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Which of these is best, or don't use at all
Posted: March 14th, 2013, 6:41 pm
by jasonnyer
A forum I belong to has poker , however not available for Mac . To be able to play on Mac I would have to install one of the following
Boot camp
Wine
Crossover, or parallels
Any of these recommended, or should I pass.
Re: Which of these is best, or don't use at all
Posted: March 15th, 2013, 8:40 am
by Turboladdade
jasonnyer wrote:A forum I belong to has poker , however not available for Mac . To be able to play on Mac I would have to install one of the following
Boot camp
Wine
Crossover, or parallels
Any of these recommended, or should I pass.
Get Oracle VirtualBox
http://virtualbox.org
It's free, easy to use, and backed by a tech industry giant. Skip the rest, especially Wine and Boot Camp.
Here's some screenshots:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Screenshots
Re: Which of these is best, or don't use at all
Posted: March 15th, 2013, 2:49 pm
by Harry00
I use parallel 8 and run windows 7 & 8 no problems -- windows starts & stops faster and has fewer problems! I have industrial programs windows only haven't had a problem one. cost aprox $50 --excellent support.
Re: Which of these is best, or don't use at all
Posted: March 15th, 2013, 3:00 pm
by Turboladdade
Harry00 wrote:I use parallel 8 and run windows 7 & 8 no problems -- windows starts & stops faster and has fewer problems! I have industrial programs windows only haven't had a problem one. cost aprox $50 --excellent support.
You can get all that for free with Oracle VirtualBox. There's really no point shelling out money for Parallels or Crossover.
Re: Which of these is best, or don't use at all
Posted: March 15th, 2013, 4:10 pm
by jasonnyer
Thanks for the input everybody. You have to bear with me i am new to mac, went on oracle website,but am uncertain which version to install. I appreciate everyones input.
Re: Which of these is best, or don't use at all
Posted: March 15th, 2013, 4:14 pm
by Turboladdade
jasonnyer wrote:Thanks for the input everybody. You have to bear with me i am new to mac, went on oracle website,but am uncertain which version to install. I appreciate everyones input.
You want this one:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... 04-OSX.dmg
You also need your own copy of Windows (or Linux) to install into it.
Re: Which of these is best, or don't use at all
Posted: March 15th, 2013, 4:34 pm
by jasonnyer
Does that mean a disc is involved?
Re: Which of these is best, or don't use at all
Posted: March 15th, 2013, 4:40 pm
by Turboladdade
jasonnyer wrote:Does that mean a disc is involved?
Yes, you must supply your own copy of Microsoft Windows.