)? I love the Macbook pro's... but if I am going to have to use Windows as the primary operating system all the time to be able to easily transfer files back and forth (so I can do some editing on my desktop) then I will stick with a "PC" laptop. Posted by: The General [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by moisiss [/i] [B]Is it fairly easy to move files between Windows and OSX on a Mac now? Ever have any problems with certain file types not being read by either one? Does this program (or bootcamp) make it easier to do that? I've been thinking about getting a Macbook Pro for a while.... but if I have to jump through all kinds of hoops to be able to get my files from my desktop to laptop and visa-versa... I don't know. I want to mainly use the laptop as a mobile DAW.... using Cubase/Reason (both will work with Windows or OSX) with my Firepod. So if I go out and record a session in Cubase in OSX... will those files/session open and be the same in Cubase under Windows (or Visa-versa)? I love the Macbook pro's... but if I am going to have to use Windows as the primary operating system all the time to be able to easily transfer files back and forth (so I can do some editing on my desktop) then I will stick with a "PC" laptop. [/B][/QUOTE] What's not easy about it? Put your files on an external harddrive, and plug it into the Mac. Copy the files over. If Cubase for Mac doesn't open Cubase files from Windows, then they are retarded and I'm going to go strangle them with some razer wire. I keep hearing about these "problems" but only from non-Mac users. I don't know where these lies come from, but they are not true. Posted by: The General [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by WorldIndustries [/i] [B]First I've seen of it... What is it exactly? [/B][/QUOTE] It's like VMware, but it lets you run the windows as if they are native, and the task bar as well. It's like using Windows and Mac OS X at the same time. Posted by: mac_mogul I read somewhere that they used the same tech that went into the "classic" mode in OS X that allows you to use OS 9 and OS X simultaneously. Since Windows CAN run natively on a Mac, I'm sure the process is very similar to the Classic environment Posted by: The General [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by mac_mogul [/i] [B]I read somewhere that they used the same tech that went into the "classic" mode in OS X that allows you to use OS 9 and OS X simultaneously. Since Windows CAN run natively on a Mac, I'm sure the process is very similar to the Classic environment [/B][/QUOTE] Yeah, but "Classic" mode drew the windows legitimately. This just take screenshots and updates them with transparent parts where the window doesn't show. When you move the Windows windows around, they are pretty choppy and you can see the Windows background around the edge of the Windows window while it's moving. It's pretty nasty, but it gets the job done. :p Posted by: moisiss [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by The General [/i] [B]What's not easy about it?[/B][/QUOTE] I honestly don't know.... that's why I am asking. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by The General [/i] [B]Put your files on an external harddrive, and plug it into the Mac. Copy the files over. [/B][/QUOTE] My external is formated in NTFS.... does that make a difference? I have had trouble in the past with Mac's recognizing the drive.... but that was with an older Mac (like early G4 or late G3).... before the switch to intel. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by The General [/i] [B]I keep hearing about these "problems" but only from non-Mac users. I don't know where these lies come from, but they are not true.[/B][/QUOTE] In the lab I worked in we had problems freely moving files from Mac to Windows. We had a mix of G4's and G5's (all running OSX)... so obviously this was before the intel switch.... but I remember having problems getting a "PC" to recognize files that were created on a Mac (going from Windows to OSX was fine.... just not the other way around). So that is the main point of my question.... After the switch to intel, do you think I would run into the same issues (getting my desktop "pc" to read files that were created on a Mac/ a Mac reading my NTFS formated drive)? I want to be able to freely move things from my desktop to the laptop and visa-versa.... would I be able to do that without having to run Windows on the Mackbook pro (if I get one of course)? Posted by: The General Windows can read and write NTFS and FAT32. Mac OS X can read NTFS, and read/write everything else (pretty much). If you formatted the drive as HFS+ (the default for Mac OS X), Windows will not be able to read it. Simple solution - Open Disk Utility, and format it as "MS-DOS filesystem" which is FAT32. Unlike Windows, Mac OS X and Linux can format any size drive as FAT32 (well, up to 2TB which is the limit for FAT32) but yeah, it's not a matter of whether it's an Mac, PC, Linux, Windows, Intel or Alpha, ARM, Motorola 68k, AMD64, doesn't matter, what matters is which filesystems the OS supports read/write for. Posted by: moisiss Cool. So I could just format an external HD in FAT32 and as long as I has the software to open that specific file type (like a reason file or cubase file), I could pretty much move them freely between systems? When you use Parallels, can you drag and drop stuff between operating systems? Posted by: The General Yeah, you can drag and drop between them. Posted by: Greg Wait, so what is Parallels exactly? Is it like WINE for OSX? Do you have to have XP installed on your Mac? 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