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The reason I ask is,Pete Millet has programs for the HP 8903 distortion analyzer and then I found a tube curve tracer module for 77 dollars and both programs run on PC and I no longer own a PC and haven't for 7 years.
I guess Bootcamp allows you to go in choose which operating system you want on start up.
"If it measures good and sounds bad, it is bad; if it measures bad and sounds good, you have measured the wrong thing."
- Daniel R. von Recklinghausen
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Many Windows applications run well within Crossover on Mac. I use it with PSU Designer, and it works great. Crossover does not need a copy of Windows as Parallells, VMware and BootCamp do. If you need to interface with hardware, the most reliable is possibly BootCamp since you boot into Windows in "hardware mode" and not virtualization mode.
I've run Bootcamp in the past, it's the least expensive option since your only cost is a Windows OS.
I currently run Parallels Desktop, however, for my Windows system(s).
Downside is you need to either stick with a MacOS version and a compatible version of Parallels, or be prepared to update Parallels whenever you upgrade to a newer MacOS. Updates are about $40.
Upside is the flexibility of the Guest OS model.
I have a Base WindowsOS image that is updated but has no aftermarket software. When I have a need for a Windows app, I duplicate this image and then do whatever software installs are required.
Benefit of this approach is you have dedicated WindowsOS's that perform a single task. Generally speaking the more specialized your Windows system is, the better it runs without issues. So you could, for example, have a Test OS that only runs the dedicated electronics test software.
Images are much easier to migrate to other machines as well; buying a new Mac and re-creating your Bootcamp system is not impossible, but it takes a bit of effort.
Hi Mike,
You can run Windows on Mac hardware both by using Bootcamp, and by running Windows within the Mac OS-X environment. I've done the former.
The main drawback of Bootcamp is that it'll steal some hard drive space from your main partition (OS-X), which you already have on there. In other words, it will re-partition your hard drive to create a second boot drive. When you start your Mac, it will give you the option to choose between the two operating systems.
I've done this arrangement for a long time due to the same needs you have right now, but what I ultimately ended up doing is this. My home server runs Windows, and it's running headless. For all my Windows needs (very few these days), I'm using Remote Desktop (available for Macs) to remote into the server, where I have all of my Windows-based applications I need. Not sure if this is something you'd consider, but it is a third alternative never the less.
This allowed me to re-allocate all of the lost storage space (Windows will need quite a few GBs to run properly) to OS-X - basically back to my MacBook Pro.
Hope this helps.
Radu.
Radu
I have a nice big HD in both IMACs and the Macbook pro..Would if I bought another external HD just to load windows 7 on it for this endeavor?
Here is the specs on the Imac I'm using now.
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac12,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Boot ROM Version: IM121.0047.B1F
SMC Version (system): 1.71f22
Serial Number (system): C02GRE75DHJF
Hardware UUID: 837C26DE-FF85-55F2-A8C7-E9916425CCEC
"If it measures good and sounds bad, it is bad; if it measures bad and sounds good, you have measured the wrong thing."
- Daniel R. von Recklinghausen
I have some time ago. It worked as advertised 5 years ago and, knowing Apple, probably still does. You boot into the operating system you have selected as default but you can choose a different one by holding down the "option" key at boot up. Bootcamp provides all the drivers needed for the Mac hardware in Windows. If you have a single hard drive, you do need to partition your hard drive so you end up dedicating a portion of your hard drive to run windows. The Bootcamp installer allows you to do this "on the fly" so it shouldn't mess up your current MacOS drive.
I currently use a software package called Parallels that allows you to run other, non-MacOS operating systems as a virtual machine (VM) which I find much more useful. You don't need to reboot and you can have as many VMs as you want. Also, it's easy to clone a VM so you can create a copy so that if you completely mess up you can just delete it without having to go through the pain of reinstalling / patching. Downsides are relatively slow video performance, consumption of hard drive space, a need for lots of RAM and occasionally difficultly in interfacing odd hardware.
I'm curious. This being an older HP instrument, I assume it uses HP GPIB as it's interface for digital data. If so, how do you connect this to a PC?
I heard about Parallels and the place I bought my first Imac and MacBook pro,they use Parallels.I was inquiring about it yesterday from school.
"If it measures good and sounds bad, it is bad; if it measures bad and sounds good, you have measured the wrong thing."
- Daniel R. von Recklinghausen
For VM's on my Mac Mini I use VirtualBox. Works well, easy to use and free. I've run various editions of Windows with this.
https://www.virtualbox.org/
Yes, works fine. You need a copy of the Windows OS though.
...just buy one for a few hundred and dedicate it to your audio apps.
A few hundred,hell no...I hate PCs but I guess I can buy a cheap used pC labtop. I did a bit more research and people have told me you can run windows 7 with Yosemite which I have on both my Imac and Macbook pro.
"If it measures good and sounds bad, it is bad; if it measures bad and sounds good, you have measured the wrong thing."
- Daniel R. von Recklinghausen
Mike - in terms of cost, probably the cheapest will be to buy a feasible Windows OS (for instance, versions of Windows 7 are pretty cheap these days), and if you have the spare hard drive space, do Bootcamp (which in itself is free).
Radu.
I do have plenty of space on my HD and all the stuff I use for school I keep on an external HD.I am terrified of PCs..My sister had her identity stolen and they charged 145k dollars in her name and she had a time straightening out that mess and it was all because of XP. Then I had my bank acct hacked into and paypal caught it and I was lucky because if I didn't look my email at 11:30 and this was on a school night,I would have had a mess on my hands..Luckily I was able to stop payment and not get charged any fees from the bank because I didn't make any purchases.One did go thru on my paypal buyer credit but paypal refunded that along with 4500 dollars that put my paypal acct at a negative balance.Now if I didn't get to bank to stop all those phony charges,I would have a bigger mess on my hands.
The last straw was when I wrote the written part of the final exam for my driviability class and I worked 4 hours getting everything the way I wanted it and guess what? This little box comes up in the center of screen as it has many times before and it says,We have encountered an error and must shut down..After 4 hours of working on that exam all for naught.That's when I blew my stack and tossed that little HP Pavillion in the trash and ordered a new Power Mac the next day. I have NEVER had to rerun the operating on any of my Macs and I have never gotten a virus of any kind and I never used any anti-virus.So that's my story of why I hate PCs.
I did like Windows 98 tho on my old HP desktop when everything was dial up. It's when everything went to high speed that I had all the trouble with PCs.
"If it measures good and sounds bad, it is bad; if it measures bad and sounds good, you have measured the wrong thing."
- Daniel R. von Recklinghausen
I am always amazed by stories of people being exposed to fraud "because of Windows" (whichever version). It's not the OSes fault that you get tricked by criminals on-line, it's your own.
Let me explain: it's a combination of lacking knowledge, being unbelievably naive, and not thinking enough about the consequences of your actions. Since nobody likes to be criticized (what is worse criticism than suffering a loss because of one's own shortcomings), people tend to blame something else, like the operating system.
The only way to protect a user who is not knowledgeable and not aware of his actions is to restrict his freedom of actions or choice: that is what we try to do with our children (all sorts of parental guidance and similar restrictions). Those who cherish their freedom and consider themselves adult usually hate being restricted and look for ways to do things the way they want.
I actively use Windows, OSX, iOS, Android, and Linux distros. My system of choice is Windows because of the tools available. If you are wondering, I perform my online payments (home banking) using Windows. OSX comes without java for "security reasons" but you can install it if you want.
By now you might have understood that I am an IT professional, which is mostly true. But that fact only confirms the validity of my words in this case: I know what I'm talking about.
Get yourself a nice older second hand PC, and do not connect it to the internet: extract or disable the network card and eventual modem, so you don't need an antivirus and can't do yourself any harm. Treat it as a lab instrument (your DMM can't access the internet, so why should your lab PC?).
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